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Wednesday, December 21, 2016 9:48:58 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Hunt For the Horseman - Gita V. Reddy:
Sandra said, "Genre: Middle Grade, Adventure, MysterySource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.For readers who have always loved the idea of exploring a house with hidden areas, this is the book for you. The..." more
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 10:06:40 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Alexander Hamilton: How the Vision of One Man Helped Shape Modern America by Teri Kanefield:
Sandra said, "Genre: Middle Grade, BiographySource: I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.I love history. It amazes me how much I really do not know, especially about American History. Teri..." more
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 10:20:34 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Who is Santa and How Did He Get to the North Pole? by Stephen W. Bigalow:
Sandra said, "Genre: Children’s FantasySource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.This is a wonderful book that should be read every Christmas. This is the telling of Santa’s story. It goes into his very..." more
Saturday, December 17, 2016 5:58:00 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Lord’s Hill: A Place Only God Could Save Me From Based on a True Story by Maggie Miller:
Sandra said, "Genre: Adult MemoirSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.We all have problems. It is how we look at and handle those problems that shape us into the person that we are. Maggie Miller lived a..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:11:25 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled In Love and War – Evelyn Smith:
Sandra said, "Genre: Adult, MemoirSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.I have reviewed several memoirs. This one made me contemplate many things. This is the life story of a woman who fell in love with a..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:05:31 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Remembrance by Carolyn Twede Frank Review and Blog Tour:
Sandra said, "Remembrance Book Blog TourDecember 1 Carolyn Twede Frank - franklycreative.blogspot.comDecember 2 Sheila Staley - whynotbecauseIsaidso.blogspot.comDecember 3 Susan Tietjen - susantietjen.blogspot.comDecember 4 Sandra Stile..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:05:29 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Without a Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman:
Sandra said, "Genre: Adult, MysterySource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.If there is one thing I really love about Nancy's books, it is that each of them can be read as a stand alone book. In this book, we find..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:04:02 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Shadow of Doubt and Beyond a Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman:
Sandra said, "Genre: Adult, MysterySource: I purchased a copyShadow of DoubtI live for holidays where I can take time away from teaching and spend a lot of time reading for pleasure. This author was new to me. I was asked to read the third book in this series. I..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:48:09 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled The Whizbang Machine by Danielle A. Vann:
Sandra said, "Genre: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fantasy, AdventureSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.Synopsis from Goodreads:After years of running from his tragic past, Jack Yale books a flight home. With..." more
Friday, November 11, 2016 5:45:25 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Bitter Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff:
Sandra said, "Genre: Adult, ThrillerSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.Bitter Moon is the fourth book in the Huntress series. In this series we have an FBI agent named Matthew Roarke who has spent a..." more
Sunday, November 6, 2016 10:11:27 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Guest Post: Maria Grazia Swan Author of Gemini Moon:
Sandra said, "Fiction versus reality.I’m often asked where I get my ideas for the stories I write. What can I say? From everyday life. And not just ideas, objects and locations also.Take my Lella York Mysteries series, let’s compare some of her everyday items..." more
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 11:37:16 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Guest Post by Gino B. Bardi Author of "The Cow in the Doorway":
Sandra said, " Quick! What’s more important? The story or how well it’s written? No, the correct answer isn’t ‘both.’ our goal as writers and storytellers is, indeed, ‘a good..." more
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 8:43:04 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled The Short Seller by Elissa Brent Weissman:
Sandra said, "Genre: Middle Grade, Realistic FictionSource: PurchasedMy love of this author’s work started with the book “Standing for Socks”. I read this when I was a Middle Grades judge for Cybils in 2009. I have read her Nerd Camp Books and loved..." more
Sunday, October 30, 2016 11:24:47 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Nerd Camp Briefs: Nikhil and the Geek Retreat by Elissa Brent Weissman:
Sandra said, "Genre: Middle Grade Realistic FictionSource: I purchased this bookI enjoyed this small book as much as the first two. Nikhil is looking forward to weekend camp at the Center for Gifted Enrichment, with one exception. His younger sister..." more
Friday, October 28, 2016 5:16:28 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Guest Post by Carl Brookins:
Sandra said, "More Random Musings from a writer.On the second hottest day of the summer, I opened an email query. Essentially, the writer wanted to know how one of my plots had surfaced. I told him the truth. I couldn’t remember precisely, so I temporized. Now,..." more
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 3:32:51 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Edge the Bare Garden by Roseanne Chen:
Sandra said, "Genre: Young Adult, Realistic FictionSource: I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.My ThoughtsAgnes has never fit in. She has accepted this. She is bullied. When she finally reaches..." more
Sunday, October 9, 2016 9:57:08 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Guest Post: Clyde Linsley:
Sandra said, "“Tinkering” with HistoryI was in a large bookstore a few months ago and had one of those unfortunate experiences that are commonplace among us “midlist” authors. (“Midlist” is, incidentally, a common euphemism in the publishing business;..." more
Sunday, October 2, 2016 9:16:52 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Guest Post by Judy Alter author of The Gilded Cage:
Sandra said, "Research After the FactFor the last ten years, give or take a little, I worked on a historical novel about Chicago. It was my “big” project, often set aside for shorter, less puzzling work. But I’m a believer in letting things simmer in the..." more
Saturday, October 1, 2016 10:14:21 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Linda and Mary by Molly Rainier:
Sandra said, "Genre: Adult, Realistic FictionSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.From GoodreadsA cave woman appears on a fire escape in Brooklyn in 1967, a time when nothing seen on the street or in the news..." more
Saturday, October 1, 2016 7:10:21 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Nefertiti the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space by Darcy Pattison:
Sandra said, "Genre: Children's Picture Book, NonfictionSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.Darcy Pattison has written a wonderful and informative story about a spider who went to space.Nefertiti was a Johnson..." more
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 6:21:47 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Indecent by Ethan Brant:
Sandra said, "Genre: Young Adult, Adult, SuspenceSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.From Goodreads:Based on true events!There was a time when six countries were united by one man named Tito. He defended the..." more
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:10:15 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Guest Post - Radine Nehring:
Sandra said, "I am pleased to have Radine Nehring write a guest post for me. When I read it I immediately thought, "this is exactly the way to speak to my students who think I am crazy when I talk about hearing voices." Please enjoy the post and check..." more
Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:53:03 AM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled 9/11 Remembered:
Sandra said, "On this day fifteen years ago, the face of America was changed forever with the attacks on America. This last Friday I did my 9/11 presentation for my sixth graders, most who were born around 2006. Only a few of them had any information about that..." more
Friday, September 9, 2016 9:09:22 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Two Beautiful Nonfiction Books:
Sandra said, "How They Became Famous Dancers – Anne DunkinGenre: Middle Grade, Young Adult, NonfictionSource: I received a copy to facilitate my review the opinions expressed here are my own.This is a wonderful book. My daughter loved dance and at one time was..." more
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:28:18 PM
Sandra Stiles wrote a blog post titled Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet:
Sandra said, "Genre: Middle Grade, Historical FictionSource: I purchased a copy from ScholasticTake one boy named Noah and give him a stutter so he is an outsider. then turn his world upside down. That is what Anne Nesbet, the author has done to her..." more