#cheryl-recommends

The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I wish books didn’t need tags like ‘middle grade’ or ‘young adult’ as this book had so much depth for all ages. Maybe somewhere, we could say, middle grades could read this. Young adults can relate. But I think this would make a great read-aloud to share. A teacher or parent could do the reading. There are a lot of conversation…

Review: The Snow Kept on Falling by Kathie McQueary

The Snow Kept on Falling by Kathie McQueary My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thank you, Cheryl. This was fun. I do have the child’s point of view about snow. I get very excited. And yes, I understand why Gramma said what she said. We have had snow around Halloween. But it never stuck. So when it started snowing on All Saints Day, November 1st, I figured it would melt away. Guess what? It still hasn’t…

Review: Antics! by Cathi Hepworth

Antics! by Cathi Hepworth My rating: 5 of 5 stars A couple of friends recommended this fun little treat. After their great reviews knew I had to find a copy. Okay, so it might be a little advanced compared to other alphabet books. Still, the pictures and one word per page make it a quick memorized book. It may be more fun for older siblings to read to younger ones with a more advanced vocabulary.…

Review: The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. HarringtonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This was an adorable tale! The little girl, Baby, as Big Mama calls her, sees it as her mission to catch every chicken. But one eludes her. Shelley Jackson makes the story come alive with illustrations that seem real yet whimsical with a bit of collage throughout the book. My children and I would have loved…

Review: The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. HarringtonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This was an adorable tale! The little girl, Baby, as Big Mama calls her, sees it as her mission to catch every chicken. But one eludes her. Shelley Jackson makes the story come alive with illustrations that seem real yet whimsical with a bit of collage throughout the book. My children and I would have loved…

Review: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was fortunate to find the audio version on Overdrive through my library. I enjoyed what my friend, Cheryl said about the book.

The narrator, Anna Fields, seems to have a raspy voice that is a little offputting at first. Then that voice becomes the healer. She can act out the other characters in a believable way.

The story is a little hard…

Review: The Host by Stephenie Meyer

The Host by Stephenie Meyer My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It has been weeks since I finished ‘reading’ this book. I couldn’t decide how I felt about it. I think it is somewhere between hating it and being okay with it.

Kate Reading was the narrator. I nearly returned the Audible version. The voice seemed all wrong for the alien. And all wrong for the strong host.

The story did start to get interesting…

Review: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Can I give this book 20 stars? This is MY kind of sci-fi! No wars and shooting and one-up-manship. We get to know another social order, the good and bad of it. We watch someone growing up within and without that order. We get to know other beings. We get to travel in space. There just happens to be males and females. In this…