Category: brief reviews

Two Fiction Reads to Borrow from the Library

12 March 2017 / brief reviews / 4 Comments
Two Fiction Reads to Borrow from the Library

Neverhome by Laird Hunt She calls herself Ash, but that’s not her real name. She is a farmer’s faithful wife, but she has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. NEVERHOME tells […]

Cybils Nominees – Some Personal Favourites

6 March 2017 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Cybils Nominees – Some Personal Favourites

From October to December of last year, I read just over 50 middle-grade fiction books in my role as a round one judge for the Cybils. To share some of the Cybils nominees I’ve read, I’ve decided to create a […]

Brief Thoughts: Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

20 February 2017 / brief reviews / 3 Comments
Brief Thoughts: Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who’s often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does […]

Cybils Nominees Feat. Multiple Narrators ( + Winners Announced!)

19 February 2017 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Cybils Nominees Feat. Multiple Narrators ( + Winners Announced!)

From October to December of last year, I read just over 50 middle-grade fiction books in my role as a round one judge for the Cybils. To share some of the Cybils nominees I’ve read, I’ve decided to create a […]

Cybils Nominees Featuring Animals

1 February 2017 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Cybils Nominees Featuring Animals

From October to December of last year, I read just over 50 middle-grade fiction books in my role as a round one judge for the Cybils. To share some of the Cybils nominees I’ve read, I’ve decided to create a […]