Tag: middle grade

Brief Thoughts: The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente

17 July 2016 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Brief Thoughts: The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente

Blogger’s autosave ate my full review (which I was quite pleased with) of this book 🙁 I am reminded of why I draft locally in Word… There’s nothing I hate more than rewriting, but I’m going to try to recall […]

Review: Dreambender by Ronald Kidd

19 February 2016 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Dreambender by Ronald Kidd

Author: Ronald Kidd  Title: Dreambender  Format/Source: eBook/NetGalleyPublished: 1 March 2016Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.Length: 256 pagesGenre: Middle-grade dystopiaWhy I Read: Liked cover + descriptionRead If You’re: N/ARating:  ★Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon   I received a complimentary copy from […]

Brief Thoughts on Some Fables

15 January 2016 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Brief Thoughts on Some Fables

During last week’s Bout of Books, I read two books that you might call fables. The Magician’s Elephant is an extended middle grade fable, while Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day puts a contemporary, speculative twist on the […]

Review: Alistair Grimm’s Odditorium by Gregory Funaro

7 November 2015 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Alistair Grimm’s Odditorium by Gregory Funaro

Author: Gregory FunaroTitle: Alistair Grimm’s OdditoriumSeries: Odditorium #1Format/Source: eBook/AuthorPublished: January 2015Publisher: Disney-HyperionLength: 432 pagesGenre: Middle grade historical fantasyWhy I Read: Sounded like a fun readRead If You: Like Victorian England + dash of fantasyRating: ★★★ Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | […]

RIPX Wrap Up

2 November 2015 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
RIPX Wrap Up

Huh, it’s November now? I definitely fell short on this challenge, with my reading habits suffering through October. I did read one of my RIP selections during the Read-a-thon – Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow, the only book […]