![Books I Didn’t Read in 2018 But Will in 2019 [TTT]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/top-ten-tuesday-new-host.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday list features recent releases I didn’t get to in 2018 but will try in 2019. For the sake of variety, I’m not including any titles that are covered by my challenges, so you won’t find any Tolkien or middle grade on this list.
![25 KidLit Annotations: Early Readers [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/we-are-growing.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
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 […]
![Anna-Marie McLemore’s Dazzling Debut [Review + Discussion Questions]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weight-of-feathers.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
The Weight of Feathers, Anna-Marie McLemore’s debut novel, tells the story of two families of entertainers caught up in a bitter feud. The French Romani Corbeaus walk in trees and the Latinx Palomas swim as mermaids, travelling to small towns in California for performances. The Weight of Feathers explores themes of family, loyalty, and love with a touch of magical realism. The book is #ownvoices for Latinx representation.
![Talkin’ About Tolkien: Favourite Chapters in The Lord of the Rings [Discussion]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/talkin-about-tolkien.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
I compiled this list from my last three annual read-throughs of The Lord of the Rings. (This post has been stewing in my mind for a few years!) Screen captures (which I spent way too much time searching through and choosing…) are from Movie-Screencaps.com; […]
![Brother and Sister Face a Wicked Wood in this Forthcoming Middle Grade Novel [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/watch-hollow.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, whose halls hold a magical secret: a giant cuckoo clock that does much more than tell time. But when the clock’s gears cease to turn, an evil presence lurking among the trees begins to come out of the shadows.