Two 2017 Middle Grade Spec Fic Releases

9 November 2017 / brief reviews / 9 Comments
Two 2017 Middle Grade Spec Fic Releases

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis Aventurine is the fiercest, bravest dragon there is. And she’s ready to prove it to her family by leaving the safety of their mountain cave and capturing the most dangerous prey of […]

Book Shopping in Seattle

4 November 2017 / to be read / 3 Comments
Book Shopping in Seattle

A couple weekends ago, I went down to Seattle to see Depeche Mode (look how much restraint I’m exercising in not gushing about the show…….). I took time to check out a couple of neat bookstores. Elliot Bay Book Company […]

Jessica Miller’s Elizabeth and Zenobia Exemplifies Gothic MG

11 October 2017 / review / 9 Comments
Jessica Miller’s Elizabeth and Zenobia Exemplifies Gothic MG

Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller Format/Source: eBook/Netgalley Published: September 2017 Publisher: Amulet Books Length: 208 pages Genre: Middle grade gothic Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for […]

August and September 2017 Month in Review

5 October 2017 / month in review / 5 Comments
August and September 2017 Month in Review

October is here! Oh, how I love this month. Autumn seems even better here in Vancouver than in Winnipeg. The air is crisp, the sun is bright, the leaves are changing to all sorts of marvelous colours, and I can see mountains […]

Cybils 2017

1 October 2017 / events / 0 Comments
Cybils 2017

Today nominations open for the Cybils Awards. The Cybils are the Children’s and Young Adult Blogger’s Literary Awards. The award “aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular […]