Candy Bunny Reader

  Another classic children's author! The very first book I read from Beverly Cleary was The Mouse and the Motorcycle , way back in third grade. I then read the sequels Runaway Ralph and Ralph S. Mouse . I liked all three books! Then in fourth grade I read the very first Henry Huggins book. It was good, but I never cared to read the rest of the series.  However, when I picked up Beezus and Ramona , I adored it! I then read all of the Ramona books. I read them so many times as a kid that I can quote entire passages from the books.  I have yet to watch the movie Ramona and Beezus though. Now as an adult, I read Muggie Maggie and I enjoyed it. Then I read Ellen Tebbits and enjoyed that too.  Almost all the rest of her books are on my TBR! I hope I end up liking all of them. 

  Here's Part 1 if you missed it! Let's see how much more we have in common... 1. Ramona series by Beverly Cleary 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney 3. The Cupcake Diaries series by Coco Simon 4. Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix 5. The Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix 6. Running out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix 7. Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Johanneau 8. Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon 9. I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee 10. Where the Mountain meets the Moon by Grace Lin 11. Mandy by Julie Andrews 12. Loveless by Alice Oseman

  Before I get into it, can I just say this is the second book from Beverly Cleary I read as an adult? The first was was Muggie Maggie , which I reviewed back in 2022. I did read a lot of Beverly Cleary's books as a kid, though! I read all of the Ramona books (those are my favorites from her, Ramona is so hilarious and relatable. She's basically Junie B. Jones before Junie B. was a thing), the trilogy about Ralph the Mouse , and the first Henry Huggins book. I also read Socks and some of Otis Spofford but I can barely remember those two. I need to reread them sometime. I also need to read the rest of the Henry Huggins books. And the rest of her standalones and maybe her memoirs.  Anyway. Ellen Tebbits is about Ellen, who has a rather embarrassing secret. When she meets a new girl named Austine in her ballet class, it turns out she has the same secret! So they become best friends. The rest of the chapters are about Ellen and Austine getting into all sorts of mishaps whi...

  I don't know who made this tag but it's been floating around on YouTube for a couple of years, and I thought I would do it. As usual, feel free to do this tag if you see this! 1. Have you ever regifted a book you've been given? No, I never have. Even if it's a book I didn't particularly like, I often times still keep it because it's the thought that counts of the person who gave it to me.  2. Have you ever said you read a book when you haven't? Yes! But I only do that if I have already read a significant chunk of the book but never actually finished it. But I usually do admit it when I DNF a book.  3. Have you ever borrowed a book and never returned it? Oh yes. I one time borrowed a copy of Runaway Ralph by Beverly Clearly from my fifth grade teacher and I never returned it. I still have it in my house after all these years. I don't think she ever noticed I never brought it back...unless she's reading this right now (sorry, Miss!). But it's bee...

  It's a really thin middle grade book but it's worth your time! Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary is a classic middle grade novel (well, it's from the 90s) about a third grader named Maggie who does not see the need to learn cursive because she already knows how to write in print and type on a computer. Her defiance catches the attention of her parents and teacher, and they try clever ways to convince her to learn and write in cursive, one big one being them starting to write everything in cursive to her, which makes her have to learn how to read in it, but it's hard at first. Some kids in her class tease her for her rebelliousness. One kid starts calling her "Muggie Maggie" because she can't write her a's properly in cursive, making her name come out like "Muggie". Eventually her teacher Mrs. Leeper comes up with the best way to convince Maggie to learn cursive for herself.  This was such a cute and fun book! It's also a super easy, quick...