The Republic of Birds Doesn’t Take Off [MG Review]
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Russian folklore, cartography, magic, journey through a northern kingdom. The Republic Of Birds sounds like just the book for me. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get into the story at all…
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Reflecting on Technology Use with Digital Minimalism [NF Review]
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport The Creep of Technology Newport begins his book by addressing the vast amount of technological change that has essentially snuck up on us over the past 10 years. This introduction alone felt like a wake up call for me. No wonder we can struggle with balance when it comes to technology use. It’s so new and endless […]
A Monster Lurks Around Eerie-on-Sea [MG Review]
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Malamander by Thomas Taylor Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, knows that returning lost things to their rightful owners is not easy – especially when the lost thing is not a thing at all, but a girl. No one knows what happened to Violet Parma’s parents twelve years ago, and when she engages Herbie to help her find them, the pair discover that their disappearance might have something […]
Combined Review of Two Contemporary Stories: Other Words for Home and More to the Story [MG Reviews]
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I struggle to review contemporary middle grade because I’m not passionate about the genre. I read these two titles because I wanted to be able to book talk them. That’s my main motivator for reading any contemporary middle grade…
“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]
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Reviews of the winners of September and October’s vote – The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller (non-fiction) and Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (middle grade fiction)