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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]