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Ming's Christmas Wishes by Susan L. Gong

Book Cover: Ming's Christmas Wishes. Written by Susan L. Gong, and illustrated by Masahiro Tateishi

In Ming's Christmas Wishes, Ming wishes for 3 things: to sing in the school choir, to fit in, and to have a Christmas tree.

The main story line in this picture book is that Ming wants a Christmas tree in their home for the holidays. Something her mother wouldn't approve because it isn't part of Chinese tradition. I am not Chinese, so I'm not well versed about their tradition and culture. However, I am an immigrant. I know how it feels to have to work around two different cultures for respect to be met in both ends.

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BLOG TOUR + GIVEAWAY | How To Remember Everything by Jacob Sager Weinstein

Welcome to my stop for How To Remember Everything by Jacob Sager Weinstein, Illustrated by Barbara Malley!

Reading this, I realized I used some of the techniques presented in this book growing up: I still recite ROYGBIV to my kids when I'm telling them the colours of the rainbow; a teacher once introduced us to PEM-DAS; and a few weeks ago, in an effort to help my daughter remember directions, my husband taught her "Never Eat Soggy Weiners" (North, East, South and West).

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Ep. 10 – Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Bird Box book by Josh Malerman against a white background.

Today’s episode was meant to be my Halloween episode. I’m sorry it’s a few days late.

I decided to read Bird Box by Josh Malerman specifically for the month of October. I’ve been wanting to see the movie, and this gives me the perfect opportunity to set the mood for Halloween, and to kind of make it a little easier for me to watch the movie. I get scared very easily which is why I don’t usually read horror / suspense books, or watch horror / suspense films.

This episode is NOT spoiler free so if you plan to read Bird Box and watch the adaptation spoiler free, then I would suggest to do those first before listening to this episode.

Happy listening, and I hope you all had a great Halloween.

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