Dash Fan Book Reviews

The Barnabus Project  by Eric Fan Thank you to Quarto Publishing and  Frances Lincoln Children's Books for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight until his dreams of freedom lead him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. A stunning picture book from international bestsellers The Fan Brothers, joined by their brother Devin Fan . Deep underground beneath Perfect Pets, where children can buy genetically engineered "perfect" creatures, there is a secret lab. Barnabus and his friends live in this lab, but none of them is perfect. They are all Failed Projects. Barnabus has never been outside his tiny bell jar, yet he dreams of one day seeing the world above ground that his pal Pip the cockroach has told him about: a world with green hills and trees, and buildings that reach all the way to...

12 Days of Christmas by Lara Hawthorne Thank you to Quarto Publishing and  Frances Lincoln Children's Books for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information  "​On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree." Celebrate the magic of Christmas time with this well-loved traditional poem, The Twelve Days of Christmas, beautifully illustrated by Laura Hawthorne.  Take a walk through each beautiful scene brimming with details that will remind you of the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas. Perfect to read with your true love.  This is the second title in the series, The Christmas Choir, which beautifully illustrates beloved Christmas carols. Don't miss Silent Night, the first title in the series.   🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  My Review 4☆ Enchanting, Lyrical,  Festive and Fun 12 Days of Christmas is a beautifully illustrated child...

Tinsel  by Sibéal Pounder Thank you to  Bloomsbury Children's Books   for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information How did the world come to believe Santa Claus is a man? It’s all just a big misunderstanding! This tale of friendship, sleigh rides and two formidable girls is THE Christmas book of the year - a gloriously funny, festive adventure that will delight even the biggest Grinch.   Join Blanche Claus and her best friend Rinki for a funny festive sleigh ride you'll never forget!   From Sibéal Pounder, bestselling author of the Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids series, this tale of friendship and mince-pie feasts is the perfect book to curl up with this winter. Funny, feminist and with a huge heart. 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  My Review 4☆ Enchanting, Magical, Witty, Fun Festive Read! Tinsel is a Heartwarming and Enchanting Christmas Middle Grade Read. This stor...

The Book on Pie by Erin Jeanne McDowell 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄   Book Information Look no further than  The Book on Pie  for the only book on pie you'll ever want or need. Erin Jeanne McDowell,  New York Times  contributing baker extraordinaire and top food stylist, wrote  the  book on pie, a comprehensive handbook that distills all you'll ever need to know for making perfect pies.  The Book on Pie  starts with the basics, including ways to mix pie dough for extra flaky crusts, storage and freezing, recipe size conversions, and expert tips for decorating and styling, before diving into the recipes for all the different kinds of pies: fruit, custard, cream, chiffon, cold set, savory, and mini. Find everything from classics like Apple Pie and Pumpkin Pie, to more inspired recipes like Birthday-Cake Pie and Caramel Pork Pie with Chile and Scallions. Erin also suggests recommended pie doughs and toppings with each recipe for infin...

A Tale of Two Shoes by Helen Haraldsen  (Author), Steve Hutton (Illustrator) I would like to thank Love Books Tours for inviting me on this wonderful Blog Tour. 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄   Book Information Genre : Kids Fiction - Age 5-8 Pages : 40 They thought they'd be together forever. They were wrong. Shane and Shelia shoe are a pair. They were made for each other. They never expected to be separated. After all, what use is a shoe without its partner? When Shane and Sheila find themselves all alone in the world, they think they have no purpose or value without each other. Two shoes desperate for hope.  For their lives to change, they'll need a helping hand. A story that shows how new friendships help us to grow and broaden our horizons. Readers agree that this story is a conversation starter for a range of real-life issues. Buy Link  https://amzn.to/334aBBj 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄   My Review A Tale of Two Shoes is a beautifully illustrated ...

The Water's Edge: Book 1 of The Claudia Series by Martin Morton I would like to thank Love Books Tours for inviting me on this wonderful Blog Tour 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information  Genre: Erotic fiction (the more plot-driven end of the genre). Book 1 of The Claudia Series . Claudia and Jack already have a strong and satisfying business relationship, but when Jack is offered a job that will take him to the other side of the world, it throws new and urgent light on their mutual attraction. Claudia's unsatisfactory relationship with her husband and Jack's failing marriage propels them into a sudden and intense affair just before he leaves for Singapore. They promise they will speak often and meet again as soon as they can. They also commit to being completely open and honest with each other. The brief, but intensely erotic experience with Jack releases a tumult of sexual desire within Claudia, and with Jack unavailable, she will need to look elsewhere to...

The Phantom Killer and Her Autistic Son: A Mother's Journey to Love and Acceptance  by Grace Venters I would like to thank Love Books Tours for inviting me on this wonderful Blog Tour  🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information Genre : Non-fiction - Biography - Parenting - Children’s Autism   Pages :149 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. - The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost Life is a journey, and decisions have to be made. Which way should you go? As a parent, you’re expected to know the answer to this question, but when you’re struggling to raise an autistic child, nothing is set in stone. In The Phantom Killer and her Autistic Son, Grace Venters chronicles life with her son, William from his early years to adulthood. Her honest, no holes barred approach will resonate with any parent who finds their child not developing as society expects. With an autistic child, nobody can tell you e...

The Spark  by Jules Wake I would like to thank Rachel Random Resources for inviting me on this wonderful Blog Tour  🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information   Jess is falling for Sam. Sam is falling for Jess. But it seems life will do whatever it takes to make them fall apart. When Jess and Sam lock eyes at a party, a spark ignites. The spark. But love at first sight isn’t like the movies, especially when Sam’s ex, Victoria, is determined to make their honeymoon period a living hell. Is love at first sight enough? Purchase Links 🇬🇧   amzn.to/36wkD0N 🌎   mybook.to/TheSparkJW  🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  My Review 4☆ Heartwarming, Very Entertaining and A Sweet Contemporary Romance Jess meets Sam at her Aunt and Uncles family bbq. They originally bond over the fact they are the youngest people at the bbq. But as they get lost in conversation their instant Spark only intensifies! Sam is everything she wants in a Man. He...