Would I recommend it? Yes! After a few false starts I’ve decided that whatever I say will not do this book justice, and it will ruin the fun of reading it. So, I’m not saying anything, you just need to get it, in fact even if you don’t have any kids as an excuse you should go find it. It’ll be worth it, I promise.
P.S. If you have also read it back me up in the comments!!!
This is the sixteenth book in a series and I think there is some fun, familiar comfort in reading a book like that.
You know the characters – inept bounty hunters, police men, sexy capable men in black, bad guys and Grandma Mauzer.
You know the general theme of things- inept bounty hunters will mess up trying to get bad guys, sexy capable men in black will help bail them out, police will be involved, Grandma Mauzer will cause a scene in a funeral home, cars will get ruined, donuts and fried chicken will be consumed.
Then there are a few surprises – alligators, hobbits, lucky bottles.
Really how could you go wrong?
Would I recommend it? Yes, not the best of the 16 (My personal favorites are 10 & 12) but good!
P.S. These make the best adult read aloud books !
I read this book after Pat Rothfuss recommended it in his blog this was not the first book I have read after his recommendations and so far I have yet to be disappointed. This was not necessarily a book I loved while I was reading it, yet I couldn’t put it down. Spanning topics like, women’s roles, desert life, racism, war, female circumcision, religion and death it was a heavy read. Once I put it down I couldn’t stop thinking about it…including the nightmares it gave me.
Would I recommend it? Yes, nightmares and all it was unusual in a good way.
This is a fantasy book, hopefully that won’t put you off, they are my favorite genre so while this is the first that I’ve read since starting the blog there are bound to be more of them. Robin Hobb (who also writes books under the name Megan Lindholm neither of which are her real name!) is an awesome writer but let me try to explain what I loved best about this book.
This is the first book in the Tawny Man trilogy which is a trilogy that follows The Farseer trilogy. Sometimes when you start reading trilogy’s that follow trilogy’s (and for those of you who don’t read much fantasy that isn’t uncommon) by the time you hit the first book of the second trilogy you have a list of characters that goes halfway down your arm and you hardly get to hear about some of your old favorites. Or there are authors who just keep cranking out books and by the time you reach book 12 you have three thousand characters an entire world of intrigue, plotting, religions and wars that only really serious fans can possibly keep straight and then you up and die before the last two books are finished leaving it up to a different author to finish up for you. And if you think that is some crazy story I made up check our Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time books, The Eye of the World is the first, and a great book, just don’t say I didn’t warn you! On the other hand reading Fool’s Errand was more like sitting back down with old friends.
Would I recommend it? Yes, but first you really need to read Assassins Apprentice, and then Royal Assassin and then Assassin’s Quest, and I promise they are worth it! Also I’m sure her Liveship Traders trilogy factors into all this somewhere but they are still on my to read list.
I love this book. 
Ivy seems to like it but I don’t think she thinks its as funny as I think it is. Didja get that? This book is a series of notes between a boy and his mom about getting an iguana. Here are some of my favorite pages, you can click on the picture to make it bigger if you need to.
Would I recommend it? Yes, your kid might not think it’s as funny as you do, but parents need a good chuckle too!
This is my currently my favorite picture book. I found it in the library last year and we have checked it out many times since then. I love this book so much I’m not even sure what to say about it. I do know that it is currently out of print, a little googling has taught me that Riddell has many other books but I have not yet read any of them.
In this book Katya lives in a forest where it is always summer with her friend Brown (he’s the bear).
Then one day she wakes up to snow. This is Johns favorite picture:
I love the illustrations.
Katya discovers Jack Frost is in her forest,
and this part where she confronts him has made me cry a dozen times. 
Either I am completely ridiculous or it’s a really, really good book.
Would I recommend it? Yes!
As you can see the pre-screening process is still working out!
Book four of the Virgil Cole books by Robert B. Parker was just as good as the first three. Still short on words and long on action it was another quick read! This was the final book with these characters and I really liked how the author ended things, to say more would be to give away too much you’ll just have to trust me!
Would I recommend it? Yes sir! Start with Appaloosa, Resolution, Brimstone and then finish up with Blue-Eyed Devil!
I love both this authors writing style and her stories! In this book Queen Elizabeth finally takes the throne, what follows are the ins and outs of court, her lover, her suitors, war, trouble with the coin, trouble with the church, plots against the throne, backstabbing, double crossing and those inconvenient wives of ambitious husbands.
Would I recommend it? Yes, and if you like the time period check out some of her others too. The books stand alone if you have a particular one you are interested in such as The Other Boleyn Girl (which I have read and is excellent) but you can start at the beginning of the 16th century with The Constant Princess, (which I have not but I have yet to read a bad book by her-now I have, click title to see what I thought of that one) she has other books as well that I haven’t delved into, yet…
I think in order to be a really great picture book, the book needs to appeal to both kids and adults. In my perfect picture book world the kids would love hearing the books and the parents would love reading them, at least the first hundred times. Princess Hyacinth the Surprising Tale of a Girl who Floated by Florence Parry Heide illustrated by Lane Smith is just such a book.
In addition to being a fun to read funny book. I love that the words are all over the page.
And the illustrations crack me up! This is the princess weighted down with her heavy princess clothes.
Would I recommend it? Definitely!
I’ll start this post off with a confession. I received this book from a friend, and when I got it I thought it was dumb. There are few words, few pages, I didn’t even think a kid would like it.
I was totally wrong.
At 7 months old Clara loves this book. She laughs at every page, loves the mirror in the last one, and it has the added bonus of being a board book so even after it soaked in a pile of spit-up it’s still readable.
Would I recommend it? Yes. Baby giggles and grins are worth reading a book adults cringe at!
Behind the Willows 