Shopaholic Series... Spohie Kinsella captures the imagination of shopping women everywhere with her wonderful series of books . Most notable The Confessions of a Shopaholic made into a major motion picture, Is one of my favs. If you like smart funny women & great stories that have you flipping pages, but not making your brain work overtime. You will love all her books!                                                    ...

Marley & Me...  John Grogan hit a major heart string & jack pot when he decided to write a book about the loveable ti rant Marley. Marley was Johns Yellow male Lab, that gave him love & a wonderful story. I loved this book for a few reasons but, mostly I like John Grogans writing style & plan to read his new book The Longest Trip Home ( See review later) And I also have a lovable slab of yellow Lab that has done a lot of...

More Pies... By Robert Munsch Illustrations by Michael Martchenko Robert Munsch is the premiere writer for children’s books between the ages of five to ten. “More Pies” is about a young boy Samuel who is continuing hungry and who just can’t seem to get his tummy filled. When it is recommended Samuel should enter the local pie eating contest, he does. His opponents include a fireman and construction worker....

Followed – Mahatma Gandhi... “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” “Where there is love there is life.” “7 DEADLY SINS Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics...

No One Says It better Than Dr. Seuss... “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.” “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” “Today...

A Thump From Upstairs: Starring Mr. Boo And Max &#... My four year old nephew picked “A Thump From Upstairs: Starring Mr. Boo And Max” out from a large pile of books on sale at our locale book store during a shopping excursion recently. I promptly chose to read it to him and my niece during lunch and to my surprise, they both loved it!  Enthralled in Keep’s lively prose, I had both of their attention and curiosity with what was going to happen next. “A...

Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein... The first time I read “Where The Sidewalk Ends”, I was around 12 years old and I loved it. Over the years I have read and re-read it several times, or at least parts of it – the love affair has never ended. Silverstein’s poetry style is his own: laid-back and conversational, filled with humor and wit, occasionally employing slang. His  simple pen-and-ink drawings are clever and charming. Although...