Children's books read Feb 15

  

 

US Presidents for kids by Scott Davids

Love this book because I learn so much. Each president has their own chapter stating the dates they were president.  They also include wars they fought in, who they married, their pets and other things fascinating about them. Questions and answers at the end.

 

Baby animals by DH Butler 

This book talks about a lot of different common animals and what their babies are called.

So many interesting facts about them also and a picture for each one.

Love last one in this book. Cute love the pictures and facts.

 

Neil and the Best Christmas Ever by Avi Lahiri

Love this story about NEil and how they live in a poor town and his job works about 20 hours a day to provide everything he and his wife will need.

Neil has a friend and her father won the lottery and they will moving out of town to a better location.

She explains how the family won the money with a ticket. and offers him to buy her  old tows for half price off the price they paid.

His father is always telling him to praying to God for his wish to come true. 

He has an idea of how to use the money he's saved up over his lifetime and how to earn a bit more so he can give his father the lottery ticket for Christmas.

Love how this one ends. Can't wait to read more from this author.

 

My daddy might be a wizard by J.J. Hebert

Colorful,  children's book about a little boys special day. He gives magical hugs and he can make things happen.

Cute story.

 

Feb 14 Hearts and Horseshoes: A Sweet by Josie Riviera

  

Hearts and Horseshoes: A Sweet by Josie Riviera 

Love this story so much. love finding out how they both do their career jobs and the other jobs they tackle.

She has arrived back on the family ranch. Her spouse, Mark died and she just couldn't bring herself to go there again. The bank has notified her it will be foreclosing on the property so she just goes there to hopefully make things better. She's reminded of Mark as there are pictures all over the walls. The ranch manager is Cole, Marks best friend and also a vet and he took over the care of the ranch as he promised Mark.  

Grace lands a job remotely and  it will bring her the money she needs to start putting the ranch into order. They discuss the local events and want to participate in the  Valentine party to show others that they are NOT giving up. Many others have approached them to buy it out but she doesn't like what they want to do with it so she's holding off. They get a lot more bad news with the cows and know what they have to do. They are working so hard tending to the births where days and nights they work through together.

Love how the town is there for them through thick and thin and how it all turns out. Love that her sister can be with her.

SO very romantic and imaginative with the holiday.  Recipes included at the end.

Hope to read more from this community.

Received this review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.

 

Book Review: The Arnolfini Art Mysteries by Rich DiSilvio

  

 

The Arnolfini Art Mysteries by Rich DiSilvio

This book has so many entertaining stories.  There are 12 mysteries surrounding the art and something happens to each of them. They are discovered not to be the original although in some instances they are but hiding behind something else.  It's so fun ot learn the technical side as to how it is all discovered and what they can do about it. The painstaking task of striping off a layer of the  painting.

So fun to learn all this and find out why it was done to begin with.

Very detailed descriptions and I can never guess who did it.

Love how the author writes his own style with these mysteries. Can't wait to read more.

 

Feb 12 Their Patchwork Family Book 11 of With Love, From Kurrajong Crossing by Fiona Marsden

 

 

Their Patchwork Family Book 11 of With Love, From Kurrajong Crossing by Fiona Marsden

This story follows Leo as he arrives back in Australia with his daughter Queenie. It's actually his cousins girl, but he adopted her.   An aunt wants to get custody because she doesn't think a man can raise a girl going through teen years. That make Leo seak out Tamara and they form a bond again. She listens to his idea of getting married with her adopted son and making a family for all of them. She's avoided sex scenes because of her past but she's not told him yet.

You wonder how long this will last...Leo is in a band and they have toured around the world.

Received this review copy from Tule Publishing via BookSprout and this is my honest opinion.

Feb 12 Love and Let Fly Book 3 of Texas Hawthorne Legacy by Kelly Cain

  

 

Love and Let Fly Book 3 of Texas Hawthorne Legacy by Kelly Cain

Like this book because each chapter is from a different viewpoint of the characters in the story.

We get to hear Miranda's side and her job at the family flight arena. We get to hear from her brother Dominick and also her best friend Jared. He's got plans to head to NASA after he gets his credentials. Miranda is burnt out and wants to take up the offer on west coast, they are all in TX, for a job at the new startup. There is one issue with one that sits on the board of directors. Just when you think things are going great for them to start their own lives together Jared's mother has a long term diagnosis and he doesn't want to leave the area....

So many options, so many decisions...   Adult situations.

Received this review copy from Tule Publishing via BookSprout and this is my honest opinion.

 

Book Review: The Ghost of Seagull Cottage by Anne Alle

  

 

The Ghost of Seagull Cottage by Anne Alle

In this story Annabelle has just arrived on the island where she and her daughter will be living. She had grown tired of her place nearby her mother in law especially after her spouse had passed away. She loves the cottage near the sea and her daughter is excited about going to school soon. She meets the neighbors and they all pitch in to help her meet others and network. She is a painter and her works with her and is excited to show them about. Everyone loves them. She also on the first day meets the ghost that lives there. She sees him and she is not scared.  They are able to carry on conversations and he wants her to write his story of his live. She is also painting his portrait. Love this island and the networking goin on. Hate to see her taken advantage of with a man she had just had met that comes to visit.

This story could've gone so many different ways.

The owner of the cottage, Ghost Daniels's nephew wants to come visit and wants the cottage for himself.  There are so many options and I love how this one ends.

She is so accomplished and they all know what has to be done....

Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.

 

Book Review: The Polymorph by Max Nowaz

  

 

The Polymorph by Max Nowaz

Good book. High velocity sci fi with real stakes.

The core problem is simple. Jim Brown returns to Earth and learns the system is compromised. Aliens blend in. Earth deploys artificial humans and mandroids to boost population and armies. Jim becomes a target because he is part alien and hard to predict.

This works because incentives stay visible. The EPA assigns Marika to watch him. Leela ties him to the industrial machine building advanced androids off world. Former colonies in the Delta Quadrant resist re control. War with Levita starts to look inevitable unless someone breaks the loop.

The best part is momentum. The twists land and the tension stays high, even on a cruise ship. Jim keeps evolving instead of repeating the same arc.

What could be better is bandwidth. The cast is large and some sections move too fast. The book assumes you remember the first one. Reading The Arbitrator first helps.

Bottom line. Worth reading if you like space politics, conspiracies, and identity under pressure.