Keiki book review: Up in the Hawaiian Sky

by Misty on November 12, 2013
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Happy Young Reader’s Day! It is part of National Young Readers Week started in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Visit the Book It Program website for free stories and printables …

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Good As Gone (Book Review)

by Misty on August 15, 2013
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The first book in Hawaiʻi based author  Douglas Corleone’s new series has been out for a few weeks and it’s gaining a lot of well-deserved momentum.

If there was ever any question of Corleone’s skill as a mystery and …

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Haleakala: A History of the Maui Mountain (book review)

by Misty on March 15, 2013
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Standing at the summit of Haleakalā, cradled in clouds with their shifting colors and shapes, is like being in another world. You really feel that it’s a place of power and importance.

This gorgeous book all about Haleakalā is the …

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You Will Call Me Drog (book review)

by Misty on March 23, 2012
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What would you do if you had a problem and no one believed you?

Hawaiʻi author Sue Cowing‘s middle-grade novel You Will Call Me Drog (Lerner Publishing, 2011) is a story about a boy stuck in more …

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Book Review – Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior

by Misty on November 16, 2011
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“Should I stay, or should I go?” It’s a question every young person from Hawaiʻi struggles with–a question Alex and I still ponder. Should I stay here with friends, family and a place that is as much a part of …

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Book review & event info: Kaka‘ako As We Knew It

by Misty on August 4, 2011
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Whenever friends come to Hawaii to visit, my inner trolley driver comes out and I share whatever stories and info I have about the different places and buildings we see. When we pass the old Kaka‘ako Pumping Station, with its …

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Keiki book review: Merrie the Little Hula Dancer

by Misty on April 26, 2011
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Just in time for the Merrie Monarch Festival, we thought we’d share with you a new keiki book from Mutual Publishing. Merrie the Little Hula Dancer, written and illustrated by Maureen Quemada, is a colorful picture book about …

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Book event & review: Night on Fire

by Misty on April 22, 2011
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A Review for Night on Fire
Obnoxious Lead Characters We Love to Hate–An Essay
MaiTai’s Aren’t Hawaiian: Cocktails & Misconceptions in Paradise

Manwhoring: Male Promiscuity in Fiction
Just kidding 😉
A Review for Night on Fire

Sequels can be tricky. …

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Book Event & Review: Coming Home – A Practical and Compassionate Guide to caring for a Dying Loved One

by Misty on April 20, 2011
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Deborah Duda, a Kauaʻi resident and author, not long ago released the revised and updated fourth edition of Coming Home – A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Caring for a Dying Loved One (Synergy Books, Paperback, October 2010, $16.95).…

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Book review: Cold Magic

by Misty on April 15, 2011
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It’s no secret that my “to-read” list is like an everlasting gobstopper on steroids. However, I must confess, that I have more than one list. There’s a list of books that I “have to read”. These are usually for the …

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Book review: How to Be an American Housewife

by Misty on July 28, 2010
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One thing Americans and Japanese have in common is their can–do spirit. In America, you will find your hard work rewarded as it is in Japan. How fitting that America should have been the only one who could defeat Japan.

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