Friday, August 1, 2025

 JULY 

So many books, so little time...  I enjoyed Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes. It is historical fiction about the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 and I've never read much about that. I knew it happened but did not realize how much land was rushed. Rhodes also discusses the fact that the land was really not America's to give away. There are two fairy tale retellings - James Marshall's The Three Little Pigs and Goats Afloat by Lezlie Evans. I am working my way through Marshall's fairy tales and they are delightful. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman was very thought provoking. Evil has always existed and this book delves into the particular evils perpetrated against women and children in 1812 England. Most Regency period historical romances don't necessarily involve forty year old women - especially those doing their best to right societal wrongs. I am looking forward to reading the second book.

 Cranky, Crabby Crow by Corey R. Tabor This Book Is Dangerous! by Ben Clanton The Three Little Pigs by James  Marshall Goats Afloat by Lezlie Evans Blue by Suzanne Kaufman Toto by Hyewon Yum My Friend May by Julie Flett Everything's Wrong! by Jory John Bear Feels Sad by Karma Wilson Frank’s Red Hat by Sean E. Avery Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan We Are the Scrappy Ones by Rebekah Taussig Blake the Snake Bakes a Cake by Amy Young What If We... by Vivienne Chang The Wombats Go Wild for Words by Beth Ferry Next to Me by Daniel Salmieri  The Gathering Table by Antwan Eady Hurricane by Jason Chin A Gift of Dust by Martha Brockenbrough We Carry the Sun by Tae Keller The Music Inside Us by James    Howe

Troubling Tonsils! by Aaron Reynolds Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes Pablo and Splash by Sheena Dempsey Barb the Last Berzerker by Dan Abdo The League of Littles by Casey Lyall How to Draw a Secret by Cindy  Chang Batcat by Meggie Ramm 

All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell  The Stolen Queen by Fiona  Davis The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman