This is only the second #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram for April, but that’s the way life goes, I guess. Today we have TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY by Jay Asher. The book published in 2007, when my oldest kids were just five, so it was several years before I actually read this book. Despite it’s heavy content, I enjoyed it,…

#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram for this first Thursday of April is LOVE WALKED IN by Marisa de los Santos. Though the book was first published in 2005, I didn’t pick it up until 2008 when I was pregnant with my youngest child. I distinctly remember standing at the front of my class, hiding my burgeoning belly behind the…

The selection for #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram this week is SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson.   This book goes back to 1999 (which means it’s older than my oldest children), but if you haven’t read it yet, you should. It was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature, an honor that is very well deserved.…

I haven’t thought about today’s #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram for a while! Today we have JANE by April Lindner. The hardcover version of the book released in 2010, and I remember picking the book up from a library book sale. I let someone borrow it, and it never came back, but hopefully JANE found another good family to…

Part of the reason I love #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram is because I often forget which books I’ve read. This feature allows me to walk down memory lane for a little while, which is often a lot of fun. This week’s selection is JEMIMA J by Jane Green. The book was first published in 1999, and while I’m…

#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram for this week is TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee. I’ve read this book several times, and I’ve seen the 1962 movie (which is rare for me), and I loved them both. The Chicago Tribune wrote of the book, “A first novel of such rare excellence that it will no doubt make a…

Our first #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram of 2023 is THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein. It’s a book I read over a decade ago now, but one I enjoyed and recommended to my friends. My children enjoyed it, too—the adult novel and the children’s adaptation that came from it. So what drew me in?…

One of the reasons I put up a #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram feature from time to time is that it reminds me of the books I’ve read. Of course, I could never forget that I read ON WRITING by Stephen King, since it’s one of the books many writers and teachers of writing suggest to any aspiring writer.…

I still remember when my good friend Kelsey told me about today’s #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram feature! “I think you’ll like THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins, but it is, shall we say, a little disturbing.” Why yes, a book that asks, “Could you survive on your own in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you…

My husband (who isn’t on social media, so his opinion shouldn’t count here) will be dismayed at my pick for this week’s #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram feature! Drumroll, please! It’s THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown. Why would Tim be dismayed? Because he didn’t like the book. “I figured it out too quickly,” he said. But Tim’s…