Review: You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris

5 February 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Review: You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris

Author: Antoine Leiris (trans. Sam Taylor) Title: You Will Not Have My Hate Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: October 2016 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 129 pages Genre: Memoir Why I Read: Read an excerpt Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Book Depository In November 2015, Antoine Leiris’s […]

January Month in Review

3 February 2017 / month in review, thoughts / 5 Comments
January Month in Review

January has set a great precedent for my reading and blogging this year. I’m on track with my two general challenges: 100 books/year and 8 posts/month including 4 review posts. I have a lot of reading challenges, new releases, and […]

Cybils Nominees Featuring Animals

1 February 2017 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Cybils Nominees Featuring Animals

From October to December of last year, I read just over 50 middle-grade fiction books in my role as a round one judge for the Cybils. To share some of the Cybils nominees I’ve read, I’ve decided to create a […]

Review: The Wizard’s Dog by Eric Kahn Gale

31 January 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Review: The Wizard’s Dog by Eric Kahn Gale

Author: Eric Kahn Gale Title: The Wizard’s Dog Format/Source: ebook/Publicist Published: 17 January 2017 Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Length: 288 pages Genre: Middle-grade fantasy Why I Read: Light-hearted fantasy – something I needed! Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo […]

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017 – WWII + Japanese Experiences

27 January 2017 / brief reviews / 5 Comments
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017 – WWII + Japanese Experiences

Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017! A perfect day to kick of my series of Cybils nominee recommendations that will run for the next few weeks.  The goal of MCCBD is “to not only raise awareness for the kid’s […]