A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBreaking Cat News / cartoons / cats / comic / comic artist / Humor / journalists / news2 Comments
Your favorite purr-nalists are back and reporting on all of the most pressing cat issues in this fourth collection of Breaking Cat News comics for middle-grade readers. It’s big changes for the kitties at BCN! Burt is bringing this news station up a notch. Join Burt behind the scenes as ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / 1960s / American historical / chemistry / dog / family relationships / found family / Historical / Misogyny / mothers and daughters / omniscient voice / rowing / science / Scientist / single mother / strong heroine / Womens-Fiction14 Comments
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except ... more >
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Content warnings: grief, past death of a child, sexual assault Dear Trish Doller, Last year you released Float Plan, the first in the Beck Sisters series. I loved it (in fact I must apologise because I did not include it in my best books of 2021 and I should have ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / children's book / dinosaurs / picture books1 Comments
A daring, dinosaur-climbing adventure leads to hilarious kitty hijinks in this adorable tale of perseverance They’re adorable! They’re daring! They’re kitties who love to climb things! And they won’t give up until they’ve achieved their ultimate climbing dream: scaling the dinosaurs on nearby Dinosaur Island. The level-headed narrator warns the ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / children's book / picture books / VikingComments Off on REVIEW: Viking in Love by Doug Cenko
In this laugh-out-loud picture book, a Viking falls in love and must face the only thing in his way of attaining it: his fear of the sea. Stig is your quintessential Viking guy. He loves fresh air, stew, and adorable kittens . . . but he hates the sea. Ingrid ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbeta hero / chick-in-pants / Historical / Regency13 Comments
While most young ladies attend balls and hunt for husbands, Ophelia Hardwick has spent the last ten years in disguise. As the land steward for the Earl of Carlyle, she’s found safety from the uncle determined to kill her and freedoms a lady could only dream of. Ophelia’s situation would ... more >