Book Review: Would You Rather?

Book Title: Would You Rather? Book for Kids 8-12: 350 Challenging Questions, Silly Scenarios, and Hilarious Situations
Author: Anna Avelino
Publisher: Independently Published
Publisher Date: 2023 (144, Pages, Paperback)
Genres: Questions, Silly, Fiction, Children, word games
Series:

Why settle for a boring day when you can sprinkle it with the magic of laughter?

This fantastic book will turn even the gloomiest day into a sunshine-filled fiesta. It will transport readers to a world of bizarre choices and hilarious scenarios that will have both kids and adults snorting, laughing and debating mind-boggling dilemmas.

Within these pages, you'll find over 350 questions that will challenge kids to make imaginative choices while sparking their creativity and sense of humor. It's a gateway to unforgettable family bonding moments, fun sleepovers and memorable road trips. It's an opportunity to get to know your children in a whole new light.

"Would You Rather Book for Kids 8-12" is a must-have for every family:

• Provides hours of family-friendly fun that sparks children's creativity and challenges their imagination.
• Stimulates their decision-making skills and critical thinking.
• Creates cherished family memories filled with laughter and lighthearted fun.
• Improves intellectual abilities with brain-teasing questions.
• Expands children's vocabulary.
• Gives a host family an easy way to engage young guests.
• Gives the adults a chance to introduce a new family tradition.
• Serves as a perfect ice-breaker for big parties and events.
• Encourages multigenerational engagement.

While the wild and wacky choices are sure to provide side-splitting moments, there is more to this book. These scenarios are not just your average run-of-the-mill queries, this hidden gem has plenty of research behind it. Without even realizing it, kids will learn about other countries and cultures, fun destinations, and historical events. Packed with thought-provoking choices, this book is the boundless playground for curious young minds, the ticket to the galaxy of endless opportunities

Disclaimer: I received this book thought LibaryThing Early Readers for an Honesty Review. It is my own.

Want To Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bam | Bookbub |
Add To:Goodreads

This book is a collection of silly questions that present two options and ask you to choose one. It is structured into ten chapters, and the author provides some questions that are easier to answer.

Children will enjoy this book as they can ask others their responses. The author also includes some ridiculous questions you may or may not want to choose between.

I enjoyed this book and believe it's not just for kids. While some silly questions provoke thought and can lead to exciting discussions with your children. There's also plenty of laughter to be had with this book.

Some questions made me think, and I explained the reasoning behind my choices. Other times, I would explain why I wouldn't choose either option. While there were some questions I liked, there were also some that I wouldn't say I liked either answer for.

This book is perfect for fun holidays and other occasions. If you're having a dull day, you can pick up this book and ask someone around you what they would choose.

Check out my Recommendation Page
Linked up in: Monthly Book Blogger Linky up

Please read my NRC Policies Page

Follow NRC: | Facebook | Twitter | Bloglovin | Pinterest | Goodreads | Smashbomb | Smashwords | Storygraph | Riffle | Linkedin | Sign up for NRC Newsletter | Reedy Discovery |

Book Review: A Small Case of Murder

Book Title: A Small Case of Murder
Author: Lauren Carr
Publisher: Independently Published
Publisher Date: 2011-4-26 (324, Pages, Paperback)
Genres: Mystery, Murder Mystery, Fiction, Crime Fiction, Mystery Thriller
Series: Joshua Thornton Mystery #1

A Small Case of Murder is set in the quaint West Virginia town of Chester, where everyone knows everyone, and there is never a secret that someone doesn't know. In such an intimate town, how many suspicious deaths can be left unquestioned?

Following his wife's death, Joshua Thornton leaves a promising career in the U. S. Navy's JAG division to move across country with his five children into his ancestral home. While clearing out the attic they find a letter written to their grandmother postmarked 34 years ago. In the letter Lulu Jefferson wrote "...Remember that dead body we found in the Bosley barn?...I saw him today...I went to talk to the reverend and there was his picture on the wall." What dead body? His interest piqued, Joshua asks about Lulu and finds that in 1970 she died on the same day that she penned the letter implicating the pastor in an unreported murder. There is much more to this story than a 34-year-old letter. It's a 34-year-old mystery Today, a double murder has the whole town under a microscope.

The state attorney general appoints Joshua special prosecutor to solve the crimes. In a small town where gossip flies as swiftly as a spring breeze it is impossible to know who to trust. Asking simple questions about events long ago could prove to be deadly for Joshua and his family. Read this Author Revised Edition of Lauren Carr's debut mystery novel. It's the same GRAND mystery, revised and edited for re-release by the author herself 

Disclaimer: I bought this book myself and this is my own honest review

Want To Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bam | Bookbub |
Add To:Goodreads

We are introduced to Joshua Thornton and his five children in chapter 1. The prologue brings Lulu Jefferson's view and a little bit about his parents. We are also introduced to Tad. There is a catch as Joshua moves his family to his former hometown.

He seems to get caught helping someone who tried to kill his cousin Tad in a church, and it seems to bring more to be involved. All when he goes to the state attorney general. It is more as his murderer with his arrangement and ends up murdered along with Beth Davis.

There is a twist when things get more complicated, and the state attorney general decides to ask or request Joshua to become a Special Prosecutor for the case of Vicki Rawlings and Beth Davis. They think he got the trust of the citizens of his hometown. Will he take the offer, or will he not?

Joshua is working with a police officer and a local reporter. What appears to be one thing is that his children are so like him that they want to join in and protect him. Does Joshua wish to be a dad and raise them, or will he hide from them and not send this child to live with their extended family? How will he decide to deal with the life he was chosen for?

Lauren Carr's Mysteries and stories are good. However, this one is less dense when it starts at the story's beginning. However, the action is improving, with this one being when Joshua and his five children are introduced. They are about school age. This book gets better as it goes along.

This is probably when she was starting to write these kinds of stories. This is their second series, so it has improved dramatically since. I love this one. I only wish I knew more about what happened to Valerie and what caused her to pass away. Then Joshua moved and settled in his hometown with his lovely five children. But other than that, it is a good starter book or series to get into her books, Along with Mac Faraday Mysteries.

 

Check out my Recommendation Page
Linked up in: Monthly Book Blogger Linky up

Please read my NRC Policies Page

Follow NRC: | Facebook | Twitter | Bloglovin | Pinterest | Goodreads | Smashbomb | Smashwords | Storygraph | Riffle | Linkedin | Sign up for NRC Newsletter | Reedy Discovery |