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Uprooted by Naomi Novik [Wyrd and Wonder Reread Review]

11 May 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Uprooted by Naomi Novik [Wyrd and Wonder Reread Review]

Uprooted by Naomi Novik Format/Source: Paperback/Own Published: May 2015 Publisher: Del Rey Length: 435 pages Genre: Fantasy   ★★★★★   Three years ago (three?!), I participated in a Reread Challenge hosted by Hannah @ So Obsessed With. Since then, I have reread few books beyond my annual rereads of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and White is for Witching. This year, I set a goal to reread 6 novels (not including the aforementioned […]

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Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

4 May 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi [Wyrd and Wonder Review]

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: October 2017 Publisher: Razorbill Length: 298 pages Genre: Young adult fantasy ★★★     Beasts Made of Night, the first book in a duology, tells the story of Taj, the best aki in the city of Kos, as he uncovers a plot to wage an army of young aki against the monarchy. Set in a Nigerian-inspired fantasy world, Beasts Made of Night explores social […]

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A Properly Unhaunted Place Offers A Creative Twist on Ghost Stories [Review]

26 April 2018 / review / 0 Comments
A Properly Unhaunted Place Offers A Creative Twist on Ghost Stories [Review]

A Properly Unhaunted Place by William Alexander Illustrator: Kelly Murphy Format/Source: Hardcover/library Published: August 2017 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Length: 192 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative Cybils 2017 finalist ★★★★½       At the start of A Properly Unhaunted Place, Rosa and her mother, a talented appeasement librarian, have just moved to Ingot. Rosa feels frustrated with the movie because Ingot is “the only unhaunted place that Rosa had ever […]

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Oji-Cree Elder Ma-Nee Chacaby’s Extraordinary Life Story [Review]

23 April 2018 / review / 2 Comments
Oji-Cree Elder Ma-Nee Chacaby’s Extraordinary Life Story [Review]

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer Format/Source: Paperback/Purchased Published: May 2016 Publisher: University of Manitoba Press Length: 264 pages Genre: Memoir ★★★★     The subtitle of this aptly describes its content. Born in 1950 in a tuberculosis sanatorium, Chacaby was raised in a remote Ojibwa-Cree community in Ontario by her extraordinary grandmother, who was estimated to have been born in the 1860s.  […]

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Learning About Identity with Ash Hardell’s The ABC’s of LGBT+ [Review]

23 March 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Learning About Identity with Ash Hardell’s The ABC’s of LGBT+ [Review]

The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell* *In the time since this book was published, Ash both changed their name and got married, hence why I say this book is by Ash Hardell but the print version says otherwise. Format/Source: Paperback/Library (Also available for legitimate free download!) Published: October 2016 Publisher: Mango Media Length: 170 pages Genre: Non-fiction ★★★★★ The ABC’s of LGBT+ introduces over 100 terms to describe gender, sexual, and romantic identities. The book consists […]

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