Snow Foal by Susanna Bailey
I would have enjoyed Susanna Bailey’s Snow Foal a lot when I was about ages 10 to 14. I would have liked the free spirit of the main character, how she struggles to be independent, how she needs to go home, and how she learns home can be where the heart is, even if it does not always include all the people you love. As an adult, I still appreciated most things, but sometimes Addie’s attitude left little something to be desired. The other characters […]
Our Wish for You: A Story About Open Adoption by Dano Moreno
Other Words for Nonno by Dave Cameron
September 2023 had two interesting books come out. Of course, it had more than that, so I should say that 2023 had a lot of books come out and September 2023 had two of those that I read in 2024. They were found as I was cleaning up my online reader copies, which is going to take me well into 2024 to even dent, while I find new 2024s and will need to balance the two. However, I am glad I took the time to […]
Eyes That Weave the World’s Wonders by Joanna Ho
Love Grows by Ruth Spiro
Say It with Me (Dilo Conmigo) by Nancy S. Torres
Sometimes a theme takes a little while to find when I look at books to write as one fun, roundup review. but the three below took no time at all to find a connection. Each one is about love. Love of family, love of yourself, and love even when we are far away from our loved ones. Love of family and self is the theme in Eyes That Weave the World’s Wonders. Joanna Ho and Liz Kleinrock (also of Come and Join Us!: 18 Holidays […]
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
I’m nearly a decade late to The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. It has been on my to read list since 2016 and got pushed to the top tier of the pile last year for the Read Harder challenge (as it does take place in a big way in a bookstore). Then I never got to it but seeing that there was a movie adaptation out I decided to get my proverbial act together and dig into the story. The book tells […]
The Less Dead by Denise Mina
As I am often so critical of stories that use adoption and/or foster care as a plot device for tragedy or a reveal as to why the Big Bad is so Bad with their Badness, allow me to sing the praise of one that does adoption mostly well. At least from my point of view, which is not one of an adoptee. I’m the parent of an adoptee so it provides me some insight but, obviously, that doesn’t compare. Still, from what I do know, […]
Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) by Kathleen Gros
Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) was adapted by Kathleen Gros. They are the same creator of Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of). Which, I preferred to the Anne story for several reasons. The biggest being it was the first book I had read by Gros and therefore, the format was fresh to me. With Anne, I kept thinking, “I have read this. Wait, it reminds me of that Jo book….” Since I have also never read the original […]
