Tag: middle grade

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #1

18 May 2017 / brief reviews, meme / 4 Comments
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #1

Finally, I’ve written a Diversity Spotlight Thursday post! The purpose of this meme is to share three diverse books: One you’ve read and enjoyed, one release that you haven’t yet read, and one that hasn’t yet been released. I actually enjoy reading this meme on other blogs. It’s a great way to promote diverse books and find new ones to add to the TBR. (I haven’t seen many posts about this lately […]

Celebrating Elizabeth Goudge

27 April 2017 / events / 2 Comments
Celebrating Elizabeth Goudge

Hosted by Lory @ Emerald City Book Review Back in March, Lory announced she would once again be inviting readers to celebrate the birthday of Elizabeth Goudge by reading one of her works and sharing their thoughts. I hadn’t heard of Goudge, so I ventured over to Wikipedia and learnt that one of the works she is most known for is called The Little White Horse, a children’s novel I would classify […]

Cybils Nominees – Historical Fiction

30 March 2017 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Cybils Nominees – Historical Fiction

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 few lists grouping books by similar characteristics. All of the books meet the Cybils nominating criteria, which means they were published in English in Canada or the US between 16 […]

Cybils Nominees – Some Personal Favourites

6 March 2017 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Cybils Nominees – Some Personal Favourites

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 few lists grouping books by similar characteristics. All of the books meet the Cybils nominating criteria, which means they were published in English in Canada or the US between 16 […]

Cybils Nominees Feat. Multiple Narrators ( + Winners Announced!)

19 February 2017 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Cybils Nominees Feat. Multiple Narrators ( + Winners Announced!)

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 few lists grouping books by similar characteristics. All of the books meet the Cybils nominating criteria, which means they were published in English in Canada or the US between 16 […]