Synopsis: Chris Ferrie once again brings complex ideas to babies with My First 100 Space Words. Now your little genius is ready to learn the essential first words of Space! From the #1 bestselling science author for kids comes a simple and colorful introduction to the first 100 space words every baby should know. With…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/review-my-first-100-space-words/Meet Author Marie Powell
Q: When did you publish your first book? My first book was Dragonflies Are Amazing, published in 2006 with Scholastic Education Canada. I went on to have more than 40 children’s books traditionally published, but that’s still one of my favourites. Q: What led you to the path of becoming an author? I think there’s…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/meet-author-marie-powell/Review: Soothsayer
Synopsis: Aurelia has always valued love and happiness over titles and power. Though her kind-hearted father has allowed her to turn away suitor after suitor in pursuit of a love she cannot yet define, when he dies her choices die with him. Knowing that marrying the elderly governor of a neighboring province can secure her…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/review-soothsayer/Review: When I Was Yours
Synopsis: We stand in the back of the hall as the children troop in. Big ones, little ones. Straggly hair, cropped hair, curls… the adults surge forward to choose and soon there is just one child left, a little girl sitting on the floor. She is thin as a string bean and her sleeve is ragged…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/30/review-when-i-was-yours/Best Non-Fiction of 2020
2020 has been a phenomenal year of reading for me. I’ve really honed in on books that interest me, and moved away from reading every random book that’s set in front of me. I’ve done some research on the books I’m letting cross my threshold these days, and accepting far reaching recommendations. Non-fiction has been
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/best-non-fiction-of-2020/Review: The Orphan of Cemetery Hill
Synopsis: The dead won’t bother you if you don’t give them permission. Boston, 1844. Tabby has a peculiar gift: she can communicate with the recently departed. It makes her special, but it also makes her dangerous. As an orphaned child, she fled with her sister, Alice, from their charlatan aunt Bellefonte, who wanted only to…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/27/review-the-orphan-of-cemetery-hill/The Wedding Party ~ Jasmine Guillory
Rating: 4/5 Thoroughly enjoyable, this third installment in Guillory’s series follows Maddie and Theo’s budding relationship. They start out as enemies, friends to Alexa, but nothing more. They can’t stand each other, but Theo can’t quite remember why. Then all of a sudden, that fades a bit to the background as their attraction to one
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/12/27/the-wedding-party-jasmine-guillory/Patina ~ Jason Reynolds
Rating: 4/5 Short and sweet, Patina is a young adult novel, where Patina spends her time learning new things about herself and losing herself in track. Patina is really focused on moving forward and keeping her sister moving forward too. Since her mom couldn’t take care of them anymore due to her diabetes, Patina has
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/12/25/patina-jason-reynolds/Review: Dawn with a Duke
Synopsis: As the daughter of a duke, Lady Isabelle’s pristine reputation is paramount. Her high status is how she’ll attract the titled suitor her mother insists she wed. When Belle’s chaperone falls ill en route to a party, she must pose as an independent widow to avoid gossip. Why not have a wee innocent flirtation…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/review-dawn-with-a-duke/Review: One Night with a Duke
Synopsis: Dashing Scot Jonathan MacLean never returns to the same town twice. The happy-go-lucky philanthropist seeks constant adventure… and is desperate to outrun his past. When a blizzard traps him in a tiny mountaintop village, he meets a woman who tempts him with dreams he’d long since abandoned: Home. Community. Love. But other people’s livelihoods…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/review-one-night-with-a-duke/Review: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
Synopsis: A new take on the classic rhyme, Five Little Monkeys! Larry the monster is back in this perfect read-aloud from Bill Cotter, creator of the USA Today bestseller, Don’t Push the Button. Larry is back! And this time he has enlisted his monster friends to cause monster mayhem! Prompts to “pet,”; “press,”; and “tickle”; the monsters make…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/25/review-five-little-monsters-jumping-on-the-bed/Review: The Duke’s Princess Bride
Synopsis: Born to an Indian maharaja, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But with a British mother, her mixed blood makes her a pariah and a target. And when Sara’s father is murdered, her only hope of survival is to escape on the next ship out―captained by the boy she…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/23/review-the-dukes-princess-bride/Review: Not the Duke’s Darling
Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt brings us the first book in her sexy and sensual Greycourt Series! Freya de Moray is many things: a member of the secret order of Wise Women, the daughter of disgraced nobility, and a chaperone living under an assumed name. What she is not is forgiving. So when…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/review-not-the-dukes-darling/Review: Ten Days with a Duke
Synopsis: Olive Harper’s family has been feuding with the Westons for decades. The Westons’ stud farm is the biggest, but the Harpers’ is the most famous… and she’s the sole heiress. Or was, until her father brokers a truce by offering the Weston heir the Harper farm. The only way to get it back is to…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/review-ten-days-with-a-duke/Review: More Than We Bargained For
Synopsis: Wanted: renter for rural Oregon mountain lodge. Single mom divorcees named Starla preferred. Starla Moore despises a mystery, and there’s no bigger mystery than Sawyer Devereaux. He comes into the library on Thursdays like clockwork, but rarely talks to anyone else. Not that she despises him; after all, he’s easy on the eyes, quick-witted,…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/22/review-more-than-we-bargained-for/Review: The Code for Love and Heartbreak
Synopsis: From bestselling author Jillian Cantor comes a smart, edgy update of Jane Austen’s beloved classic Emma. Emma Woodhouse is a genius at math, but clueless about people. After all, people are unreliable. They let you down—just like Emma’s sister, Izzy, did this year, when she moved to California for college. But numbers…those you can count…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/12/22/review-the-code-for-love-and-heartbreak/WWW Wednesday: Dec 23th 2020
Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This book meme was initially created by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Taking on a World of Words. There are three Ws to answer in each post. What are you currently reading?, what did you recently finish reading? and what do you think you’ll read next? Please feel……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2020/12/23/www-wednesday-dec-23th-2020-wwwwednesday-bookblog-amreading-booklove-sharing/A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan 2) by Arkady Martine
Stars: 5 out of 5 First, a necessary disclosure: this is book 2 of a duology, so I would strongly recommend reading book 1 (which I reviewed here) before you jump into this one. Can you read it as a stand alone? Probably… but you will miss out on a lot of context and dramatic
Read More from: http://elenalinville.com/2020/12/22/a-desolation-called-peace-teixcalaan-2-by-arkady-martine/The City We Became ~ N.K. Jemisin
Rating: 4/5 The audio production with sound effects was fun Science fiction set in New York City, this is one of the most unusual take on cities I’ve read to date. The characters were unique, the drama between them was fun. They each had very distinct voices. Having listened to this on audio, I have
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/12/22/the-city-we-became-n-k-jemisin/The Song of Achilles ~ Madeline Miller
Rating: 5/5 This is hands down one of my favorite reads this year. Miller had me crying at times, filled with so much emotion and empathy for Patroclus. His passion is so palpable, and well described through Miller’s writing style, which is reminiscent of greek mythological translations. This is the first war story I’ve ever
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