Reacting to Convenience Store Woman [Review]

9 November 2018 / review / 3 Comments
Reacting to Convenience Store Woman [Review]

Format/source: Hardcover/LibraryPublished: June 2018Publisher: Grove PressLength: 163 pages Genre: Literary fictionTranslator: Ginny Tapley Takemori★★★★    I’m going to try something new in this post. As I was typing up my notes on this book, I realized that there were so many specific bits of the novel that […]

October 2018 Month in Review

4 November 2018 / month in review / 0 Comments
October 2018 Month in Review

Ah, the time of the year when there’s suddenly only two months left but still so many books to read! Actually, I’m pleased with my reading progress this year. I think for the first time in my life I will […]

Spooky Sequels: The Island of Monsters + A Festival Of Ghosts [Review]

31 October 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Spooky Sequels: The Island of Monsters + A Festival Of Ghosts [Review]

The Island of Monsters by Ellen Oh The follow up to 2017’s Spirit Hunters, The Island of Monsters takes Harper and her multiracial family on a Halloween vacation to a tropical island with a gruesome past. Harper must use her […]

Bringing an Inkblot to Life: Inkling by Kenneth Oppel [Review]

27 October 2018 / review / 2 Comments
Bringing an Inkblot to Life: Inkling by Kenneth Oppel [Review]

Format/source: ebook/EdelweissPublished: 6 November 2018 (US; out now in Canada)Publisher: KnopfLength: 272 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative fictionI received a copy from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for my honest opinion.★★★★    Ethan’s dad is a comic artist whose greatest creation, the mutant superhero Kren, […]

Building Relationships in the Face of Adversity: A Middle Grade Lit Exploration

20 October 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Building Relationships in the Face of Adversity: A Middle Grade Lit Exploration

Earlier this month in my children’s literature course, I was part of a group that presented on Erin Entrada Kelly’s novels. I spoke about the theme of building friendships in the face of adversity in her first two novels, Blackbird […]