• Books & Book Reviews

    Unlocking Worlds

    Unlocking Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers Published by Griffins Wharf ISBN 0983644616 (ISBN13: 9780983644613) Book Description Award-winning writer and teacher Sally Allen knows that good books don’t just draw us in; they talk to us, shape us, and transport us to times, places, and minds different from our…

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    The Miracle of Small Things

    Today I’m super thrilled to have Guilie Castillo, a fellow blogger and dog lover I connected with two years ago via the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge, grace this blog today. Guilie is a Mexican export who transferred to Curaçao “for six months”—and, twelve years later, has yet…

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    Jesusita – Review and Giveaway

    Book Title: Jesusita by Ronald L. Ruiz Category: Adult fiction, 275 pages Genre: Literary Publisher: Amika Press Book Description Jesusita is the story of immigrants—legal and illegal—trying to survive in California in the years after World War II. Jesusita, alone and impoverished, struggles to keep her four young children together.…