Review: The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven

6 October 2016 / review / 0 Comments
Review: The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven

Author: Jennifer Niven Title: The Ice Master Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: November 2000 Publisher: Hachette Books Length: 402 pages Genre: Creative/narrative non-fiction Why I Read: Interested in the Karluk‘s journey Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | IndieBound | Indigo | Amazon My introduction […]

September Month in Review

3 October 2016 / month in review / 12 Comments
September Month in Review

Look at this! My first monthly review post. I’m not really sure why I’ve never written one before, but now it seems like a tidy way to keep track of what I did in a month and what I’m looking […]

Cybils 2016

1 October 2016 / events / 3 Comments
Cybils 2016

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 […]

Don’t mind the mess…

23 September 2016 / Uncategorized / 4 Comments

I have planned all year to migrate to WordPress from Blogger. I always said, “Well, I think I’ll get to it in the fall.” And here we are! I had a free day today and suddenly felt really motivated. Perhaps […]

Literary Pilgrimages: Visiting Middle-Earth (Part 2)

22 September 2016 / literary pilgrimage / 6 Comments
Literary Pilgrimages: Visiting Middle-Earth (Part 2)

Part 1  Earlier this year, I spent three months travelling around New Zealand. My primary reason for doing so? Exploring locations starring as Middle-earth in Peter Jackson’s films, of course! Come along as I revisit what will likely remain my […]