![Combined Review of Two Contemporary Stories: Other Words for Home and More to the Story [MG Reviews]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MGLit-52.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
I struggle to review contemporary middle grade because I’m not passionate about the genre. I read these two titles because I wanted to be able to book talk them. That’s my main motivator for reading any contemporary middle grade…
![Developing a New Review Structure [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/a-book-bloggers-reflections-teal.png?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Today’s post synthesizes what I learnt from the previous two weeks. Here are a list of changes (grouped by content, format, and design) that I would like to try in my reviews.
![10 Books I Own But Haven’t Read [TTT]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/top-ten-tuesday-new-host.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie. I don’t know why I picked this topic. Usually I pick one that I missed recently…but this was the topic on November 5, 2018, lol. Well, anyway. My topic is books I […]
Last week, I looked at five different reviewing styles that I like and considered what I’ve learnt from them (see part two linked above). This week, I’m considering what I like about my own style by looking at some of the reviews I wrote this year.
![“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cuckoo-song-creepy.jpg?fit=314%2C475&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Reviews of the winners of September and October’s vote – The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller (non-fiction) and Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (middle grade fiction)