I like when you read a book and think, “Yes, I see why this won an award.” The Newbery was very well deserved in this case. In The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill, Xan is a witch in the forest. She is loved by the townsfolk on one side, and feared by …
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Three short books!
Last weekend, I read three books, which isn’t as impressive as it sounds. They were all under 150 pages, and two of them were middle grade. It’s not like I was reading the Stormlight Archive or something. Anyway, since all three of these were so short, I thought I’d do another one of those rapidfire …
Book Review | The Ogress and the Orphans (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Ogress and the Orphans, there’s a town called Stone-in-the-Glen. It used to be lovely, before …
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