![Dominican Spirits and Caribbean Jumbies: A Dual Review [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ghost-squad.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
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 tours in St. Augustine, Florida. Lucely can see the ghosts of her family. These ghosts live with her and Simon and take the form of firefly spirits (cocuyos, based on […]
![18 Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Books by Black Authors [List]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/18-MG-Spec-Fic-Black-Authors.png?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
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 grade speculative fiction. Because I’m highlighting what I know here, this isn’t the most comprehensive list. I’ve linked lists that offer more middle grade recs, as well as books for […]
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 books round up. Books Finished A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi In an […]
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 and reading all sorts of Wyrd & Wonder posts. I know I’m not the only participant especially grateful for the opportunity that Wyrd & Wonder gave most of us for […]
![The Binding: Not as Magical As I’d Hoped [Wyrd & Wonder Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/the-binding.jpg?fit=428%2C648&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Books are dangerous things in Collins’s alternate universe, a place vaguely reminiscent of 19th-century England. It’s a world in which people visit book binders to rid themselves of painful or treacherous memories. Once their stories have been told and are bound between the pages of a book, the slate is wiped clean and their memories lose the power to hurt or haunt them. After having suffered some sort of mental […]