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Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023. After I completed this list, I said “Wait… where is the newest Wayward Children book??” I don’t add Wayward Children to my TBR because in my mind it is so obvious I will read each new release in the series ASAP – I don’t need to add it to Goodreads to remember! So Seanan McGuire’s […]
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A discussion of book blog stats, including an analysis of Falling letter’s views, visitors, comments, likes, and top referrers
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Spell Sweeperby Lee Edward FödiSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Nov 2021Publisher: HarperCollinsLength: 368 pages Genre: FantasyTarget Age: +9 Summary 💬 Most students at Dragonsong Academy spend their days practicing spells and wielding wands, but after flunking her sixth-grade standardized tests, Cara Moone is on the fast track to becoming a MOP (a.k.a. Magical Occurrence Purger). See, when a real wizard casts a spell, it leaves behind a residue called spell dust—which can be dangerous if not disposed […]
Welcome to my 13th annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2022, and set some new goals for 2023. Posting and Reading Overview I posted 44 times in 2022. Still substantially less than 2020, but almost double of 2021! My loose goal for 2022 was originally 3 posts/week when I have the capacity, then […]
Cybils 2022 Finalists Happy New Year! 🥳 And Happy Cybils Finalists Announced Day! 😜 I participated as a round one judge, working through the longlist to shortlist seven books in the middle grade speculative fiction category. Here are the standout titles. You can read more about each book in blurbs written by the round one judges on the Cybils website. Winners will be announced on February 14. There are eight […]