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  • Must Read Monday (47): Looking at Fall 2016 Releases (Part 1)

    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’s Must Read Monday is a little bit different.… Read more


    August 14, 2016

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    Adult Fiction, Children’s, Young Adult
    adult fiction, canadian lit, children’s, contemporary, eowyn ivey, erin bow, fall 2016, graphic novels, kate beaton, kevin sands, maria semple, meg cabot, middle grade, must read monday, picture books, raina telgemeier, robin stevens, shaun taun, Young Adult, zoe whittall
  • Review: Camp Dork by Beth Vrabel

    Review: Camp Dork (Pack of Dorks #2) by Beth Vrabel Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Sky Pony Press. Thank you! Publication: May 3, 2016 by Skyhorse Publishing Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: Lucy and her pack are back, in this sequel to Beth Vrabel’s heartwarming and humorous debut, Pack of Dorks. Sheldon convinces Lucy, Sam, April,… Read more


    August 11, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    beth vrabel, children’s, contemporary, good, middle grade, reviews, very good
  • Picture Book Review: Ben Hatke’s Nobody Likes a Goblin

    Review: Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke Source: Hardcover Publication:June 7, 2016 by First Second Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Goblin, a cheerful little homebody, lives in a cozy, rat-infested dungeon, with his only friend, Skeleton. Every day, Goblin and Skeleton play with the treasure in their dungeon. But one day, a gang of “heroic”… Read more


    August 7, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    ben hatke, children’s, excellent, fantasy, picture books, read alouds, reviews, storytime
  • Review: Booked by Kwame Alexander

    Review: Booked by Kwame Alexander Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 5, 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Twelve-year-old Nick is a soccer-loving boy who absolutely hates books. In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel The Crossover , soccer, family, love, and friendship take… Read more


    August 3, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, contemporary, excellent, kwame alexander, middle grade, poetry, reviews, verse
  • Picture Book Reviews: Stella Brings the Family & Little Bird’s Bad Word

    Review: Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer, illus. Holly Clifton-Brown Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: May 5, 2015 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Stella’s class is having a Mother’s Day celebration, but what’s a girl with two daddies to do? It’s not that she doesn’t have someone who helps… Read more


    August 1, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    diversity, families, funny, good, holly clifton-brown, jacob grant, miriam b. schiffer, picture books, read alouds, reviews, storytime, very good
  • Must Read Monday (46): Janet Ellis’s The Butcher’s Hook & Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent

    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: a few seemingly under-the-radar historical fiction titles that… Read more


    August 1, 2016

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    Adult Fiction
    adult fiction, historical, historical fiction, janet ellis, must read monday, sarah perry
  • Review: Watching Traffic by Jane Ozkowski

    Review: Watching Traffic by Jane Ozkowski Source: ARC of Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. Thank you! Expected publication: August 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Emily has finally finished high school in the small town where she has lived her whole life. At last, she thinks, her adult life can begin. But… Read more


    July 30, 2016

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    canadian lit, contemporary ya, excellent, jane ozkowski, reviews, Young Adult
  • Review: The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine

    Review: The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine Source: ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada. Thank you! Expected publication: August 2, 2016 by Atria Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Kate Morton meets Daphne du Maurier in this atmospheric debut novel about a woman who discovers the century-old remains of a murder victim on her… Read more


    July 26, 2016

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    Adult Fiction, Reviews
    adult fiction, excellent, gothic, historical fiction, mystery, reviews, sarah maine
  • Review: Julia Vanishes (Witch’s Child #1) by Catherine Egan

    Review: Julia Vanishes (Witch’s Child #1) by Catherine Egan Source: ARC courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: June 7, 2016 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Julia has the unusual ability to be…unseen. Not invisible, exactly. Just beyond most people’s senses. It’s a… Read more


    July 25, 2016

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    canadian lit, catherine egan, excellent, fantasy, historical, historical ya, mystery, paranormal, reviews, very good, witches, Young Adult
  • Picture Book Review: Ooko by Esme Shapiro

    Review: Ooko by Esme Shapiro Source: Digital gallery courtesy of Tundra Books via NetGalley. Thank you! Publication: July 5, 2016 by Tundra Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Ooko has everything a fox could want: a stick, a leaf and a rock. Well, almost everything . . . Ooko wants someone to play with too!… Read more


    July 21, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    animals, esme shapiro, funny, picture book, read alouds, reviews, storytime, very good
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