Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic by Betty MacDonald – It’s amazing how many of these chapters I remember clearly from my own childhood. Lockhart who wrote the incomparable Disreputable History? Now you do). (Also, did you know Emily Jenkins is the same person as E. I’ve got to check out the rest of the series. Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins – I loved this book so so much, and so did Ella.This one is a little edgier than her first. What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick – I think Huntley Fitzpatrick does some really good YA.In fact, I’ve NEVER taken the SAT (although I did take the ACT five times in high school, so maybe that’s why I’m not really gunning to take a standardized test for fun). The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT by Debbie Stier – I did not have any desire to take the SAT after reading this.I wish I’d had an encyclopedia next to me to check against. Kennedy: An Alternate History by Jeff Greenfield – I have never actually read an alternate history, and it kind of blew my mind. If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F.Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm by Betty MacDonald – This is my least favorite of the Piggle-Wiggle books. This is reminding me to go request some of her other books. Bread & Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table by Shauna Niequist ( full review here) – Dear heavens, I loved this book so much.Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin – Not nearly as good as Bomb! sadly, but then, nothing really is.I like about 5 page chapters, not 35 page chapters. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald – I loved these as a child and it was so fun to see Ella love them so much too. Also, I’m now obsessed with finding out which hit television shows were just made as fronts for mobs. I didn’t really try to keep track of the four trillion characters, but it was definitely interesting.

Mendez – Landen recommended this to me and I flew through the audio. Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History by Antonio J.This one especially dragged on for about ten thousand years. I think she always has clever concepts, but then I feel like they kind of fall apart. The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E.

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