I’m one of those people who turns into an obsessive reader when I’m going through something unfamiliar. When I found out I was pregnant with my son, I read everything I could find on pregnancy and parenthood. I read so much that, by the time I hit my third trimester, my OB/GYN told me […] Read more…
Top 10 Books for Military Brats
Military life is difficult to explain even to adults. Explaining it to children? Well, sometimes it’s impossible to find the right words. Fortunately, there are people out there who seemed to have found the right words and then put those right words together in books that children of all ages can understand and relate to. In honor of […] Read more…
Piper Reed: Navy Brat
I’m always looking for books to read about military families. There are plenty of books out there for military spouses and quite a few picture books for young children, but there seems to be a void when it comes to chapter books for military brats in elementary school. So when I was offered the opportunity to review […] Read more…
Top 10 List of Books About Deployment for Military Families
The other day a friend of mine emailed to ask for deployment advice. It wasn’t the first time her husband deployed, but it was the first time her young child started expressing his stress through anger and behavior changes. My kids never acted out their deployment stress, maybe because my daughter was too young to understand […] Read more…
Bookcrossing…Releasing Alice Bliss Into the Wild
A couple of months ago I wrote a book review for a novel called Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington. (Seriously, if you haven’t read it yet, get going!) Then a few weeks ago, Ms. Harrington emailed me about the Where’s Alice Bliss? campaign, a fun way to send copies of the novel to as many countries and U.S. states […] Read more…
Where’s Alice Bliss?
A couple of months ago I wrote a review for the novel Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington. Have you read it yet? Well, you should! Not only is it a great read, but now you have the opportunity to participate in a fun new adventure called Where’s Alice Bliss? Where’s Alice Bliss? is a campaign to send copies […] Read more…