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Review: Bloom by Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad
Review: Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada & Tundra Books. Thank you! Publication: February 6, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: Here is the life of iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who as a little girl in Rome, was Read more
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Coming Up: Blog Tour for Leila Sales’ latest YA & more!
The blog tour for Leila Sales’ latest young adult title, If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, begins on April 29th and it will be stopping here on May 2nd! Do stop by and check out my thoughts on Sales’ contemporary, timely story. I have had such a string of wonderful- truly excellent- reads Read more
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Graphic Novel Review: Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Review: Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol, color by Alec Longstreth Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 24, 2018 by First Second Book Description: All Vera wants to do is fit in – but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their Read more
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Picture Book Review: Petra by Marianna Coppo
Review: Petra by Marianna Coppo Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: February 6, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: Petra is a little rock who believes she is a mighty mountain . . . until a dog fetches her for its owner, and she is tossed into a bird’s nest. Read more
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Review: A Murder for the Books (A Blue Ridge Library Mystery #1) by Victoria Gilbert
Review: A Murder for the Books (A Blue Ridge Library Mystery #1) by Victoria Gilbert Source: ARC courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: December 12, 2017 by Crooked Lane Books Book Description: Fleeing a disastrous love affair, university librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet, historic mountain town in Read more
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Must Read Monday (81): Supriya Kelkar, Natasha Farrant, Ashley Herring Blake & more!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: middle grade titles! A mix of Read more
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Review: Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson & Emily Carroll
Review: Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson, illustrated by Emily Carroll Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: February 6, 2018 by Farrar Straus & Giroux Book Description: The critically acclaimed, award-winning, modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel. “Speak up for yourself-we want to know what you have Read more
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Blog Tour Stop: Amy Spalding’s The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)!
Welcome to one of the stops on the Thomas Allen & Son’s blog tour for Amy Spalding latest contemporary young adult title, The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)! Read on for my thoughts on the book, my thoughts about burgers (yes!), more about Amy, and …the link to The Read more
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Coming Up: Blog Tour for Amy Spalding’s The Summer of Jordi Perez!
I am excited to be participating in Thomas Allen & Son‘s upcoming blog tour supporting author Amy Spalding‘s latest buzzed about YA release, The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)! Take a look below for the blog tour information- you’ll see that there’s not only the promise of reviews and Read more
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