Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Calling All Creeps! (Goosebumps #50) by R.L. Stine

 Calling All Creeps! (Goosebumps #50) by R.L. Stine-116 pages

⭐⭐⭐1/4


Ricky Beamer is furious when he gets kicked off the school paper. So he decides to play a joke on Tasha, the bossy editor in chief. Just a little joke. Harmless, really.

After school one day he sticks a message in the paper. If you're a creep, call Tasha after midnight, it reads.

But somehow Ricky's message gets messed up. And now he's getting calls. Strange calls from kids who say they are creeps. Creeps with scaly purple skin. And long sharp fangs...

Thoughts: This one is decent. It's not one of my favorites in this series. I do like the ending, though. 

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Last Day of School by Louise Borden   34 pages


Matthew Perez, the official timekeeper of Mrs. Mallory's third-grade class, has a special good-bye gift for her.


Fun book to read at the end of the school year...even if he is a Cubs fan!
 

Junie B Jones is Captain Field Day By Barbara Park

 

Junie B Jones is Captain Field Day  by Barbara Park  66 pages


As captain of Room Nine's field day team, Junie B. Jones tries to rally her troops after they lose several events.


Junie B is a favorite of children...just have to remind them she doesn't always have the best manners.

Field Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler

 

Field Day from the Black Lagoon  by Mike Thaler  64 pages


A student is prepared to get into shape after Coach Kong announces the events for the school's mandatory field day, which he is afraid will include leaping over lions and skipping through snakes.


I love the Black Lagoon books!!

If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock

 

If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock  359 pages

Is Dylan hunting Casey to prosecute her or protect her? Casey Cox is still on the run, fleeing prosecution for a murder she didn't commit. Dylan Roberts--her most relentless pursuer--is still on her trail, but his secret emails insist that he knows the truth and wants to help her. He's let her escape before when he had her in his grasp, but trust doesn't come easily. As Casey works to collect evidence about the real murderers, she stumbles on another unbearable injustice: an abused child and a suicidal man who's also been falsely accused. Casey risks her own safety to right this wrong and protect the little girl from her tormenters. But doing so is risky and just may result in her capture--and if she's captured, she has no doubt she'll be murdered before she ever steps foot in a jail.

Second book in the series and now I HAVE to read the third book.  Such a page turner.  Christian based story but very much a suspense book.  Will she be found and be alive in the third book?  

We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter

We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter -- 439 pages

Welcome to North Falls-a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it's personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help-and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did. Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?


Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
224 pages

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Synopsis (from Goodreads)
Snap’s town had a witch.

At least, that’s how the rumor goes. But in reality, Jacks is just a Crocs-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells roadkill skeletons online. It’s creepy, sure, but Snap thinks it's kind of cool, too.

Snap needs a favor from this old woman, though, so she begins helping Jacks with her strange work. Snap gets to know her and realizes that Jacks may in fact have real magic—and an unlikely connection to Snap’s family’s past.