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The Moon Within by Aida Salazar Format/source: ARC/ALAMW19Published: 26 February 2019Publisher: Arthur A. Levine BooksLength: 240 pages Genre: Contemporary middle grade verse★★★★ Celi Rivera’s life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend’s exploration of what […]
I attended the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference from January 25 to 27. I attended some informative sessions, participated in exciting discussions, met people I only knew online, and – of most relevance for this blog – learnt about lots […]
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone […]
January was actually a pretty relaxing month! I kept steadily busy with Cybils reading, writing posts, and getting ahead on my coursework. I’ve been attending yoga classes twice a week (I’ve never done yoga before – this has been a […]
December’s Result – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel My first adult read of the year! Reading Station Eleven made me realize how long it has been since I read a solid work of fiction like this. Station Eleven felt to me like a […]