This book was a very sweet and charming story about a boy named Bradley who is struggling in school. He gets bad grades, has no friends, and his hated by the other students for his bullying behavior. ALong the way Bradley learns to grow as a person with the help of a new school counselor, Carla, … [Read more]
A Girl Coming of Age Story Full of Kicking *ss and No Romance
Continuing my exploration of intermediate reader books this year is leading to a lot of, judging books by their cover. And this time I hit the jackpot. Verity Gallant is miserable. Her family doesn’t understand her, and she has no friends (she’s around 12-ish, I guess). She visits the library one … [Read more]
Apparently The Abyss isn’t a big deal.
This book was the January non-fiction selection for the book club I run on Goodreads.com for fans of the My Favorite Murder podcast. Fans of the show Mindhunter on Netflix may recognize bits of this book from the show (as well as the book of the same name, obviously). This should not be … [Read more]
Daughters of the Lake
This book follows several generations of women that have a connection to Lake Superior and goes between current time and the 1900’s in alternating chapters. Kate Granger goes to her family’s house along the lake after splitting with her husband and a body washes up on shore. Kate realizes she has … [Read more]