Top 10 Tuesday Turns 10: Re-evaluating My First TTT

23 June 2020 / top 10 tuesday / 10 Comments
Top 10 Tuesday Turns 10: Re-evaluating My First TTT

I participated in my first Top 10 Tuesday (embedded above) on 19 January 2016. TTT had already been running for years by then. :O Is there anything else in book blogging that’s ten years old?? Lots of thanks to the […]

Dominican Spirits and Caribbean Jumbies: A Dual Review [MG Review]

7 June 2020 / brief reviews / 4 Comments
Dominican Spirits and Caribbean Jumbies: A Dual Review [MG Review]

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega 🍂 Interview @ Spooky Middle Grade 🍂 Review by Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense 🍂 Review by Cande @ Latinx Book Magic 📝 Plot summary: 12 year old Lucely lives with her papi Simon, who runs ghost […]

18 Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Books by Black Authors [List]

5 June 2020 / list / 16 Comments
18 Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Books by Black Authors [List]

I originally wasn’t sure if I was going to create a booklist, because many people have already compiled more extensive lists. But I think I can play a small part in boosting Black authors by sharing my knowledge of middle […]

May 2020 Month In Review

May 2020 Month In Review

Oof. What to say. I last worked 74 days ago. Maybe I’ll go back in September? Starting to think I should pick up studying Japanese again, but that sounds like a lot of brain power… Let’s just get into the […]

Wyrd & Wonder Wrap-Up

31 May 2020 / events / 10 Comments
Wyrd & Wonder Wrap-Up

I haphazardly participated in Wyrd & Wonder during the inaugural event in 2018. I didn’t participate in 2019, focused instead on finishing grad school. This year, due to COVID-19 layoffs, I had plenty of time to throw myself into writing […]