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Must Read Monday (47): Looking at Fall 2016 Releases (Part 3)
Continuing on with a Must Read Monday feature on Fall 2016 releases!… This week’s Must Read Monday is a little bit different. I’ve been looking through various sources (review journals, publisher’s sites, Goodreads, blogs, etc.) as is my norm, but my to-be read pile has grown tremendously in a short span! This is due, in Read more
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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
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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
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Must Read Monday (34): Brenna Yovanoff’s Places No One Knows & Teresa Toten’s Beware That Girl
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 young adult titles from two must-read authors! Read more
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Blog Tour: Janet B. Taylor’s Into the Dim!
Welcome to one of the last stops on the special blog tour for Janet B. Taylor‘s Into the Dim! As part of the tour, I had the opportunity to ask the debut author herself a question! Read on for that Q&A as well as for my review! Q:I am always fascinated by authors’ favourite characters Read more
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Must Read Monday (18): The Wolf Wilder & The Dreamsnatcher
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight current and/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 features the latest from children’s author Katherine Rundell and Read more
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Must Read Monday (8): Circus Mirandus and Nooks & Crannies
Welcome to the eighth edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/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 I am featuring two recently released children’s fiction Read more
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Review: A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin
Review: A School for Unusual Girls: A Stranje House Novel (Stranje House #1) by Kathleen Baldwin Source: Digital galley courtesy of Macmillan-Tor/Forge via Netgalley. Thank you! Expected publication: May 19 2015 by Tor Teen Verdict: Okay Book Description: It’s 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four Read more