DUSTIN GRUBBS TAKE TWO by John J. Bonk

This is a sequel to DUSTIN GRUBBS ONE-MAN SHOW. I read it when it first came out, so it’s been a while, but I remember that I loved it, so I was excited to get my hands on this one. I was not disappointed. It’s fantastic. One of the reasons I like his...

Five Sites I like

Eileen Cook – You knew I’d start with the queen of weird stories (bats in your bra, snakes under the bed) Alix’s funny take on…well, lots of stuff! – and because she likes Cadbury choclolate as much as I do (but Marmite? oooh…yuck!)...

Beatrix Potter

I took my husband to England for the first time a few years ago and we took a day trip with my friend, Carole, up to Beatrix Potter’s land. There’s a lovely gift shop in what was her husband’s office now and you can walk the gardens and then...

It’s out! It’s out! Check it out!

Vacation? Holiday? Forget it. I’m back. Why? I’ll tell you why…because my article is out in The Writer Magazine! Remember when I wrote the Red Hair article last year for SCBWI’s bulletin? Well, an editor at The Writer saw it and asked me to...

GOOSE CHASE by Patrice Kindl

I just wrote a nice post about this and it disappeared, so just let me say quickly (since I’m supposedly on holiday) that I loved this book. Fun. Quirky. Adventurous. Spunky heroine. Same thing I just said but a lot more succinctly this time.