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Reading with Ella - Book 16

The Chalk Box Kid - by Clyde Robert Bulla An unusual chapter book, certainly. This book definitely had an atmosphere, it was bleak and grey. If depression was a book, this might be it. I felt sad just reading it, but surprisingly Ella was pretty engaged. The story itself was

Additional Review L - comedy, poetry or literature?

The Copywriter by Daniel Poppick Thank you to Simon and Schuster and Goodreads for the ARC of this book. Even after I've finished, I'm not quite sure what this book it. But I like it. One moment I laughing out loud, thinking OK, this is like

Audiobook - Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer

Every few years, if you're lucky, you find a book that captivates you. a book that takes over your brain and your soul and makes you look at the world differently. Usually for me these books are works of fantasy, dystopian fiction or literary fiction. This might be

Audiobook - The Wake-Up Call - Beth O'Leary

Thanks Caitlin for buying this and letting me borrow it! I think Caitlin likes Beth O'Leary since this is the third book I've read - all donated by my sister-in-law. This book is funny and cute, a real feel good read. It's made better

Additional Review K - Feminism or Lexiography?

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams I found this book on a book swap shelf in the play cafe where they host a book club. Fantastic book shelf that one, always something good to be found, and this was no different. I'm pretty sure our protagonist

Reading with Ella - Book 15

Ivy and Bean (#1) - by Annie Barrows This is our first Ivy and Bean book, and we actually started a series at no.1! I've never generally been a fan of books featuring "naughty kids" as protagonists. I wasn't an especially naughty kid

Audiobook - Devil's Delight (Agatha Raisin #33) - M. C. Beaton

You can probably guess since this is number 33 in the series, that I quite like Agatha Raisin. I liked this one too, even though it wasn't actually written by M.C. Beaton since M.C. Beaton is dead. I gave that previous sentence my best M. C.

Audiobook - Ruby-Fruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown

I came to this (audio)book in a round-about way. The lovely folks at goodreads sent me a free giveaway copy of one of the later Mrs. Murphy Mysteries. Now I'm reading mysteries with a cat as a co-author. Such is life. This is not a cat mystery

Additional Review J - A romance for the lesbian Swifties?

Playing for Keeps by Alexandria Bellefleur Thank you Goodreads and Harper Collins for the ARC of Playing for Keeps. For the purpose of reading in the hot tub on vacation in Cancun with a Mimosa, this was perfect. For real life it might be too vapid. The story line was

Reading with Ella - Book 14

Sophie Mouse (#5) - The Maple Festival by Poppy Green This is our first Sophie Mouse book, and I thought it would be a winner since it's about baking. Ella and I are full into our autumn bake off baking kick right now, so a mouse with a