Pondathon Sign Up

19 January 2020 / events / 14 Comments
Pondathon Sign Up

Preamble What CW has put together for this readathon has absolutely blown me away. I’ve never seen anything like it. I couldn’t help but sign up! I especially love the focus on co-operative reading and community. I think participating in […]

Slightly Spooky to Truly Terrifying: A Ranking of Middle Grade Horror

17 January 2020 / list / 8 Comments
Slightly Spooky to Truly Terrifying: A Ranking of Middle Grade Horror

Preamble Horror seems a bold word to use in titling this post, but I think it gets the point across. I use the term loosely to include speculative fiction with elements that could lend themselves to horror – ghosts, gore, […]

A Monster Lurks Around Eerie-on-Sea [MG Review]

14 January 2020 / review / 4 Comments
A Monster Lurks Around Eerie-on-Sea [MG Review]

Malamander by Thomas Taylor Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, knows that returning lost things to their rightful owners is not easy – especially when the lost thing is not a thing at all, but a girl. No […]

Favourite Reads of the Decade

10 January 2020 / thoughts / 14 Comments
Favourite Reads of the Decade

Preamble I know I’m a bit late for this type of post… My blogging schedule was already full up when I got the idea to write this type of post. I started using Goodreads in 2011 – hard to believe […]

Two #OwnVoices Indigenous Novels [MG Review]

8 January 2020 / brief reviews / 2 Comments
Two #OwnVoices Indigenous Novels [MG Review]

Biref thoughts on two debut #ownvoices Indigenous middle grade novels – I Can Make This Promise (contemporary) and The Ghost Collector (speculative fiction).