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).

Wrapping Up 2019, Looking Forward 2020

3 January 2020 / thoughts / 8 Comments
Wrapping Up 2019, Looking Forward 2020

Welcome to my tenth (!) annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2019, and set some new goals for 2020. Posting and Reading Overview I posted 63 times in 2019. This fell well below my goal of 88 posts. That goal accounted for one month off, but I ended up taking two (April and […]

December 2019 Month In Review

1 January 2020 / month in review / 4 Comments
December 2019 Month In Review

Books read, posts written, and plenty of upcoming releases and events in January.

2019 End of Year Book Survey

31 December 2019 / meme, thoughts / 6 Comments
2019 End of Year Book Survey

Hosted by Jamie @ Perpetual Page Turner, I like how this survey delves into the specifics of books read and gives me a chance to review all I read and wrote this year. I removed some questions that weren’t relevant to me, so be sure to visit the original post if you’d like to complete the survey. Links to reviews where applicable. My annual overview will go live on January 2nd after the Cybils shortlist is announced.

Reading Challenges & Community [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]

28 December 2019 / thoughts / 6 Comments
Reading Challenges & Community [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]

Welcome to the final part in this series of reflections! Thanks to everyone who has shared thoughts and encouragements with me so far. This post is about participating in the book blogging community via reading challenges, readalongs, and other communal activities.