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review 2020-03-11 20:48
The Talent Show from the Black Lagoon - Mike Thaler,Jared Lee
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-Cycle

Another great story in the Black Lagoon series. I grew up reading the picture books and have started making my way through the chapter books as well. I love that these books use the same general story structure of the original series and extend the format into short chapter books.

The simple writing and short chapters are good for young readers. There are a lot of puns and references, many of which young readers may not understand, but it is still a fun read. The book does a wonderful job of taking common fears and anxieties and making them into funny scenarios, all fantastically illustrated.

I especially liked the twist at the end of this one. A clever book with great illustrations and a fantastic story.
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review 2020-02-24 19:44
The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon - Mike Thaler,Jared Lee
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-Cycle

Growing up, I absolutely loved the Black Lagoon picture book series. They were the perfect balance of scary and silly for me. I was really excited when I saw that there was also a Black Lagoon chapter book series.

The structure is very similar to the picture books with hilarious and horrifying artwork, all the puns, and great creativity and imagination. It was nice to read a longer format of the story.

With large text and short chapters, this is a nice simple chapter book. While there are many jokes that I am sure will go over a lot of kids' heads, the story was fun to read, especially for older kids who liked the picture books.
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text 2019-07-16 18:06
Crowdsourced History Reading -- TA's List No. 1: Bulk Entries and Basics
The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England - Antonia Fraser
The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation - Ian Mortimer
Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty - Dan Jones
Shakespeare: For All Time - Stanley Wells
The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean - John Julius Norwich
The Rise And Fall Of The House Of Medici - Christopher Hibbert
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
The Story of Civilization - Will Durant,Ariel Durant
Encyclopedia of World History - Oxford University Press
Putzger: Historischer Weltatlas - Ernst Bruckmüller,Walter Leisering,Friedrich Wilhelm Putzger,Michael Ackermann,Bruno Mègre,Rudolf Berg,Manfred Vasold,Peter Claus Hartmann,Jochen Grube,Martin Clauss,Bernd Isphording,Stephan Warnatsch,Christina Böttcher,Hans Weymar,René Betker,Ralf Kasper

I'm going to split up my submissions for the crowdsourced history reading list initiated by Chris into several topical lists (with cross references), beginning with the authors and book series I'm submitting in toto, as well as some basic reference material.  So:

 

ALL BOOKS BY ...
* Antonia Fraser (women's history, Tudors & Stuarts)
* Ian Mortimer (British history, particularly Middle Ages)
* Dan Jones (ditto)
* Stanley Wells (Shakespeare -- everything from biographies and history to criticism)
* John Julius Norwich (British and Mediterranean history)

* Christopher Hibbert (ditto)
* Jared Diamond (intersection of (world) history, geography, and sociology)

 

SERIES
* Will Durant, Ariel Durant: The Story of Civilization (11 volumes, Ancient Orient to Age of Napoleon)

* Various Authors: Fischer Weltgeschichte (published elsewhere as Weidenfeld & Nicolson Universal History / Siglo XXI Editores Historia Universal / Storia Universale Feltrinelli, and Bordas / Fayard Histoire Universelle, respectively) (36 vols., prehistory to present day)

BASIC REFERENCE
* Oxford Encyclopedia of World History
* Putzger Atlas der Weltgeschichte (unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge not translated into English -- but for my money, one of the best historical cartographical works in existence)

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text 2019-06-18 07:10
Release Blitz - Jared

 

Jared by Kat Mizera is available now!

This standalone hockey romance is swoonworthy!

 

 

Amazon -- https://amzn.to/2Q6a4XK

B&N -- http://bit.ly/2YAAYdH

Kobo -- http://bit.ly/30pP7w3

iBook -- https://apple.co/2WvuIGr

 

 

 

 

The game of love has no rule book...

 

 

Former hockey star Jared Wylde is tired of living life on the sidelines. Ten years ago, he lost it all... his career, his wife, his entire world. Everything changes when he's offered the job as head coach of the Las Vegas Sidewinders. It's taken him a long time to let go of the past, but it turns out the past isn't ready to let go of him.

 

Bestselling romance author Renee DeSantos lives life on her own terms. After overcoming being widowed and sending her daughter off to college, she's finally putting herself first. Everything is going great, until a one-night stand with a sexy stranger unveils what she's been missing. Now that she's had a taste, she's not ready to let go... of him, or the future they could have together.

 

When the past comes knocking, a son Jared never knew about turns everything upside down. Renee is no stranger to plot twists, but the stakes are higher than ever this time. This is one game Jared doesn't want to lose, but can they score a happily ever after?

 

ADD TO YOUR TBR -- http://bit.ly/2VeJaOm

 

 

 

 

About the Author:

 

 

Kat Mizera is a South Florida native. Born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of wanderlust, she’s called Los Angeles, Long Island, upstate New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Atlanta home. She’s never been able to pick which locale is her favorite, but if pressed, she’d probably choose the west coast.

 

Kat’s a typical PTA mom with a wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max). When she’s not writing, she’s either scrapbooking or indulging in her second love (after writing) – traveling. Greece is one of her favorite places in the world. She loves that Athens is a big city with a small-town feel. The food, beaches and culture keep her going back as often as possible. She hopes to retire there one day so she can spend her days writing books on the beach.

 

Kat has been a working freelance writer for nearly 30 years. She sold her first article–a review of a rock concert–for $10 in 1985. Since then she’s been an entertainment journalist, waitress, bartender, legal assistant, food critic, magazine editor, substitute teacher, and sports writer. She also spent some time working at A & M Records in Los Angeles.

 

As you can guess from her series, the Las Vegas Sidewinders, Kat loves hockey. She is also a freelance hockey writer, covering her favorite team, the Florida Panthers, and any other teams that have an interesting story. The rest of the time, she writes novels: sexy, romantic fiction that she hopes makes you as happy as it makes her. There’s something enticing about hockey players and romance…

 

Connect with Kat:

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorkatmizera

Amazon: http://amzn.to/2lzRBG6

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorKatMiz

Bookbub: http://bit.ly/2li6zRe

Website: http://www.katmizera.com

 

 

 

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review 2019-06-11 22:25
Jared (Las Vegas Sidewinders Book 13) by Kat Mizera
Jared (Las Vegas Sidewinders #12) - Kat Mizera

 

 

A little order, alot wiser, yet no more prepared. Can falling love be sweeter the second time around? Mizera takes a stab at a mature romance with Jared. Past regrets, heartbreaking losses and a surprising turn of events, give a former hockey star and a fiesty, widow, a new beginning at love. Jared focuses is an emotional journey of sacrifice, heartache and healing. With characters that strive to be realistic and a story that stirs the heart, Jared finds strength in the flaws that remind us to be human.

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