Contemporary Feminism in Middle School: Dress Coded and Maybe He Just Likes You [MG Reviews]

5 July 2020 / review / 2 Comments
Contemporary Feminism in Middle School: Dress Coded and Maybe He Just Likes You [MG Reviews]

Dress Coded by Carrie FirestoneFormat/source: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: 7 July 2020Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House)Length: 320 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: 10+ Molly Frost is FED UP… Because Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top when she had to keep her sweatshirt wrapped […]

Pet: A Unique and Important Reading Experience [YA Review]

3 July 2020 / review / 12 Comments
Pet: A Unique and Important Reading Experience  [YA Review]

There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets […]

2020 Mid-Year Check-In

1 July 2020 / thoughts / 6 Comments
2020 Mid-Year Check-In

Welcome to my 2020 mid-year check in! In this post, I check my progress on my reading goals, challenge participation, and blogging goals. I also review my ratings of every book I’ve read so far in 2020. Reading Goals 62/102 books […]

Most Anticipated Releases for the Second Half of 2020 [TTT]

30 June 2020 / top 10 tuesday / 18 Comments
Most Anticipated Releases for the Second Half of 2020 [TTT]

The title of this post says it all. List ordered by release date. Entirely speculative fiction and primarily middle grade fiction, with one adult (#1) and two young adult (#5 and #9) titles. Middle grade continues to impress. As you’ll […]

My First Robin Hood Retelling [Review]

26 June 2020 / review / 10 Comments
My First Robin Hood Retelling [Review]

Robin is an apprentice forester in the woods of Nottingham. The arrows he makes and sells earn barely enough extra coin to retain the title to his father’s small lands. The sheriff of Nottingham’s jealousy toward Robin’s father is just […]