Month: January 2022

Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing [MG Review]

9 January 2022 / review / 3 Comments
Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing [MG Review]

Pepper’s Rules for Secret Sleuthing by Briana McDonald Source: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Sept. 2020Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersLength: 240 pages Genre: MysteryTarget Age: Middle grade (suitable for 9+) Review ✍🏻 Pepper considers herself an amateur detective – she strives to follow the rulebook her deceased detective mother left. So when her great aunt passes away unexpectedly and Pepper sets out with her dad to pack up said aunt’s grand estate in a small […]

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Unsettling Fiction: The Warlow Experiment & Fever Dream [Review]

7 January 2022 / brief reviews / 8 Comments
Unsettling Fiction: The Warlow Experiment & Fever Dream [Review]

The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan Source: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Aug. 2019Publisher: Doubleday Books (PRH)Length: 272 pages Genre: Historical fictionTarget Age: Adult The curious story of an eccentric bachelor (Herbert Powyss) who wants to leave his mark on science and decides the best way to do that would be to conduct an experiment on isolation by hosting and observing another man (John Warlow) living in pampered isolation for seven years.. This quote from early on hints that […]

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Pondathon II Sign Up

5 January 2022 / events / 8 Comments
Pondathon II Sign Up

Preamble It’s here! Pondathon II!! I feel lucky with the timing of this event, which comes two years after the first Pondathon. If Pondathon II had happened anytime in 2021, I would have let it fall to the side. But 2022 has rejuvenated me and I’m excited to play along. This sign-up post (a template provided by CW) explains what the Pondathon is and how to participate. It also introduces my Pond […]

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Wrapping Up 2021, Looking Forward 2022

2 January 2022 / thoughts / 24 Comments
Wrapping Up 2021, Looking Forward 2022

Welcome to my 12th annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2021, and set some new goals for 2022. Posting and Reading Overview I posted 24 times in 2021. That’s 63 posts less than 2020. Haha. My goal for 2021 was “3 posts/week when I have the capacity for it”. Turns out I never […]

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Cybils 2021 Finalists

1 January 2022 / events / 4 Comments
Cybils 2021 Finalists

All about the Cybils 2021 Happy New Year! Today the 2021 Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards) finalists are announced. It’s been a little while since I blogged about the Cybils, so here’s a quick recap of how the awards work: Anyone can nominate one book per category Round 1 judges create a shortlist of 5-7 titles per category Round 2 judges select a winner Judges comes from […]

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