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Friday Five Writing Prompt Challenge for March 3, 2023
Each Friday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly five word writing prompt. For more details on how to participate, please click here.
Today’s five words to use as your prompt are:
heir, push, jury, tank, strike
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for March 1, 2023
Each Wednesday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly “blog hop”. For more details on how to participate, please click here.
Today’s topic is: My Favorite Subject in School and Why
February Book of the Month Poll Winner ~ Summer’s Second by Jeff Billington
Summer’s Second by Jeff Billington
Publisher: NineStar Press
Genre: Young Adult (14 – 18 y.o.), LGBTQ, Romance, Contemporary
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by AstilbeAsher Brock’s last summer of youth is far from ideal. His hopes for the future, including an escape from his constricting Ozark Mountains hometown, seem increasingly fragile as he faces hurdles of poverty and abuse, all while coming to terms with being gay. Raised by an alcoholic single mother, he clings to his noted intelligence as an escape to a better life. But it will take more than brains—namely, strength of character and aspiration—for him to navigate the months leading to his senior year of high school.
The pregnancy of his recent girlfriend, the heightened aggression of his long-time bully, and the increasing presence of his long-absent father create a season of turmoil, spurring unease and self-doubt. But with support from family and friends, an opportunity for love, and the shedding of generations of secrets, Asher sees beyond preordained fate and starts to realize the opportunities in his grasp.
Top Ten Tuesday: Books We’ve Reviewed About Pets
Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
Yes, I’m stretching this week’s prompt a little bit. I’m doing it because I love seeing those displays in bookstores that group all sorts of books together based on something they have in common.
In this case, pets are featured in all of these stories which is something I love reading about. You can learn so much about someone by observing the way they treat the animals in their lives.
Here are ten books we’ve reviewed about characters who have one or more pets.
1. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Genre: Middle Grade
Animal(s) Mentioned: Rabbits
2. Cold Feet River by Maureen Fisher
Genre: Romance, Mystery
Animal(s) Mentioned: A dog
3. Fishbowl by Bradley Somer
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Animal(s) Mentioned: A fish
4. Birdseye Chronicles by L.A. Goldsmith
Genre: Middle Grade
Animal(s) Mentioned: Dogs
5. An Inheritance for the Birds by Linda Banche
Genre: Historical Romance
Animal(s) Mentioned: Ducks
6. How Cats Survived the Apocalypse by Justin Allan Arnold
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Animal(s) Mentioned: Cats
7. Good Luck Chestnut: and Other Lucky Colors of the World by Linda Gruenberg
Genre: Children’s
Animal(s) Mentioned: A horse
8. A School of Daughters by Kate Rene MacKenzie
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Animal(s) Mentioned: A dog, a horse, a packrat, two owls, a chipmunk, a rattlesnake, and a grosbeak.
9. Luna’s Green Pet by Kirsten Pendreigh
Genre: Children’s
Animal(s) Mentioned: A plant (but it is treated like a pet!)
10. Cats Can’t Shoot by Clea Simon
Genre: Mystery
Animal(s) Mentioned: A cat
Friday Five Writing Prompt Challenge for February 24, 2023
Each Friday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly five word writing prompt. For more details on how to participate, please click here.
Today’s five words to use as your prompt are:
dance, ignore, realism, generate, dilute
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for February 22, 2023
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Today’s topic is: The First Website I Remember Visiting
Best Book of the Year 2022 Poll
These books all won our Book of the Month in 2022.
Now they’re vying for the 2022 Book of the Year!
Poll runs from February 17 – February 24, 2023.
Friday Five Writing Prompt Challenge for February 17, 2023
Each Friday, Long and Short Reviews hosts a weekly five word writing prompt. For more details on how to participate, please click here.
Today’s five words to use as your prompt are:
inhabitant, spokesperson, sale, stamp, calendar
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge for February 15, 2023
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