Wondering how to get free audio books with Amazon Prime? I think I might be late to this party, but never mind. I was totally stoked when I found out that one can get free audio books from Audible as an Amazon Prime member! How to get free audio books with Amazon Prime Here’s what […]
Books that teach life lessons: read these aloud to your kids
Books that teach life lessons to kids are an important part of your parenting arsenal. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has read books to a child to help them work through some issue. Some of the best picture books for kids are the ones that subtly teach. If the book knocks you over […]
Recent Reads
Linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit for short book reviews. As I mention in this post, I picked up a few books on cleaning house this month, so you’ll see a bit of a theme. Is There Life After Housework? : A Revolutionary Approach to Cutting Your Cleaning Time 75% by Don Aslett Aslett […]
My Favorite Books of 2016
I need to create a better system for keeping track of the books I read, because every time I sit down to do a “recent reads” or “best of” books post, I end up having to search through my Amazon purchases, this blog and other places to remember what I read! Oh, of course. I […]
Recent read-alouds, ballerinas & Les Mis version
My 4 year old daughter, who is rarely caught not wearing a leotard, loves all things ballet. She picked this library haul. Tanya and the Red Shoes – don’t we all know how it feels to long for lovely red pointe shoes? Tanya gets her long-awaited pair, only to find she’s clunky and ungainly and suffering […]
Recent Read-Alouds
First, a bit of housekeeping: thanks so much to all who responded to the survey! The winner of the gift card and ebook has been emailed. A few books we’ve enjoyed reading aloud recently: … to the little ones: Blueberries for Sal – who doesn’t love a sweet romp through the blueberry patch and a […]
Recent reads
Linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit This was a good month for books. A couple of these were among the most enjoyable I’ve read all year. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett – this is my first time reading Patchett, but it won’t be my last. This intriguing story follows a scientist […]
Read Aloud Roundup
Read aloud roundup is where I share great books I’ve read with my kids lately. Here are a few we enjoyed last week. This is Not My Hat A small fish steals a hat and thinks he got away with it, but eventually learns that crime doesn’t pay. (This one is sneaky, you have […]
Frugal book-loving people are the best kind of people
Several weeks ago, I requested The Tightwad Gazette (the first volume) from a PaperBackSwap member. It took a long time for her to respond to the system’s prompt and confirm that she would indeed send the book. Then I got a message from her stating that the book had a few pages that were torn […]
Recent reads
Linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit – quick reviews of books recently read. All You Need to be Impossibly French by Helena Frith Powell – a fun, easy read on one of my pet topics: la femme francaise. Nobody’s Child by Christina Noble – I became interested in Noble after watching the movie […]