The Book Search

 Summer vacation is awesome!  We're back from our travels (western Canada and western NC) where we got a big dose of mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, family, and fun.  I love traveling but it's great to be home too!  Here are a couple of books I've gotten to read over the last few weeks. The first one is a Rick Riordan book, in the same vein as the Lightning Thief-but this one is based on Ghanian folklore and it was terrific.  It's called Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting by Roseanne A. Brown.  It's about Serwa who has been training to be a vampire fighter since she was tiny.  She's been homeschooled so that she can train intensely and her parents are two of the biggest, baddest vampire hunters ever.  So it's kind of a surprise when a obayifo (a witch) attacks her parents and destroys her family home seeking a magic drum.  Serwa's parents decide the best course of action is to send Serwa away to keep her safe.  Serwa is not on board with

 Ahhh, summer!  Time to take a break from the usual and try a few new things...  We've been traveling this year to someplace completely different-Alberta, Canada.  The weather was forecasting rain every single day for the entire two weeks we were here and today, they were really right.  It's 49 degrees and windy and raining so we're staying tucked in our hotel!  We've seen some beautiful places  like this- The Athabasca Glacier Me and my sweetie at Emerald Lake     At the Valley of the Five Lakes-all of them are beautiful! But it's good to think about reading...  I've read so many wonderful ones while we're on vacation!  Here are two of my new  favorites.    The first one is called "The Summer of June" by Jamie Sumner.  I heard her read some of her first book "Roll With it" in this YouTube video. And I love her voice SO MUCH.  I could really hear her reading her new one as well.  June is a girl who lives with her mom.  Her dad is not in t