BOOK REVIEW: Miss Grimsley’s Oxford Career by Carla Kelly

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BOOK REVIEW: As You Wish By Cary Elwes

//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=ss_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=wepere0f-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B00IWTWOI2&asins=B00IWTWOI2&linkId=KNY2JNSVWCSASWVM&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true Book: As You Wish by Cary Elwes Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography As You Wish is a compilation of Cary Elwes memories of the making of The Princess Bride. If you haven’t watched The Princess Bride, this is pretty much the only situation where I will tell you to watch the…

Stop-That’s and I-love-you’s

Motherhood is punctuated by extremes.  Extreme love, extreme frustration, extreme exhaustion, extreme happiness.  Every so often, the depth of those extremes comes out of the blue and surprises me all over again. The mood of parenthood is subject to change as frequently as the moods of the children and babies…

BOOK REVIEW: Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau

Book: Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau (The Testing #3) Genre: YA, Dystopian This is the presumably final book in The Testing trilogy. I say presumably because I feel like there’s definitely an opening for a fourth book… but we’ll get to that in a minute. You can read my reviews…

BOOK REVIEW: Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau

Book: Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau (The Testing #2) Genre: YA Fiction, Dystopian Independent Study continues the story about Cia Vale that began when she was selected to participate in the Testing of the United Commonwealth–the annual exams that determine who will go on to become leaders and politicians in…

BOOK REVIEW: Infamous Scribblers by Eric Burns

Book: Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism by Eric Burns Genre: Nonfiction, American History American Scribblers is an in depth look at the early days of politics and journalism, and their extremely co-dependent relationship in the earliest days of The United States. Old newspapers…

Welcome to We Peas Read

Welcome to our launch of the official We Peas Read review website!  Thanks for stopping by!  We have several posts for today, including a review of The Madman’s Daughter and a list of 10 best ways for a busy parent to make time for reading! We hope you’ll follow along with…

BOOK REVIEW: The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel

Book: The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel Genre: Historical Nonfiction Description: As America’s Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy,…

Homemaker Monday Linkup

Good morning y’all!  How’s the first Monday after Daylight Savings Time treating everybody?  I have to say, I am not a fan of the whole time change.  It just seems pointless.  Maybe back in the day when everybody was farmers it made more sense, but I kind of doubt it–they…