SHATTER ME and UNRAVEL ME by Tahereh Mafi: Review and giveaway!

My review of the excellent SHATTER ME and UNRAVEL ME by the wonderful Tahereh Mafi!




The giveaway is international, but I have to have 20 or more people enter by midnight on the night of Thursday, April 4th, 2013 or I can't run the contest. (Choosing randomly between one or two people is ridiculous.)

Leave comments here or in the comments section on YouTube to win, and make sure you spread the word!

BLOOD AND GUTS, it's a fish dissection!

So, The Kidlets and I dissected a fish as a science lesson recently. Here's the result. WARNING: Not for the faint of tummy!




Happy Wednesday!

Monday Musings: On Changing the Status Quo

This is what I've been thinking about lately:




What do YOU think?

Friday-ish Forward: You Are Stardust, by Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim

This book is amazing. We borrowed a copy from the library and immediately went out to buy our own copy once we had read it.

Here's my full review:




Happy reading!

Double Book Review Video! DIVERGENT and INSURGENT by Veronica Roth

What the title says. :-)


Happy Saturday!

Monday Musings: On Promises

A few weeks ago, I took The Kidlets on a bit of a treasure hunt. This is what happened:

May you spend this day, this week, this year, working to fulfill your promises.

Have an awesome Monday.

Monday Musings: On Literacy and Life

I posted this vlog on my YouTube channel "Ishta Mercurio" yesterday as part of my 52 Weeks of Vlogging project. I'll let it speak for itself. :-)

Happy Monday. Happy Reading.