Cybils 2022 Finalists + December 2021 Month In Review

1 January 2023 / month in review / 8 Comments
Cybils 2022 Finalists + December 2021 Month In Review

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 […]

2022 End of Year Book Survey

31 December 2022 / meme, thoughts / 6 Comments
2022 End of Year Book Survey

Hosted by Jamie @ Perpetual Page Turner, I like how this survey delves into the specifics of books read and gives me a chance to review all I read and wrote this year. I have completed this survey every year since […]

10 Books Gifted for Christmas [TTT]

27 December 2022 / top 10 tuesday / 14 Comments
10 Books Gifted for Christmas [TTT]

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is Most Recent Additions to My Book Collection. IE What books did you get as presents this holiday season? Or what did you buy with gift cards? Here are the books that were exchanged in my […]

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo [Review]

23 December 2022 / review / 6 Comments
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo [Review]

Siren Queen by Nghi VoSource: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: May 2022Publisher: Tordotcom (Macmillan)Length: 288 pages Genre: Historical fantasyTarget Age: AdultRepresentation: Protagonist is wlw Chinese American Summary 💬 “No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming […]

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy and The Last Cuentista [MG Reviews]

21 December 2022 / brief reviews / 9 Comments
The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy and The Last Cuentista [MG Reviews]

These two middle grade speculative fiction titles had me thinking “Did I read the same book as everyone else??” Read on for some grumbly reviews. Click through the additional reviews for more positive takes! The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy […]