If you are even just casually thinking about stargazing this summer, this guide is a MUST HAVE. My family and I like to stargaze from time to time, and have borrowed the library's telescope, but we are just amateurs. We (my husband and I) know just enough to seem like experts to our children -... Continue Reading →
March was definitely a good reading month for me. Toward the end of the month, I felt so "ahead" on my TBR books that I was able to start the fourth book in the Song of Ice and Fire Books: A Feast for Crows to help me get ready for the final season of the... Continue Reading →
I have long been interested in this memoir, and have had a copy on my shelves for the longest time. So, naturally, I borrowed the audiobook from the library and read it mostly that way. I remember the Tsunami of 2004, but in a detached way. I saw the video clips, I watched the news,... Continue Reading →
As a sophomore, Will Daughtry is short. He's not quite 5' tall on his 16th birthday, and he's quite sensitive about it (as you can imagine). He has a good relationship with his stepbrother Drew, star of the basketball team. Will's also secretly in love with Monica, his best friend who completes their trio with... Continue Reading →
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a national treasure. She is one of my heroes, and I think I share her with many of you. The things she has done to advance gender equality... she is a tiny powerhouse that I am so thankful for. This is her biography, but it isn't a typical biography. We do... Continue Reading →
I'm not always good about writing about the graphic novels I read, and I also kind of made it a thing where I'll only talk about the first one in a series anyway. I'm making a pointed exception in this case, because I think this book and this series (only two volumes right now -... Continue Reading →
In the 30's, Lilly Blackwood was a little girl, raised hidden away from everyone and told she was a monster. Then, her mother, sold her to the travelling circus. In the 50's, Julia Blackwood, 18 years old and already three years estranged from her parents, learns that her parents are now both dead and she... Continue Reading →
Stella has been coming to the hospital for the past ten years, ever since she was six, for treatments related to cystic fibrosis. It's practically her second home, and her need for order, organization, and sticking to plans makes her the model patient. Down the hall, Will is pretty much the opposite. He has CF... Continue Reading →
Oh my goodness, is this a sweet story! I remember watching the movie several times when I was a kid, and while I don't remember anything that happens (other than I loved Hayley Mills and her white dress), I clearly remember picking the VHS out at the video rental store and being excited about it.... Continue Reading →
I was very excited to see this book available at ALA Midwinter in Seattle, and made sure I got in line for it with plenty of time to spare. I think Speak was such a good and important book and I was very interested in this follow up. I should pause a second and tell you... Continue Reading →
Sarah Reads Too Much 