Leslye Walton’s Sophomore Release Doesn’t Disappoint [Review]

12 March 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Leslye Walton’s Sophomore Release Doesn’t Disappoint [Review]

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton The Blackburn women are cursed. Ever since the extraordinary witch Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island centuries ago and was shunned by the eight “original” settlers, Blackburn witches have been doomed to […]

February 2018 Month in Review

4 March 2018 / month in review / 0 Comments
February 2018 Month in Review

Something happened in February that I keep forgetting to mention! I have secured a full time summer job as a children’s programmer in a public library 😊 This is a dream job for me. I am excited to finally have […]

Review + Discussion Questions for Laura Lam’s Pantomime

28 February 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Review + Discussion Questions for Laura Lam’s Pantomime

Pantomime by Laura Lam Series: Micah Grey #1 Format/Source: Paperback/library Published: 2016 Publisher: Pan Macmillan (Angry Robot originally published this book in 2013.) Length: 386 pages Genre: Fantasy/speculative fiction ★★★★   Pantomime, the first book in a trilogy, follows Micah Grey as they learn what it […]

A Week Around Vancouver + Birthday Books 🎉📚

25 February 2018 / thoughts / 0 Comments
A Week Around Vancouver + Birthday Books 🎉📚

This past week was Reading Week, ‘spring break’ for us university students. Luckily, my courses are structured so that I didn’t have a ton of work to do over the break. This provided the perfect opportunity for my sister to […]

15 Picture Books on the Contemporary Refugee Experience

11 February 2018 / Uncategorized / 0 Comments
15 Picture Books on the Contemporary Refugee Experience

I wrote today’s post as an assignment for a course on teaching children’s literature. *** The plight of refugees is one of the most notable crises of this decade. Devastating stories fill the news and reach the ears of children.  […]