For the love of books. And Ice cream.
For the love of books. And Ice cream.
Hello! This is Joy Lena speaking. I love to read. At school I have a 40 book challenge with different genres. So far I have read 19 of the 40 books. I've been to Narnia, solved mysteries with Nancy Drew, rode on a wagon through a prairie, discovered an invisible island, and flown in a plane with Amelia Earhart. I would love to recommend my top 3 favorite books any ten year old would like.
But first let me introduce you to my personalized rating system. Ice cream. We will start with the top favorite flavor - Cake Batter. Think of it like a five star rating. Mid rating is the flavor Mint Chocolate Chip. And books I do not recommend would be the flavor Maple Nut. BLEH. Stay away. Don’t even bother to open this book. Or Lick this ice cream.
Anyway, the book with a Cake Batter Rating would be the book ISLE OF EVER. Adventure. Secret islands. Family mysteries. The only bad part is I didn’t have ice cream while I was reading this book. Okay, for the Mint Chocolate Chip rating I will give it to Little House on the Prairie. It was good but not as good as Cake Batter Ice cream, oops, I mean Isle of Ever. For a book I would give the Maple Nut rating to.....just teasing, I love ice cream, no matter the flavor. So the third book I recommend is Chronicles of Narnia.
See you in my next adventure. Comment below and let me know what your Cake Batter Book is.
Thank you for reading!
With an ice cream in hand,
-Joy Lena
January 13, 2026
Joy, your creativity shines through in this post! What a fun rating system for books. My pink bubblegum (my favorite flavor of ice cream) book when I was your age was any of the Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden series. My current pink bubblegum book is Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. It’s a non-fiction book that is an account of the author’s trip around the country in a camper with his dog in the 1950’s.
Keep reading AND writing! I can’t wait to read your next post!
Hi Joy! Sweet girl you are such a gifted writer, i feel like i could hear ever word, as if you were actually talking to me, you truly have a gift for such a young lady! And I love your rating system so much, cookie dough and cake batter are my very favorites!❤️
Hi Joy! What a fun way to rate books!
I have read all of the Chronicles of Narnia and Little House series aloud to my children and they are some of our favorites! We have never read Isle of Never so thank you for the recommendation! I can’t wait to read it with my 8 year old! :) blessing to you sweet girl! ❤️
Hey Joy! Way to go! You are such a creative with art and writing! To mix in humor too! Loved reading this! I have so many Cake Batter rating books that I cant wait to share with you when you’re a bit older – one of them is Rent Collector by Camron Wright! Such a beautiful story about the love of reading too! Keep READING darling. Keep writing. Do everything on your heart to do!
Hey there Joy!
I love a good cake batter ice cream myself!
I’ve never heard of the Isle of Ever, but I did read chronicles of narnia when I was in 5th grade. I enjoyed those a lot.
I’d say my cake batter book is The Nightengale by Kristin Hannah. It’s historical fiction, set during world war 2 in France.
Joy, what advice would you give to people who don’t enjoy reading?
Love you and miss you little cutie!