10 Books I Can’t Stop Recommending

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019Leave a comment

If you know just one reader, you probably already know that we can’t help ourselves from bringing books into every conversation. Because stuff reminds us of what we’ve read. And what we’ve read is awesome. And everyone should be able to experience that awesomeness for themselves. Thus, the never-ending book recommendations. Sorry, not sorry.

For today, I’ll be sharing some of the books (I’m limiting myself to 10) that I CAN’T stop recommending. Please, if you like me even a little bit, read these books. And then come back and tell me so we can have a nice chat.

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Show & Tell – Dragon Slippers

August 6, 2019June 8, 2019Leave a comment

I had to admit, scared though I was, I was also quite curious about what a dragon’s lair would be like. Would I be permitted to see the great mound of gold on which he slept? Was the floor carpeted with the bones of fallen knights? Steeling myself, I cautiously preceded the dragon into his cave.

–Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

Quote of the Day – Howl’s Moving Castle

August 2, 2019May 24, 2019Leave a comment

In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of the three.

–Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Quote of the Day – Serafina and the Black Cloak

July 30, 2019May 24, 2019Leave a comment

She was beginning to see how difficult it was to determine who was good and who was bad, who she could trust and who she had to watch out for. Every person was a hero in his own mind, fighting for what he thought was right, or just fighting to survive another day, but no one thought they were evil.

–Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

Quote of the Day – Diary of a Mad Brownie

July 24, 2019May 24, 2019Leave a comment

By the Queen and her court, what kind of a name is Bubbles for a creature like this? Lucifer or Bloodclaw Reddifang would be more appropriate.

–Diary of a Mad Brownie by Bruce Coville

Show & Tell – Zinnia and the Bees

July 23, 2019June 8, 2019Leave a comment

Adam told me once that he was named Adam and I was named Zinnia because our dad wanted his kids to experience everything in the world from A to Z. That’s how I used to feel with Adam, like we had all the letters of the alphabet connecting us.

–Zinnia and the Bees by Danielle Davis

Quote of the Day – Withering-by-Sea

July 16, 2019May 24, 2019Leave a comment

There was a picture of such a serpent in the margin. Stella studied it wistfully. It looked large enough to swallow an elephant, and had a hungry expression. A serpent of that size could easily swallow a person, an Aunt for example, as easily as kiss your hand. Several Aunts, probably. It looked sufficiently hungry.

Elza Kinde

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Category: favorite fiction