Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Cross-posted on The Zimmer Zoo. I just finished reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Overall, I enjoyed the book. I have to say that it took about 50 – 100 pages to really get into it though. HOLY SLOW. Thank goodness at least 3 different strangers walked by me while I [...]

Book Review: The Lost Symbol

Cross-posted on The Zimmer Zoo. I just finished reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, so I figured I’d put a few thoughts together. And I’m going to try to do with without any spoilers…if I spoil it for you, I’m sorry!! (And let me know so I can reword it…) I’m a fan of [...]

Book Review – Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms

Cross-posted on The Zimmer Zoo. I received Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Wendy Walker about a month and a half ago. And I had great intentions to read it from cover to cover right away…but a few things got in the way (you know, besides kids! [...]

Children’s Book: Dance Me, Daddy

Originally posted on June 9, 2009 as a giveaway on The Zimmer Zoo I just received this beautiful story – Dance Me, Daddy by Cindy Morgan -  in the mail yesterday. The illustrations are just wonderful and the story is inspired by a song Cindy wrote called King of the World. I seriously had tears [...]

Book Review – Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More

Originally posted on May 25, 2009 on The Zimmer Zoo. I just finished reading Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Susan Heim. How can you not like a book when it starts out with a quote from Aerosmith? *grin* Seriously, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins [...]

Potential Children’s Authors

Originally posted as a giveaway on May 10, 2009 on The Zimmer Zoo. A few days ago, MyBlogSpark.com sent me 4 children’s books: Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett, Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach, and The Great Dog Wash by Shellie Braeuner. (My kids are really [...]