Book Reviews

I didn’t use to cry at books. There were a few exceptions, of course, but up until a few years ago I could count the number of books that had made me cry on one hand with a few fingers to spare.

That’s all changed since having my babies – I have become a major weeper at a good story! [Read more…] about The Lighthouse Family

“Welcome to the yard!”
– opening line of The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure

Do you ever hear a name and say, “They sound familiar…now where do I know them?”

I rarely do this in real life, because I am notoriously bad at remembering people’s names. I’m working on it, I really am!

I did have that moment at the library a few months ago, however, when I saw the book series, The Chicken Squad.

“Doreen Cronin,” I thought. “I know that name…where have I heard that before?” [Read more…] about The Chicken Squad

“It was an ordinary morning at No. 10, The Crescent, and everyone was busy except Pug and his freckled companion, Lady Miranda, who were both still in bed, snoring.”
– opening line of Captain Pug  by Laura James

I shrieked when I first started reading Captain Pug because Lady Miranda and Pug lived in The Crescent. Let me tell you why that is significant. My husband has family in Great Britain. While we were there visiting last year I fell in love with the town of Bath. [Read more…] about The Adventures of Pug