Posts by Traci mom23boys

Every Christmas eve we watch Family Man & Christmas day is It's A Wonderful Life...for as many years as I can remember.

I loved this book when my children were young. Wise Child by Sonia Choquette http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Child-Spiritual-Nurturing-Intuition/dp/0609803999

The Birth House- Ami McKay One Thousand White Women- Jim Fergus Into the Forest- Jean Hegland The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood Pope Joan- Donna Woolfolk Cross Bitter Grounds-Sandra Benitz I love YA genre too, have you...

I love the YA genre too! I agree with the pp about the Printz awards. This year's winner was one of my favorites *Ship Breaker*.   ~traci    

Wow! I think they both would be perfect in the OPPOSITE roles...go figure! I would be worried about Jennifer Lawrence because of her coloring and body type if I hadn't loved her so much in Winter's Bone. I have read that Suzanne...

My husband leans toward non-fiction too. One of his favorites (and mine) is *Devil in the White City* by Erik Larson     ~traci

If she liked *When You Reach Me*, the same author wrote *First Light*. I read this with my middle grade book club and we all loved it! *Howl's Moving Castle*, was another we read and enjoyed. Susan Fletcher has a wonderful Dragon...

Wow, I am so surprised to see a thread with that title. We love netflix! We have had it for 7 years and started streaming about a year ago. We like having both. I agree that the movie selection isn't great with streaming however, the...

The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang Monique Felix has a whole series of Mouse Books. I am so excited to be able to recommend both of these, they are so amazing!

*Snow Falling on Cedars* I read this over a decade ago, but it is still with me. It is set in the aftermath of WWII, but delves into racism and the effects of the Japanese internment camps. ~traci