I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Taking the Blame by Louie Stowell. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Who needs Marvel movies when you have wacky middle grade novels about …
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So these are two odd little books. Last week, I read both Skunk and Badger and Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake, which tell the story of Badger, who is living in his aunt’s brownstone, studying rocks and minerals. His life is pretty set in stone (ha, rock pun), and he’s content with his …
Pirates? Magic? Say no more; I'm in! The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty joins the titular character after she’s been retired from piracy for ten years to raise her daughter. But one day a woman arrives with a request Amina can’t say no to: if she recovers this woman’s granddaughter—the child of one …
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen. 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 Door in the Dark, Ren Monroe is used to being underestimated at her school for …
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 …
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