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Kiddo’s Corner Reviews: Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary

January 30, 2017

Kiddo’s Corner Reviews is my new feature here at The Overstuffed Bookcase, where my 7-year-old son reviews children’s books! Go here to find out more. FTC Disclaimer: We purchased this book ourselves. We were in no way compensated for this review. First Thoughts… Me: So what was the book about? Kiddo: Ramona is 7 1/2 and she ...

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Book & Movie Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

January 24, 2017

FTC Disclaimer: I purchased this book (and movie ticket) myself. I was in no way compensated for this review. A Bit Late… This review is pretty late; I read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and watched the movie back in October, and here it is January and I’m finally writing this review. I wrote plenty of notes ...

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Mini Review: Geek Parenting by Stephen H. Segal and Valya Dudycz Lupescu

January 16, 2017

As with all my mini reviews, I’m just going to share some of my notes that I took while reading Geek Parenting. Funny book! There are great parenting lessons in this book BUT I don’t feel like I’m learning much. It’s more like telling us “you can learn this parenting lesson from this movie/TV show/comic/video ...

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Mini Review: The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

November 3, 2016

FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed a copy of this book from my library. I was in no way compensated for this review. As with all of my mini reviews, I’m just going to share some of my notes: Very Veronica Mars right from the beginning. Bonus Points for Harry Potter reference (50,000 points) This is very much Scandal, but I’m also getting a ...

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Kiddo’s Corner Reviews + Giveaway: Workman Publishing “In the Spirit” Blog Tour

October 20, 2016

Kiddo’s Corner Reviews is my new feature here at The Overstuffed Bookcase, where my 7-year-old son reviews children’s books! Go here to find out more. FTC DISCLAIMER: We received copies of these books from the publisher in exchange for our honest review. We were not compensated in any other way for this review. Hi everyone! Today ...

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Mini Review: Attack on Titan Vol 13-17 by Hajime Isayama (+ VIDEO)

October 12, 2016

FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed copies of these books from my library. I was in no way compensated for this review. SPOILER WARNING: This review covers Attack on Titan Volumes 13-17. It may contain slight spoilers for these and previous volumes. But if you’d like a spoiler-free overview of the entire series, check out my video below! As with ...

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Mini Review: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

September 28, 2016

I didn’t write too many notes as I was reading Fun Home, so I’m just going to make this a mini review where I share some of my notes: It’s interesting how this book goes back and forth in time a lot. On one page, we see Alison at 3 or 4 different ages. What? Women had to wear at least 3 articles of women’s clothing in ...

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Kiddo’s Corner Reviews: Kung Fu Panda 3: Po’s Two Dads by Erica David

August 15, 2016

Kiddo’s Corner Reviews is my new feature here at The Overstuffed Bookcase, where my 6-year-old son reviews children’s books! Go here to find out more. First Thoughts… Me: So is this exactly like the movie? (I haven’t seen Kung Fu Panda 3 but the Kiddo has.) Kiddo: Well, um, yes, I think. Me: So what’s the book ...

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Review: The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

August 11, 2016

The Square Root of Summer was a selection for my book club, and there was a bit of time between when I read it and writing this review. Sometimes, a bit of time causes me to think more fondly of a book, and rate it slightly higher than I might have when I first finished it, perhaps because it has been on my mind a lot during that time, or for ...

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Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne

August 9, 2016

SPOILER WARNING: This review goes into detail about the book. I don’t often post spoilers, but this post is full of them. So…I have a lot to say about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Some of it is good, some of it is…not so good. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it at all, either. I had issues, but then I ...