Book Review: The Bear Who Couldn't Sleep by Caroline Nastro

Title: The Bear Who Couldn’t Sleep
Author: Caroline Nastro
Publisher: North South Books Inc
ISBN: 073584268X (ISBN13: 9780735842687)
Release Date: October 1st 2016 (expected)
Pages: 32
Genre: Children’s
Format: ebook (will be hardback)
Source: NetGalley

GoodReads:
There’s no place like home when it’s time for bed. When Bear can’ t sleep, he goes on an adventure and discovers the wonders of New York City a parade, Central Park, hot dogs, and more! But when he finally gets tired and looks for a place to rest . . . he learns why it’s called the city that never sleeps. What’s a bear to do? Caroline Nastro’s gentle adventure and Vanya Nastanlieva’s engaging illustrations are sure to comfort and delight!"

Mine:
Bear just can’t sleep so he takes to wandering off. He stops along the way at the other forest animals homes, but most of them are sleeping also. He finds his way to the Big City – New York – what’s a bear to do, but visit all the popular places.


*I received a free ARC of The Bear Who Couldn’t Sleep from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review*

Reading Challenges:
2016 Pages Read ( The Crafty Engineer's Bookshelf)
2016 I Love Picture Books (Bea's Book Nook)
2016 What an Animal Reading Challenge IX (Socrates Book Reviews)
Let's Turn Pages Challenge (GoodReads - 2015 and 2016 Reading Challenge)
2016 New Release Challenge (Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! and (un)Conventional Bookviews)

Book Review: Cookie Classics Made Easy: One-Bowl Recipes, Perfect Results by Brandi Scalise

Title: Cookie Classics Made Easy: One-Bowl Recipes, Perfect Results
Author: Brandi Scalise
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781612126883
Release Date: May 3rd 2016
Pages: 96
Genre: Cooking
Format: ebook
Source: NetGalley

GoodReads: The 40 recipes in this delicious collection use a foolproof formula that requires just one bowl, minimal baking equipment, and no previous experience! You’ll find your tried-and-true favorites here -- from Chewy Chocolate Chip to Oatmeal Raisin, Shortbread, Ginger Molasses, and Snickerdoodles -- plus many more that are sure to become new must-haves, such as Lemon Ginger, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Rum Raisin, Pecan Delight, and Vanilla Walnut Pear. Warm, crave-worthy cookies are just minutes away!


Mine: They all sounds like yummy recipes and the photos are great. I think I’d like Carmel By the Sea, The Vermont (made with some maple syrup) and my all time favorite Ginger Molasses.
The way they are laid out in the book make them easy to follow the recipes. Step-by-step directions seem easy to follow. I’d like to see more recipes, but I’m like the cookie monster – I like just about every cookie.

*I received a free ARC of Hollywood Café from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review*


Reading Challenges:
2016 Pages Read ( The Crafty Engineer's Bookshelf)
Let's Turn Pages Challenge (GoodReads - 2015 and 2016 Reading Challenge)
2016 Reading Challenge (GoodReads)
Foodies Read 2016 (Based on A True Story)
2016 New Release Challenge (Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! and (un)Conventional Bookviews)
Nonfiction Reading Challenge 2016 (The Introverted Reader) 

Book Review: Candy Cane Wayne by Leela Hope

Title: Candy Cane Wayne
Author: Leela Hope
Publisher:
ISBN: B01A4TWG62
Release Date: January 2nd 2016
Pages: 24
Genre: Children’s
Format: Hardback (read as ebook)
Source: Kindle

GoodReads: This is a charming tale about a boy named Wayne who much preferred eating candy over healthy greens.
He is always tired and has no energy to play. And try as she might,
his mother can’t convince him to eat his vegetables.
Follow along as he accepts an invitation for tea at his friend’s house and makes the discovery much more than tea is being served.
Will Wayne have a change of heart and decide to try something new?
Candy Cane Wayne entertains with lively, colorful illustrations and rhyming verse, while sending a positive message to your children about healthy eating.

Mine: I’m right there with Wayne, not a big veggie eater either. Although Wayne finds that he can’t keep up with his friend. His friend has lots of energy and eats veggies and Wayne doesn’t. He’s invited to eat at his friends and veggie are served.

Wayne finally tries some veggies and decides they aren’t so a bad after all. He had the energy to keep up.

Very colorful illustrations.


Reading Challenges:
2016 Pages Read ( The Crafty Engineer's Bookshelf)
2016 I Love Picture Books (Bea's Book Nook)
Let's Turn Pages Challenge (GoodReads - 2015 and 2016 Reading Challenge)
2016 Reading Challenge (GoodReads)
2016 New Release Challenge (Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! and (un)Conventional Bookviews)

2016 New Release Challenge

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
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The 2016 New Release Challenge is a year-long challenge in which we aim to read books released in 2016. I am lucky enough to have an awesome co-host for the New Release Challenge, Lexxie at Unconventional Book Views is here to share both the fun and the burden There will be monthly update posts that you can link too, and each quarter – the end of March, end of June, end of September and in December, there will be a giveaway with the update as well.

In 2015, so far, I have read 41 books read that were released this year which is way more than I anticipated. So I needed a challenge to keep me reading those new ones to stay caught up (though I am afraid I still fell behind.) This is why I wanted a New Release Challenge, and so I joined up with Lexxie. After a while of google-fu, Lexxie found one, but it’s not exactly the way she wanted the challenge to be, however it is still inspired by Olivia at Book Comet: 2015 New Releases Reading Challenge. And her challenge might be 100% the way you want a New Release Challenge to be.

We have also created a Facebook Group for the 2016 New Release Challenge, to have a place where we can keep up with each other, cheer each other on, and get to know each other better. It is also a place where we can help each other find even more 2016 releases.
The rules for the 2016 New Release Challenge are simple:

• Books has to be released and reviewed in 2016.
• Other challenges can be used as well, if you are participating in the Netgalley / Edelweiss challenge or in the COYER challenge, books can count towards more than one challenge, as long as the ones you use for the 2015 New Release Reading Challenge qualify to the first rule.
• The minimum length for a book to qualify is 100 pages, it can be in any format though, physical, e-book, ARC or audiobook.
• You don’t have to have a blog to participate as Goodreads, booklikes, etc will count as long as you link your reviews.
• The New Book Release Challenge is open from January 1st through December 31st 2016, and sign-ups are open until February 15th 2016.

There are four levels in the New Release Challenge:
1. 1-15 books per year – New Release NewbieI'm going to try this level
2. 16-30 books per year – New Release Pro
3. 31-45 books per year – New Release Veteran
4. 45+ books per year – New Release Enthusiast
To sign up, please link your sign-up post in the linky below, and also make sure you use the quarterly linky for your reviews, as that will be the way the giveaway winner will be chosen. You can choose if you want to do monthly or quarterly challenge updates on your blog, but for this first edition, we will go with quarterly official link-ups and giveaways.
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This reading challenge event is hosted by Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! and (un)Conventional Bookviews.
For more information and to sign-up, please see this post.



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