Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Walk the Dark, by Paul Cody {ends 7/1}

Guest review by: Becki BayleyMaybe I was eleven by then. I think I was eleven.We were still living in the first-floor place with the big rooms, and for a while I went to middle school, for sixth grade, and the school was four or five times bigger than Fall Creek Elementary,...

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Book Review: The Nature of Disappearing, by Kimi Cunningham Grant

Guest review by: Becki BayleyEmlyn takes a shower. She brews herself a cup of tea. She picks up her library book and tries to read. She wanders back to the bathroom and combs her long hair, still wet.What just happened? Did Janessa, in a matter of five minutes, completely convince...

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Book Review: Corpse & Crown, by Alisa Kwitney

Guest review by: Becki BayleyPeople often made the mistake of thinking that just because Justine Makepiece was paralyzed, she was a sweet, childlike waif, as pure of spirit as she was in body. They walked into her room and saw her delicate pale face – the only part of her visible...

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Book Review: A Song of Silence, by Steve N. Lee

Guest review by: Becki BayleyMirek strode toward the courtyard gate. “It’s been a pleasure, Herr Hauptsturmführer. Be sure to send me your manuscript so I –”Kruger wasn’t walking with him but was standing before the apple tree, studying its delicate new leaves that dared to...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: The Girl with Three Birthdays: An Adopted Daughter’s Memoir of Tiaras, Tough Truths, and Tall Tales, by Patti Eddington

Guest review by: Becki Bayley“Did the fact that you were adopted have anything to do with you only having one child?” a friend asked me recently.“Oh, gosh no,” I replied without even considering it.Maybe it did, though. Maybe the adoption wasn’t a factor, but being adopted by...

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