History, Mystery, and Adventure I reviewed the first book of the Enola Holmes series several weeks ago.  I thoroughly enjoyed that book, but now that I’ve read all six in the series I’m a fan for life.  I think it’s a little cliche, but I’m gonna say it anyway, “What a breath of fresh air!”  Even the junior fiction novels […]

Rob had a way of not-thinking about things.  He imagined himself as a suitcase that was too full, like the one that he had packed when they left Jacksonville after the funeral.  He made all his feelings go inside the suitcase; he stuffed them in tight and then sat on the suitcase and locked it shut.  That was the way […]

“Who would ever think you would shout, ‘You’re going to vacuum up a squirrel!’”    Now Introducing . . .  Ladies and gentlemen, I now introduce you to one of my most favorite authors!!  Drum roll please . . . . . . Kate DiCamillo!  Oh. My. Gummy-bears.  I love DiCamillo’s children’s literature.  I read several of her books as […]