I love that every now and then I unexpectedly stumble upon a quiet middle grade gem. The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin is a book that I wanted to read for the grief aspect. I actually bizarrely enough enjoy reading books where there is a grief element, maybe because I am lucky enough to […]
Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy | Book Review
September 18, 2015
PRAISE HANDS FOR JULIE MURPHY. All of the emoji praise hands for Julie Murphy. For serious I want to just throw a ticker tape parade for her latest book, Dumplin’. I want to press it into the hands of anyone who has ever been made to feel bad about how they look. I want to press […]
The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson | Book Review
September 16, 2015
Review + Summary – The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson a story that is both contemporary and paranormal about a girl named Maggie who moves.
A Curious Tale Of The In-Between by Lauren DeStefano | Book Review
September 15, 2015
A Curious Tale Of The In-Between by Lauren DeStefano is a charming and at turns dark middle grade book featuring Pram, a girl who can talk to ghosts.
The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson | Readalong Chapters 1-28 #ReadingRae
September 14, 2015
Recaps From Last Week on Fictitious Delicious, Me, My Shelf And I, Mundie Moms and Fiktshun. HELLO READER FRIENDS. Today you are getting two for the price of one with this Reading Rae post. So, last Monday, shoutout Labor Day, I was supposed to have read and written a post on chapters 1-14 but alas, I […]
The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas | Book Review
September 14, 2015
I swear 2015 is my year of finishing trilogies – especially trilogies that I’ve read due to blogging (Chaos Walking, y’all). I have just finished the last word on the last page of Sherry Thomas’s Elemental Trilogy and WOW WHAT A READ. To the point where I am talking in all caps because I do […]