The Last Voyage of the Karluk [NF List]

10 January 2021 / list / 9 Comments
The Last Voyage of the Karluk [NF List]

In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled Karluk departed Canada for the western Arctic. On board were 10 scientists, 13 crewmembers, four Inuit hunters, one seamstress, her two children, and one passenger. Of these, 11 never returned and most were […]

The Appeal of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor [MG Review]

5 January 2021 / review / 14 Comments
The Appeal of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor [MG Review]

Preamble This post sat in my drafts for just over a year. Cybils judging introduced me to Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow in January 2019. I had heard some buzz around the book prior to that. I thought it […]

December 2020 In Review

December 2020 In Review

Overview My December started with a job interview and ended with an offer of returning to the job I left in March. 😄 This week I return to being a FT children’s librarian, at the location where I previously worked […]

Wrapping Up 2020, Looking Forward 2021

2 January 2021 / thoughts / 8 Comments
Wrapping Up 2020, Looking Forward 2021

Welcome to my 11th annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2020, and set some new goals for 2021. Posting and Reading Overview I […]

2020 End of Year Book Survey

31 December 2020 / meme, thoughts / 13 Comments
2020 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 removed some questions that weren’t relevant to […]