It’s occurred to me I should update this blog to note that I am on hiatus until September. Instead of blogging, here’s what I’ll be up to:
![The Deep & Dark Blue: A Magical Coming Out Tale [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deep-dark-blue.jpg?fit=318%2C432&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki SmithFormat/source: Hardcover/ LibraryPublished: January 2020Publisher: Little, BrownLength: 256 pages Genre: FantasyTarget Age: 8+ After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. As the twins learn more about the Communion, and […]
![Contemporary Feminism in Middle School: Dress Coded and Maybe He Just Likes You [MG Reviews]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dress-coded.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Dress Coded by Carrie FirestoneFormat/source: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: 7 July 2020Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House)Length: 320 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: 10+ Molly Frost is FED UP… Because Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top when she had to keep her sweatshirt wrapped around her waist. Because Liza got dress coded and Molly didn’t, even though they were wearing the exact same outfit. Because when Jessica was pulled over by the principal and […]
![Pet: A Unique and Important Reading Experience [YA Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pet.jpg?fit=1000%2C1519&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours and claws, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsider what she’s been […]
Welcome to my 2020 mid-year check in! In this post, I check my progress on my reading goals, challenge participation, and blogging goals. I also review my ratings of every book I’ve read so far in 2020. Reading Goals 62/102 books read – I originally set this goal at 100 books. I increased it after reading a number of very short (under 150 pages/each) works of non-fiction. 1/7 books about/by J.R.R. Tolkien (not including […]