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Spotlight Tour & Giveaway: Annie Kelsey’s Love and Chicken Nuggets
Welcome to a special feature, courtesy of Sourcebooks, spotlighting the second book in Annie Kelsey’s Pippa Morgan’s Diary series, Love and Chicken Nuggets! Read on for more about the book and how to enter the giveaway! Love and Chicken Nuggets (Pippa Morgan’s Diary) by Annie Kelsey June 7, 2016; Hardcover ISBN 9781492631415 Book Info:… Read more
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Must Read Monday (41): Emily Giffin’s First Comes Love & Liane Moriarty’s Truly Madly Guilty
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: upcoming adult fiction releases by two bestselling authors!… Read more
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Review: Flannery by Lisa Moore
Flannery by Lisa Moore Source: ARC courtesy of Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. Thank you! Publication: May 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Sixteen-year-old Flannery Malone has it bad. She’s been in love with Tyrone O’Rourke since the days she still believed in Santa Claus. But Tyrone has grown from a dorky… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Liz Wong’s Quackers & Brianne Farley’s Secret Tree Fort
Cheers to more terrific picture book discoveries! Quackers by Liz Wong Source: Hardcover Publication: March 22, 2016 by Knopf Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Quackers is a duck. Sure, he may have paws and whiskers. And his quacks might sound more like…well, meows, but he lives among ducks, everyone he knows is a duck, and… Read more
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Review: Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley Source: ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada. Thank you! Expected publication: June 7, 2016 by Simon & Schuster Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Combining the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life of Pi, Lily and the… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Follow the Moon Home & Tell Me a Tattoo Story
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson, illus. Meilo So Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 5, 2016 by Chronicle Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Acclaimed activist Philippe Cousteau and renowned author Deborah Hopkinson team… Read more
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Must Read Monday (40): Laura Marx Fitzgerald’s The Gallery & Judith Rossell’s Withering-by-Sea
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: historical middle-grade fiction! First up is The Gallery,… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Before I Leave & Ninja Baby
Before I Leave by Jessixa Bagley Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: February 16, 2016 by Roaring Book Press Verdict: Very Good/Excellent How do you say goodbye to your best friend? When a little hedgehog’s family tells her they’re moving far away, she and her anteater best friend decide to play one… Read more
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Must Read Monday (39): Eileen Cook’s With Malice & Jeff Zentner’s The Serpent King
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: contemporary young adult lit! First up is With… Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters You’d Love To Revisit As Adults
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week: Ten Childhood Characters You’d Love To Revisit As Adults! With some favourite characters, like Mia Thermopolis, Jessica Darling, or Hermione Granger, I’ve had the tremendous luck to be able to follow them into… Read more
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