the calico books

Title: That Summer by Sarah Dessen Pages: 208 Genres: YA, Contemporary Published by: Viking Books for Young Readers (Apr. 6, 2006) Summary For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She’s nearly six feet...

Hey everyone!  It’s a little late, but here is my wrap-up for this year’s Booktube-A-Thon.  I didn’t get as many of the challenges done as I had hoped, and even the...

Hey everyone! So, this is really impromptu on my part, but I’ve decided to participate in the BookTube-A-Thon!  I wasn’t going to, just for the fact that I didn’t really know...

Title: Chasing Jupiter by Rachel Coker Pages: 224 Genres: YA, Historical, Romance, Christian Published by: Zondervan (Dec. 26, 2012) Summary Scarlett Blaine’s life in 1960s Georgia isn’t always easy, especially given her parents’ financial struggles and...

Hey everyone! Today I’m going to be doing the Mid-Year Book “Freak Out” tag!  I wasn’t tagged by anyone, but I’ve seen this tag floating around for the past few weeks, and I...

Title: The Photo Traveler by Arthur J. Gonzalez Pages: 352 Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction/Time Travel Published by: Fahrenheit Publishing (Feb. 20, 2013) Summary Seventeen-year-old Gavin Hillstone is resigned to being miserable for the rest of...

It’s 11 days late, but here it is: my June wrap-up!  Honestly, I’m a little disappointed in the amount of reading I actually got done.  I finished three books in June,...

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Top Ten Books of 2017 (So far!) In order of read date:...

Title: Holes by Louis Sachar Pages: 233 Genres: Childrens/Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction Published by: Scholastic (Aug. 20, 1998) Summary Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed...

It’s that time of year again!  The sun is shining, gardens are growing, the pool is open…It’s summertime!  I absolutely love the summer months.  So, today I thought I’d share my...