The October Book Club welcomes you to real fall! (Unless you are here in Houston, then welcome to fall for a few days and then it will be hot an humid again and then it will be cold and rainy again and then it will be humid again and we repeat forever until it is summer). I am so excited for the promise of cooler weather. Something about it makes tucking in with a book so much sweeter! Don’t you agree? In honor of the season, the October Book Club pick is definitely a little on the creepy side. The Dollhouse, by Sara Ennis, checksRead More →

The Gilded Ones, by Namina Forna Order Now Her blood proves her worth. Deka lives in Otera, a land that has ritualized the patriarchy to keep women in their place. ‘The Gilded Ones,’ Namina Forna’s debut novel, takes you deep into these themes and more. As girls reach their sixteenth year they are sent to the village temples for a ceremony to determine their purity. If their blood runs true they become a member of society. If their blood runs gold a girl is impure and sentenced to death. What is not shared about these gilded girls is that gold blood does not just markRead More →

Spring 2020 kids book list

Spring 2020 is here! New books are hitting the shelves (virtually, speaking). Thanks to an amazing group of publishers we have been reading advanced copies to find our favorites. Our top five picks are books your kids will love and you will not mind reading again and again. Which are you ready to read? A Is for Another Rabbit, by Hannah Batsel Who doesn’t love funny and charmingly aggravating rabbits! This is not your traditional ABC book. Every letter is not highlighted in a big bold font and, as the story goes on it devolves into wascally wabbit madness and the letters are used muchRead More →

State of TX Grade F | Fairness Dyslexia Options | 1989 Measles? | Unpublished Salinger| “See” Bad Eyesight Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Dear State of Texas an A-F grade in supporting public education “Your grade is an F, Texas. But I want to be transparent in my reasoning, Texas. And I promise not to change my standards every year without telling you in advance. Because that would not be fair or good for the state that I love. “ Boom. 2 Two boys with the same disability triedRead More →

Screens in Schools a Hoax | How Long to Poop out a Lego?| Hobby or Hustle| To My Friends| Myth of Plastic Recycling Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Screens In Schools Are a $60 Billion Hoax “…we have accepted tech in the classroom as a necessary and beneficial evolution in education. This is a lie.” 2 It Takes 1.71 Days to Poop Out a Lego “For one unfortunate subject, the Lego head never reappeared.” It’s okay. It was for science. 3 The Modern Trap of Turning Hobbies Into HustlesRead More →

Houston Population Surge | SAHM Depression| Sign Stealing| Testicle Festival| True Crime Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Houston could see second biggest population surge in U.S. through 2029, study says Yay. I mean. “welcome.” Just don’t come here and try to turn it into the place you left. Okay? 2 Why Didn’t Anyone Warn Me About Stay-at-Home Mom Depression? I was not only tired and depleted, but hopeless—like my life had no purpose, and no one seemed to care about all I’d been doing for my son and myRead More →

Hey, Texas! Cursive is Back! | 10 Steps to Well-Adjusted Kids| Is Scouting Relevant?| The Lost Jungle Prince| 7 Days Online as an 11yo Girl Great reads from around the web and print that made us stop scrolling, sit back, and enjoy a quick read. 1 Texas students will have to learn cursive again starting this fall What do you think? Glad it’s back? 2 Want to Raise Well-Adjusted Children? Psychology Says Let Them See You Doing These 10 Things Is it shocking that you should be a kind well-rounded person – and, let your kids be part of that world? 3 Are the BoyRead More →