Book Review - The Reading House Series by Marla Conn + Giveaway

About The Books:

Title: THE READING HOUSE SETS 1-5

Author: Marla Conn

Pub. Date: January 5, 2021

Publisher: The Reading House

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: Each book is 120 pages

Find it:  Goodreads

Buy The Books:

Set 1: Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Set 2: Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Set 3: Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Set 4: Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Set 5: Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

 

The Reading House Sets 1–5 (on sale January 5, 2021) include The Reading House Set 1: Letter Recognition A–L and The Reading House Set 2: Letter Recognition M–Z, which help young readers identify lower- and upper-case letters and identify beginning sounds; and The Reading House Set 3: Introduction to Short Vowel Sounds, The Reading House Set 4: Short Vowel Clusters and Sight Words, and The Reading House Set 5: Short Vowels and Reading for Fluency, which introduce children to short vowels sounds, clusters, and sight words, as well as short vowel word families. THE READING HOUSE Sets 6–8 and 9–12 will publish in March and round out the program.

My Review:

The Reading House sets are small booklets that help little readers read and understand the alphabet. The first two sets are for letter introductions to upper and lowercase letters. The next books in the series help young ones become more proficient in reading by introducing vowels. The booklets were beautifully illustrated with cute animals to help guide little ones. This is the perfect reading resources for young children.

 

About Marla: 

Marla Conn is a reading and literary specialist with a masters of science in elementary education and reading. She has worked with HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, and many others, and is the creator of Dear Dragon Developing Readers, based on the work of Margaret Hillert. These leveled readers enable emergent readers to build early literacy skills in decoding, fluency, and reading comprehension.

Website | Twitter | Goodreads

 

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will win a finished copy of THE READING HOUSE SETS 1 & 2, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

1/4/2021	Jazzy Book Reviews	Review
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1/6/2021	100 Pages A Dat	Review
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1/7/2021	onemused	Review/Instagram Stop
1/8/2021	Midnightbooklover	Review/Instagram Stop
1/8/2021	Little Red Reads	Review

 

Week Two:

1/11/2021	The Momma Spot	Review
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1/12/2021	She Just Loves Books	Review
1/12/2021	@minnesota_mailer	Review/Instagram Stop
1/13/2021	BookHounds YA	Review
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1/14/2021	Books and Zebras @jypsylynn	Review/Instagram Stop
1/15/2021	Two Points of Interest	Review
1/15/2021	I'm Shelf-ish	Review

 

 

Book Review - A Tangled Web by Leslie Rule

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In November 2012, a thirty-seven-year-old single mother vanishes from Omaha, Nebraska. Cari was known to others as a doting daughter, a devoted mother, a thoughtful friend, and a reliable employee. She has never been the type to abandon her duties and obligations. She would never abandon her son or her dying father as he is taking his last breath. However, the texts from her phone indicated a different story. 

In a span of over thousands of text messages and emails, Cari dumps her new boyfriend, quits her promising career, plans to leave her familial home, sell all of her belongings, and give up custody of her son. Her boyfriend, Dave Kroupa, and her manager believe that this behavior is odd for Cari but, still believe and accept her texts at face value. Her mother, Nancy Raney, believes that this isn't the behavior of her daughter. She is certain that her daughter is in danger and reports her missing. The police are skeptical of her claim of someone posing to be her daughter.

Nancy and a handful of Cari's friends are afraid of what happened to Cari. However, Dave is certain that Cari is stalking him and grows fearful of her. He has never seen or heard Cari but, the stalker always remains one step ahead of him. His stalker also seems to be obsessed with his girlfriend, Shanna Liz Golyar. The stalker uses every opportunity available to be verbally abusive towards Liz and even threatens her.

In three years, the stalker sends over twelve thousand emails and texts to their victims. The stalker communicates with Cari's mother, Nancy along with stalking Dave and Liz endlessly. Dave and Liz receive threats of death, vandalism, and burglaries. While the stalker might have sent the messages in Cari's name, the identity of the real stalker is tangled behind webs of deceit and lies.

I wasn't familiar with the case and this was my first "real crime" novel. However, I must say, I am hooked. I didn't read the description of the novel so, finding out how the real culprit was a mystery to me. After a few chapters into the book, I had a feeling of the mastermind was. I was quite surprised that they were able to pull off such a ruse given how Dave describes her. The author wove an enticing read and I love getting the background behind each of the characters. A true gem for a true crime fanatic!

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Book Review - Watch Hollow: The Alchemist's Shadow by Gregory Funaro

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After defeating the evil Garr, Lucy and Oliver have inherited the home of their dreams. The Blackford House is at peace now that the vicious tree monster is dead and the enchanted woods have returned to its original size. The Blackford home is still filled with new adventures especially when the Tinkers receive new visitors. 

A governess arrives from England with twins in her care. Algernon and Agatha are supposedly heirs to the house and have a rightful claim to the house. Upon the arrival of the Kojimas twins and their governess, a new force of evil enter the house and places a curse. The house trying to defend itself becomes a labyrinth. The two sets of siblings will need to join forces along with their magical clock animal friends to defeat their new evil foe before it destroys their home.

The second book in the series was just as fun to read as the first one. It was packed with humor, suspense, and thrills. Some of the mystery portions were predictable but, still exciting to read. If you liked this first book in the series, this second book will not disappoint.

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