I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Swifts by Beth Lincoln. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. The Swifts tells the story of Shenanigan Swift, whose family has a strange tradition: when a new child is born, …
Tag: middle grade literature
Top 10 Books I Read in 2022
Somehow, it is time for a top ten books list again?! I don't even want to contemplate how fast this year has gone. But at the same time, thank goodness it's over. I wish I could say I read a wide variety of genres, but that isn't really true. I dipped my toe in other …
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 | Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston, the first book of a new series, …
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Book Review | A Rover’s Story (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga, Resilience (Res for short) is a rover, who knows he was built …
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