Tag: reading

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month:: Books for My Filipina-American Daughter

My husband is a first-generation Filipino. Since I was pregnant with my daughter, knowing the other half of her heritage has been very important...

Houston Moms Blog Book Club:: Read with us in 2020

In 2019, the Houston Moms Blog book club read Michelle Obama's Becoming Liani Tamani's Calling My Name Fredrik Backman's Bear Town Rebecca Makkai's The...

Confessions of a Bibliophile :: How Books Can Save a Life

It's pronounced bib·li·o·phil. But I try to make it sound fancier by extending the last "l" for an additional beat.  I've been told it almost works.  She's a...

Why Audiobooks Should Be On Your Family’s Summer Reading List

There are still a few more weeks of summer, and summer reading programs are in full swing. We all know how important it is...

True Confessions of a Children’s Book Lover

Can I start with a confession? I fully accept that you will judge me and probably roll your eyes or question my competancy. That's...

Turning Pages :: Read Across America Day

I remember exactly how many pages my mother got through before pausing to lick the very tip of her right index finger. An almost...

HMB Book Club :: November Recap and Our Next Books

And just like that, our THIRD book club meeting has come and gone! Thank you to everyone who joined us and for those of...

Happy Young Readers Day!

I hope I never forget the feeling I had as a fifth grader when I finished the last page of Little Women. I was...

HMB Book Club :: October Book Recap and Our Next Book!

Can you believe October came and went so fast? I have a feeling I'll be thinking the same thing in a few minutes when...

HMB Book Club :: September Book Recap and Our Next Book!

Hi, friends! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Facebook Live Book Club meeting! The beauty of our book club, though,...