Nightfall Over Shanghai Author: Daniel Kalla © 2015 Publisher: Forge Books Genre: Literature & Fiction Subgenre: Historical Fiction, Jewish Fiction, Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Gift from family Synopsis: Shanghai in 1944 is an increasingly dangerous place for the Jewish refugees, including the Adler family. Father, daughter and step-mother find themselves in…
Tell Me Where it Hurts Author: Nick Trout, DVM © 2008 Publisher: Broadway Books Genre: Non-fiction Subgenre: Doctors & Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Pets & Animal Care – Essays Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at book fair Synopsis: A memoir from a practicing animal surgeon in Boston, Tell Me Where It Hurts takes…
Good morning and happy Wednesday! I’m delighted to introduce my Coffee Break guest today, children’s author Josh Funk. In addition to Pirasaurs!, which was reviewed by The Mom Who Runs this past weekend, he authored Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast and Dear Dragon. Two additional books are due out in 2017, The Case of the Stinky Stench (a Lady Pancake and…
Pirasaurs! Author: Josh Funk © 2016 Illustrator: Michael H. Slack Publisher: Orchard Books Genre: Children’s Books Subgenre: Dinosaurs, Family Life – New Experiences, Action & Adventure Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at writer’s conference Synopsis: The Pirasaurs are a pirate crew of dinosaurs in search of treasure and up for a little…
First Comes Love Author: Emily Giffin © 2016 Publisher: Ballantine Books Genre: Women’s Fiction / Literary Fiction Sub-genre: Sisters, Domestic Life, Literary Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased on Amazon Synopsis: The Garland sisters, Josie and Meredith, shared a sisterly bond and love for each other that became a challenging relationship in their…
Between Shades of Gray Author: Ruta Sepetys © 2011 Publisher: SPEAK (Penguin) Genre: YA Historical Fiction Subgenre: Holocaust, Military, Europe Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Recommended and loaned to me by another busy mom! (But I will be buying my own copy!) Synopsis (Amazon blurb): “Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life–until Soviet…
Author: Katrina Firlik, M.D. © 2006 Publisher: Random House Genre: Medical memoir / autobiography Sub-genre: Nervous system-surgery, Neurosurgery, Medical history & records Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at B&N. Amazon book synopsis: “Katrina Firlik is a neurosurgeon, one of only two hundred or so women among the alpha males who dominate this high-pressure, high-prestige…
Ten Timid Ghosts Author/Illustrator: Jennifer O’Connell © 2000 Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. Genre: Children’s Lit Subgenre: Halloween, Spine-Chilling Horror, Beginning Readers Reviewer: Sara Book received from: Purchased at book fair Synopsis (Amazon blurb): “It’s Halloween, and ten timid ghosts in a haunted house have a problem: A mean witch is preparing to move in…
The Promise of Home Author: Darcie Chan © 2015 Publisher: Ballantine Books Genre: Literature & Fiction Subgenre: Women’s Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Suspense Reviewer: Sara Synopsis (Amazon blurb): These days, Mill River, Vermont, is a hive of activity. Karen Cooper bids farewell to her husband, Nick, as he leaves for Saudi Arabia to work…
Llama Llama Red Pajama Author: Anna Dewdney Publisher: Viking © 2005 Genre: Children’s Subgenre: Growing up & facts of life, Mammals, Sleep, Emotions & Feelings Reviewer: Sara Book received from: Purchased at book fair. Synopsis (Amazon blurb): “In this infectious rhyming read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into…
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