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Woven in Moonlight - A Delight!
I've been anticipating reading Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez ever since I laid eyes on that beautiful, whimsical cover art! They...
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Mar 21, 20212 min read
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Leaping into the Star of Ishta Lore
Tamarind and the Star of Ishta is Jasbinder Bilan's second, wondrous middle grade novel. After a weekend of being laid up with a sneaky...
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Mar 15, 20212 min read
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Finally into the Fifth Season
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin has been sitting on my shelf since oh, I don't know 2017, maybe. It's one of those books that everyone...
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Mar 13, 20212 min read
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The Women of Brewster Place
I kicked off my reading of Black authors during Black History Month with The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor, reprinted by the...
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Feb 15, 20212 min read
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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
I have never had such a complicated relationship with a book. I need to say that now, outright. I went into this story knowing that I'd...
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Feb 2, 20212 min read
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Lore, aka the ultimate warrior we all want to be...
"A heartbeat found her in the darkness." Wow. That's basically the first word that comes to mind after finishing Alexandra Bracken's...
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Dec 28, 20202 min read
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The Castle of Tangled Magic...aka the magic you've been missing!
Sophie Anderson's newest magical tale was everything I was hoping for and more! I fell in love with her writing from her debut middle...
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Dec 10, 20202 min read
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
AKA one of the most delightful books I've read this year. I mean, I was immediately hooked when it said the main character Mona had a pet...
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Nov 13, 20203 min read
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A Deadly Education: the story with real monsters under the bed...
...and in the pipes and showers and cafeteria food and the walls. Basically, there are monsters everywhere at the Scholomance school,...
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Nov 3, 20202 min read
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Let's Talk About Literary Citizenship
In the wake of Amazon Prime Day (really?) and moving forward to the holidays, I wanted to discuss something that I am weirdly passionate...
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Oct 22, 20203 min read
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Vampires Never Get Old...and They Should Never Die
I have been waiting for this anthology collected by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker for ages. And by ages I mean a year when...
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Oct 12, 20202 min read
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Sometimes a Little Cattywampus is Good For You...
And reading Ash Van Otterloo's debut middle grade novel CATTYWAMPUS is absolutely good for you in all ways! This book has pretty much...
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Oct 4, 20202 min read
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The Nostalgia of MIDNIGHT SUN
So many have judged me, as a bookseller, for reading Midnight Sun. So many have critiqued Stephenie Meyers for publishing Midnight Sun,...
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Sep 28, 20203 min read
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Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with these titles:
Middle Grade List: 1. Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia 2. Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
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The Problem with 'The Problim Children'
is that this beautiful trilogy by Natalie Lloyd is over!! Seven siblings in the Problim family, and we only got three books out of them....
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Sep 15, 20203 min read
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