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 […]

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 […]