Check it out: The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Luch Gilmore

Chloe has a lot on her plate. She has taken on the responsibility for her younger siblings and has therefore disrupted her career plans. Rather than being a full blown librarian, she works in a library doing a variety of more menial tasks.

One day, Chloe is asked to clean out the books that are to be discarded by the library. She makes a few finds while there. One is a trove of Harlequin romances that her friend wants for her grandmother (Chloe agrees to sneak them out). The other find is a former banned book that may be worth enough to make a difference for Chloe. She takes it.

Chloe later finds that this book has writing in the margins. Much as in The Book Swap, the messages have significance. Someone offers to buy the book; why does he especially want it?

How will lives change? Will characters grow? Find out in this story that takes place in more than one time frame.

I always am drawn to books about books so I was eager to read this one.

Many thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 30 April 2024

Get to know some: American Gymnasts by Rosa Chandler

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Young girls who are interested in gymnastics may very much enjoy this title. It has a number of motivational quotes and coloring pages, along with some games & puzzles.

Here are encouraging quotes by Olympic stars including Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and others. Activities include word search puzzles, a crossword, mazes, and a word scramble. All of these are gymnastics themed.

This book offers both fun and encouragement to young (armchair or not) gymnasts. So, have a child get out their colored pencils and get to work. Note that the number of puzzles is six as some kids might be hoping for more.

Many thanks to NetGalley and FOWGID Publishing for this title. All opinions arae my own.

Pub date: 28 August 2024