“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]
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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)
November 2019 Month in Review
It’s been awhile since I had a month worth reviewing! If you read my “What Am I Doing Here?” post from last week, you’ll know that I’ve finally settled into a routine this month. Hence all the action on the blog here. I don’t want to rehash what I wrote in that post, so let’s get right to the monthly recap.
6 Blogs Whose Reviews I Could Learn From [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]
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In last week’s post (see above link), I discussed how I want to reconsider how I write reviews. I found it easy to be stuck in a rut of writing the same thing over and over. Although I don’t post anything I’m not mostly happy with, I have room for improvement (especially with books that I don’t review because I’m not sure how to do them justice.)
An Enchanting English Timeslip Tale [MG Review]
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Measles mean Tom has been sent to stay with an aunt and uncle who live in a converted flat of an old house without a garden. When a grandfather clock strikes thirteen in the middle of the night, Tom creeps outside to discover a grand and expansive daytime Victorian garden, in place of parked cars and rubbish bins…
3 Classic Young Adult Titles [YA Review]
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I wrote two of these reviews for a course on young adult literature. The Giver and The Owl Service were classified as classic young adult novels for the purpose of that course. I read The Hero and Crown earlier this year as part of Julie @ Smiling Shelves’ Newbery Challenge. I thought that meant…