BOOK REVIEW : GOING UP! BY SHERRY J. LEE
TITLE : Going Up! AUTHOR : Sherry J. Lee ILLUSTRATED BY : Charlene Chua GENRE : Children’s Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Books FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : An elevator ride to a birthday party turns into a shared experience bursting with joy in this multicultural story about community, togetherness and the special feeling of belonging. Today is Olive’s birthday party, and Sophie and her dad have baked cookies. Sophie’s dad holds the platter so Sophie can push the elevator button for the tenth floor. But on the way up, the elevator stops to let the Santucci brothers get on. Then on the next floor, Vicky, Babs and their…
BOOK REVIEW : LOVE FROM A TO Z BY S.K.ALI
TITLE : Love From A to Z AUTHOR : S.K.Ali GENRE : Romance, Contemporary, YA FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together. An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are. But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. She’s angry. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in…
BOOK REVIEW : SERPENT & DOVE (SERPENT & DOVE #1) BY SHELBY MAHURIN
TITLE : Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove #1) AUTHOR : Shelby Mahurin GENRE : NA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 3.5 Stars BLURB : Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou’s, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union—holy matrimony. The war between witches…
BOOK REVIEW : HELP WANTED, MUST LOVE BOOKS BY JANET SUMNER JOHNSON
TITLE : Help Wanted, Must Love Books AUTHOR : Janet Sumner Johnson GENRE : Children’s Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Books ART BY : Courtney Dawson AGE GROUP : 4-7 yrs FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : When Shailey’s dad gets a new job, she loses her bedtime reading partner. She immediately starts interviews to fill the position and is thrilled when her favorite fairy tale characters line up to apply. But Sleeping Beauty can’t stay awake, the Gingerbread Man steals her book, and Snow White brings her whole team. Shailey is running out of options. Is bedtime ruined forever? FBRC REVIEW : DISCLAIMER : I received an ARC( advance…
BOOK REVIEW : BEARS MAKE THE BEST WRITING BUDDIES (BEARS MAKE BEST #3) BY CARMEN OLIVER
TITLE : Bears Make The Best Writing Buddies (Bears Make Best #3) AUTHOR : Carmen Oliver ILLUSTRATED BY : Jean Claude GENRE : Children’s Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Books FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : Adelaide loves writing. Bear loves writing. But Theo does NOT love writing. Thankfully, Adelaide and Bear are ready to team up and persuade the entire class, including Mrs. Fitz-Pea, that Bears make the best writing buddies. After all, who better to teach you how to fish and forage for new ideas than a bear? This third picture book in Carmen Oliver’s Bears Make the Best…series is sure to encourage even the most reluctant writer…
BOOK REVIEW : JUST BECAUSE WE CAN BY NICOLE BROOKS
TITLE : Just Because We Can AUTHOR : Nicole Brooks GENRE : Adult, Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction FBRC RATING : 4 stars BLURB : If you love the earth and a compelling read, this book is for you. Dale became an environmental scientist to help save the earth, but at 36, she is jaded with the reality of her job. Meanwhile, just as she struggles to connect with her glamourous mother and navigate her siblings’ complex problems, she and her husband embark on another round of IVF. But just as the suffocating pressures of everyday life threaten to overwhelm Dale, she leaves on a work trip to Thailand. Working on…
VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR – BOOK TEASER : DEREK HYDE KNOWS SPOOKY WHEN HE SEES IT BY E.MICHAEL LUNSFORD
Derek Hyde Series, Book 1 Middle-Grade Paranormal Date Published: 12-21-2019 Publisher: INtense Publications LLC Twelve-year-old Derek Hyde isn’t thrilled that the spookiest old mansion in town is about to become the Hyde Funeral Home & Used Coffin Outlet. Especially since he has to live there with his mortician parents, Jack and Formalda. Of course, being driven in the family hearse to his first day at middle school doesn’t exactly add whipped cream to his broccoli. As if things couldn’t get more horrific, an evil classmate named Nussbaum attacks him in the cafeteria with a plate of beef stroganoff. Seems this kid used to love living in the old mansion himself,…
BOOK REVIEW : THE SIMPLE WILD (WILD #1) BY K.A.TUCKER
“What hold does Alaksa have on them? What makes this place worth giving everything else up?” – K.A.Tucker(THE SIMPLE WILD) TITLE : The Simple Wild (Wild #1) AUTHOR : K.A.Tucker GENRE : Contemporary Fiction, Romance FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : Calla Fletcher wasn’t even two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the process. Calla never looked back, and at twenty-six, a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when Calla learns that Wren’s days may be numbered, she knows that it’s time to make the…
BOOK REVIEW : RUTHLESS GODS ( SOMETHING DARK AND HOLY #2) BY EMILY.A.DUNCAN
TITLE : Ruthless Gods (Something Dark & Holy #2) AUTHOR : Emily.A.Duncan GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 4.75 Stars PUBLISHING DATE : 7th April 2020 BLURB : Darkness never works alone… Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who–and what–he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that…
BOOK REVIEW : WICKED SAINTS (SOMETHING DARK AND HOLY #1) BY EMILY.A.DUNCAN
We’re all monsters, Nadya, some of us just hide it better than others. -WICKED SAINTS TITLE : Wicked Saints (Something Dark & Holy #1) AUTHOR : Emily.A.Duncan GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 5 Stars BLURB : A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to…
