by Melissa | Aug 13, 2025 | Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction, Teens
This book brings all the emotions. “I’m not lying.” 😊–GDS Okay for Now is a follow up to Wednesday Wars, but it can definitely be read as a standalone. It picks up with the story of Doug Swieteck (swai-uh-tek) and his dysfunctional family as they move to a new...
by Melissa | Aug 13, 2025 | Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Teens
A good friend sheepishly recommended this book to me. “It’s young,” she said. “But it’s funny.” And because she’s a good friend (and because I don’t mind a good YA here and there), I started it. It took some adjusting to feel comfortable inside the head of a junior...
by Melissa | Aug 6, 2025 | Fiction, Historical Fiction
New favorite author..Can an author become a favorite after only one book?I heard about Amanda Dykes’ books from many other bookstagrammers. The first two weeks of September I had some breathing room from Izabella deadlines, checked out Whose Waves These Are from...
