Category: review

Something Weirder than Usual is Happening in Logan County… [Review]

30 March 2019 / review / 2 Comments
Something Weirder than Usual is Happening in Logan County… [Review]

The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles Format/source: ARC/NetgalleyPublished: 2 April 2019 Publisher: VersifyLength: 305 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative fiction ★★★★  Otto and Sheed are the local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched […]

25 KidLit Annotations: Information Books

18 March 2019 / review / 0 Comments
25 KidLit Annotations: Information Books

One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone […]

25 KidLit Annotations: Middle Grade Novels

9 March 2019 / review / 4 Comments
25 KidLit Annotations: Middle Grade Novels

One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone […]

Reflecting on the Unique Experience that is Reading an Oyeyemi Novel [Review]

6 March 2019 / review / 2 Comments
Reflecting on the Unique Experience that is Reading an Oyeyemi Novel [Review]

Format/source: ARC/NetgalleyPublished: 5 March 2019 Publisher: Hamish HamiltonLength: 272 pages Genre: Literary fiction ★★★★   Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are […]

25 KidLit Annotations: Graphic Novels

15 February 2019 / review / 1 Comment
25 KidLit Annotations: Graphic Novels

One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone […]