Thanks to NetGalley, Oni Press, and Chris Grine for this advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review. This one is available 3/2/21! Rundown: In the first volume of Chris Grine's Secrets of Camp Whatever, Willow doesn't want to live in her new town of Nowhere, and she really doesn't want go to her... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday All! It's Day 1 of my "Rick Riordan Presents Review Week"! If you are unfamiliar with Rick Riordan, he is the writer of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, the Heroes of Olympus series, the Kane Chronicles (another series), The Trials of Apollo (series, yep), and the Magnus Chase & the Gods... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! I started this post back in September, and am just now getting around to finishing it. I spent a relaxing weekend getting some housework done, reading, and trying to perfect an Olive Garden-esque chicken and gnocchi soup. With the weather here in Oregon now solidly grey and rainy, all I want to eat... Continue Reading →
Good Morning and Happy Thursday! I want to wish a very happy publication today to the book I have reviewed for you all today. This one ticked off a lot of boxes for me: murder, mystery, quirky characters, and England. I’m so happy to share my thoughts on it! Thanks to NetGalley and Allison and... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday All! I'm here today with July's Challenge Post! The challenge for July was to "read an award-winning young adult book." For this challenge, I chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Wow. I know I'm late to the game and everyone has already agreed on this....but this book is GREAT. Plus...reading it... Continue Reading →
Lately, I'm having a harder time keeping track of what day it is, let alone what the date is. It hit me today that tomorrow is the last day of July (what?) and therefore I NEEDED to get this post written today so I can share my monthly wrap-ups tomorrow. June Challenge: “Re-read a book... Continue Reading →
If everything goes to plan, I will have both May and June's challenge posts written and posted before July's end. I'm laughing if you think I'm organized enough to also have July's book done and ready...in July. I'm working on it, that's all I have to say. Also, to be fair to me, I actually... Continue Reading →
Happy Last Week of July! I know I'm not the only one who is simultaneously weirded out and unfazed by this strange passing of time. Since it is the last Monday of July though, it's time for a review of the collection of poems I read in honor of this month's Poet of the Month:... Continue Reading →
Day 104: Has the Haiku Musediscarded and left me fora stronger poet? Day 105: Hard-backs, paper-backs,e-books, audiobooks, somany books on shelves. Day 106: I stare at emptypages and blank screens waitingfor creative prose. Day 107: I arrange itemson my desk and rearrange them, waiting for words. Day 108: Simon disrupts thetrashcan and my peace--now helooks... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! I am so excited to talk about today's book: Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. This is a book I have talked about almost constantly for months...because it is really THAT good. In February, I started a Myths and Folktales unit with my 7th graders and decided to... Continue Reading →
