The Vanderbeekers on the Road

Only the Vanderbeekers could take a cross country road trip with a 🐕, three 🐱, and a 🐔 If you take a road trip with the Vanderbeekers, expect a one-of-a-kind trip. Their first goal is to pick up Papa Vanderbeeker in Indiana since they still need to celebrate his birthday with a special present -- a......more

I read a borrowed Kindle edition via Libby at my public library. I’d also borrowed the audiobook to read simultaneously with the e-book but within a page I realized that I intensely disliked the narrator and would prefer my own interpretation so I read just the e-book. I’d been waiting for a hardcov......more

I'm only in the middle of this, but I had to stop and say what the heck is with the chapter-long Target ad??? Is she getting paid for product placement? She quoted Anne of Green Gables...did she therefore feel compelled to create her own real-life Rollings Reliable Baking Powder experience? If i......more

I never thought I would read a Vanderbeeker book I didn’t love. There were some things we enjoyed but this plot line was my least favorite of the series. I was so disappointed in the actions of the younger kids that I felt the need to talk to my own kids about it as we read it. I hoped in the end it......more

Honestly I want to give this book infinity stars! 😭🌟 This might just be my favorite book in the series and I’m just beaming after reading it. The Vanderbeekers hold such a special place in my heart. It’s bittersweet thinking all I have left is the final book. I never want to say goodbye to these cha......more