Month: January 2024

After the Forest by Kell Woods [Fantasy Review]

12 January 2024 / review / 6 Comments
After the Forest by Kell Woods [Fantasy Review]

After the Forestby Kell WoodsSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Sept 2023Publisher: Tor Books (MacMillan) Length: 370 pagesGenre: Historical fantasyTarget Age: Suitable for +14 Summary 💬 Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies […]

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Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024 [Top Ten Tuesday]

9 January 2024 / top 10 tuesday / 28 Comments
Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024 [Top Ten Tuesday]

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024. At the end of December, I had few 2024 releases on my TBR. Then lots of bloggers posted their list of anticipated 2024 reads (ex. Aquavenatus, Every Book a Doorway, A Literary Escape), and my TBR grew. Since I only have 15 books releasing between January and June this year on my TBR, I’m listing […]

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The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien [MG Review]

5 January 2024 / brief reviews / 6 Comments
The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien [MG Review]

The Bellwoods Gameby Celia KrampienSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: July 2023Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (S&S)Length: 305 pages Genre: HorrorTarget Age: +9Representation: Supporting characters incl Black boy and Hispanic girl coded autistic Summary 💬 Everyone knows Fall Hollow is haunted. It has been ever since Abigail Snook went into the woods many years ago, never to be seen again. Since then, it’s tradition for the sixth graders at Beckett Elementary to play the Bellwoods Game on […]

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Wrapping Up 2023, Looking Forward 2024

3 January 2024 / thoughts / 21 Comments
Wrapping Up 2023, Looking Forward 2024

Welcome to my 14th annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2023, and set some new goals for 2024. Posting and Reading Overview I posted 36 times in 2023. 58% of those posts occurred in January and December. Why do I ever set a goal of three posts/week, hahaha. The most posts I’ve ever […]

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December 2023 Month In Review + Cybils 2023 Finalists

1 January 2024 / month in review / 6 Comments
December 2023 Month In Review + Cybils 2023 Finalists

Life Updates I’m happy to report this December has been much more peaceful that last December! Lack of snow aside, I have been enjoying the season. In fact, I think the lack of snow has helped me excel at reading and blogging this month. Instead of going outside to enjoy winter activities, I’m staying inside to read read read and type type type 😛 I have scheduled posts several weeks […]

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