Happy New Year! Today the 2018 Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards) finalists are announced. I’m ready to kick into gear in my role as a round two judge in the middle grade speculative fiction category. Mark @ Say What?, Stacy @ It’s All About the Journey, Rosemary @ Mom Read It, Jen @ Geek Reads Kids and myself will deliberate to decide which of the following finalists will be named the category winner:
December was a whirlwind of a month! I spent the first week writing my final papers. I flew home on December 8 (Saturday) and started a practicum at the public library on December 10. That ran until December 21. My best friend came home that day, then came Christmas, and now I’ve got two weeks of holidays but those two weeks have flown by fast and I’ll be heading back to Vancouver on Saturday!
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 of the questions I didn’t have an answer for, so be sure to visit the original post if you’d like to complete the survey. Links to reviews where applicable; otherwise, links to Goodreads. My annual overview will go live on January 2nd as I want to wait until the Cybils shortlist is announced.
![Seanan McGuire Continues to Steal My Heart [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/In-An-Absent-Drea.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Although In an Absent Dream is the fourth title in the Wayward Children series, each title can technically be read as a stand alone. Beneath the Sugar Sky (#3) builds on Every Heart a Doorway (#1), with narratives set in the present day and in our world. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (#2) and In An Absent Dream (#4) take place in other worlds, sharing the backstories of characters introduced in book one. Somehow, miraculously, I have adored each and every Wayward Children title, in a way that I’ve not enjoyed any other series.
![Perseverance by Tim Hague [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Family2Breads2Bsmall.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Why we chose Tim Hague’s Perseverance We had two other options for Family Reads this month, but one of them we didn’t like much and the other one I couldn’t get a copy of quick enough. So when Dad spotted a […]