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Category: Book Reviews

A page dedicated to the bookworms, these are a few reviews of the books that I have read over the years.

If you have any recommendations for me, please let me know!  If you’re trying to get back into reading and are looking for a judgment-free, friendly place to get some book ideas, welcome!  It’s so nice to have you here!

2025 Book Reviews

Posted on January 1, 2026January 14, 2026 by At Home With Joanna

Happy 2026, Friends! I hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday season. It was another fun year of reading, but I definitely slowed down over the past few months. I want to expand my hobbies, so knitting and painting have taken the place of reading recently. However, I also feel like I hit a few reading…

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Book Reviews of 2024

2024 Book Reviews: A Great Year of Reading

Posted on December 29, 2024July 10, 2025 by At Home With Joanna

It feels like just yesterday that I was writing the book reviews of 2023. And yet, we’ve somehow already made it to the 2024 Book Reviews! While the number of books I get through in a year isn’t a priority (personally speaking), I was interested in seeing if I would read more than the 13…

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2023 Book Reviews

Posted on December 31, 2023January 5, 2024 by At Home With Joanna

Here we are, at the end of 2023. To bid farewell to the year that has passed and to celebrate the New Year, I thought it was a great time to add a new segment to At Home With Joanna; introducing yearly book reviews! Perhaps, you’ll find a couple of books that you will like…

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Popular Children’s Books Spring 2022

Posted on May 29, 2022January 2, 2024 by At Home With Joanna

*This post was not sponsored by an Author, nor Usborne. Opinions of these Children’s Books are solely my own unless stated otherwise. Some of these titles may not be available through Usborne. However, I do appreciate what they have to offer and encourage you to take a look.* I’ve been a bookworm ever since I…

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Happy Tears & Rainbow Babies

“Happy Tears & Rainbow Babies” Book Review & Giveaway

Posted on April 29, 2019January 2, 2024 by At Home With Joanna

“Happy Tears & Rainbow Babies” As a parent who has experienced the loss of two babies, I have learned that people try to heal in their own ways. Each person’s experience with losing a child is as unique as the child themselves. In my experience, I had to go to therapy because the pain had…

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The Super Easy 5-Ingredient Cookbook Easy Steak Tacos

Easy Steak Tacos PLUS A Cookbook Giveaway!

Posted on August 31, 2018January 2, 2024 by At Home With Joanna

Easy Steak Tacos from The Super Easy 5-Ingredient Cookbook Disclaimer:  I was able to offer this giveaway in exchange of the Winner’s prize copy of the cookbook being donated.  I did not receive compensation, all views are my own, and I was simply excited to share this great cookbook with you. When I first heard…

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Book Review Things I Want My Daughter To Know

Things I Want My Daughters To Know Book Review

Posted on May 2, 2016January 14, 2026 by At Home With Joanna

Things I Want My Daughters To Know by Elizabeth Noble Summary When Barbara realizes time is running out, she writes letters to her four daughters; aware that they’ll be facing the trials and triumphs of life without her at their side. How can she leave them when they still have so much growing up to…

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The Cradle by Patrick Somerville Book Review

Posted on May 2, 2016January 14, 2026 by At Home With Joanna

Summary Marissa is expecting her first child and fixated on securing the same cradle she was once rocked in for her own baby. But her mother, Caroline, disappeared when Marissa was a teenager, and the treasured cradle mysteriously vanished shortly thereafter. Marissa’s husband, Matthew, kindly agrees to try to track down the cradle, which naturally…

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Joanna's bookshelf: read

Death of a Salesman
really liked it
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
I've heard about Death of a Salesman for years. Did I think the title was going to be such a literal representation of the story? No. (Maybe I think too metaphorically in general? Haha.) I enjoyed this quite a bit once things started p...
Never Flinch
liked it
Never Flinch
by Stephen King
Rating: ★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★★ Ease of Reading: ★★★★★ Book #4 of Holly Gibney! In Never Flinch, two storylines meet. 1) we follow Holly, who has accepted the position of being a bodyguard for a famous performer, and 2) a murderer plottin...
I’m Glad My Mom Died
really liked it
I’m Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Memoir ● 305 Pages Rating: ★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★★ Ease of Reading: ★★★ This was quite the rollercoaster. You feel a mixture of sadness, disgust, and empathy as you read the experience of this ch...
The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays
it was amazing
The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays
by Harper Lee
I fell in love with To Kill A Mockingbird as a young girl. I had first watched the movie and became enamored of Gregory Peck, and then I read the book. I think this is one of the very few times that watching the movie before reading the ...
The Long Walk
really liked it
The Long Walk
by Richard Bachman
"Just go on dancing with me like this forever and I'll never tire. We'll scrape our shoe on the stars and hang upside down from the moon." - Page 44 Dystopian Horror ● 311 Pages Rating: ★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★ Ease of Reading: ★★★★★ Bein...

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