A Delightful Early Chapter Book: Yours Sincerely, Giraffe [Review]

7 January 2018 / review / 5 Comments
A Delightful Early Chapter Book: Yours Sincerely, Giraffe [Review]

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe written by Megumi Iwasa and illustrated by Jun Takabatake Format/Source: Hardcover/library Published: March 2017 (Originally published 2011 in Japan) Publisher: Gecko Press Length: 104 pages Genre: Speculative fiction – early chapter book ★★★★½       I came across […]

December 2017 Month in Review

5 January 2018 / month in review / 4 Comments
December 2017 Month in Review

I’m not going to write about December here because I think I covered that in my two year end post. I still wanted to do a monthly wrap-up to review the books I read and the posts I wrote in […]

Wrapping Up 2017, Looking Forward 2018

2 January 2018 / thoughts / 0 Comments
Wrapping Up 2017, Looking Forward 2018

Welcome to my eighth annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I like to take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2017, and set some new goals for 2018. Posting and Reading […]

Cybils 2017 Finalists

1 January 2018 / events / 0 Comments
Cybils 2017 Finalists

Today the 2017 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?, Halli […]

2017 End of Year Book Survey

31 December 2017 / meme, thoughts / 0 Comments
2017 End of Year Book Survey

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 did remove some of the questions […]