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Spotlight Tour & Giveaway: Dream on, Amber by Emma Shevah
Spotlight Tour: Dream On, Amber By Emma Shevah Title: Dream On, Amber Author: Emma Shevah Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publishers: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Hardcover ISBN 9781492622505 Summary: My name is Ambra Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. But call me Amber. I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must… Read more
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Review: Silent City (A Claire Codella Mystery) by Carrie Smith
Review: Silent City (A Claire Codella Mystery) by Carrie Smith Source: ARC courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: October 13, 2015 Verdict: Very Good Book Description: NYPD Detective Claire Codella has just won a tough battle with cancer. Now she has to regain her rightful place on the force. she hasn’t even been… Read more
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Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by Aladdin Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the… Read more
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Picture Book Review: When Santa Was a Baby by Linda Bailey & Geneviève Godbout
Review: When Santa Was a Baby by Linda Bailey, illus. Geneviève Godbout Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books/Random House of Canada Limited via Netgalley. Thank you! Publication: October 13, 2015 by Tundra Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: From the moment they heard his booming voice, Santa’s parents knew their little one was special.… Read more
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Review: Little Robot by Ben Hatke
Review: Little Robot by Ben Hatke Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by First Second Verdict: Very Good Book Description: When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend.… Read more
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Reviews: The Hired Girl & Lost in the Sun
Review: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz Source: Digital galley courtesy of Candlewick via NetGalley. Thank you! Publication: September 8, 2015 by Candlewick Press Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure,… Read more
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Review: Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales
Review: Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 15, 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Recklessly loyal. That’s how seventeen-year-old Arden Huntley has always thought of herself. Caring for her loved ones is what gives Arden purpose in… Read more
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Review: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank
Review: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons (Rose Gardner Mystery #2) by Denise Grover Swank Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: September 15, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: When Rose Gardner reports for jury duty in Denise Grover Swank’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling series,… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (7)
What a run of terrific picture books as of late! I have not done a picture book round-up post in a little while, but the sheer number of absolutely wonderful titles I have read calls for some attention. From the sublime and boundary-pushing to the heart-warming and perfect for reading aloud, here are the recently… Read more
bernard waber, canadian lit, children’s, ciara gavin, cybele young, emily hughes, emma yarlett, excellent, giselle potter, great picture books, isabelle arsenault, jessixa bagley, leila rudge, maxine trottier, nadia shireen, picture books, read alouds, sebastian meschenmoser, storytime, suzy lee, very good -
Review: The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs by Matthew Dicks
Review: The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs by Matthew Dicks Source: Digital galley courtesy of St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley. Thank you! Publication: September 8, 2015 by St. Martin’s Press Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Caroline Jacobs is a wimp, someone who specializes in the suffering of tiny indignities in silence. And the big ones,… Read more
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