When I was a kid, I was all about Sharon Creech and her books. We read Walk Two Moons and Chasing Redbird out loud in class and from there, it was kind of love. Picking up her books are kind of like seeing an old friend. My latest visit with the old friend, her books, was fairly […]
Ophelia And The Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee | Audiobook Review
May 14, 2014
Why Did I Listen To This Book? I am a huge sucker for middle grade fantasy book, especially when those books are receiving acclaim. I picked up Ophelia And The Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee on audiobook because the narrator’s voice sounded interesting from the preview. The book is a retelling of the Snow Queen […]
Bird by Crystal Chan | Audiobook Review
May 12, 2014
Why Did I Listen To This Book? I think that there is something kind of touching and kind of sweet when middle grade books take on the topic and theme of death. These books seem to handle death with a quiet sort of grace that’s comforting, as awkward as that whole sentence sounds. I mean, […]
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein | Audiobook Review
May 7, 2014
Why Did I Listen To This Book? I picked up Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein because the synopsis on goodreads made me think of The Westing Game which is one of those awesome books where people compete against each other for a really awesome prize provided by an eccentric billionaire. Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library […]
How To Catch A Bogle by Catherine Jinks | Audiobook Review
May 2, 2014
Why DId I Listen To This Book? I was totally in the mood for a middle grade story, especially one with a fantasy focus. How To Catch A Bogle by Catherine Jinks seemed like just the charming audiobook I was looking for. Further, I liked the setting which is essentially Dickensian London what with poor houses […]
The Orphan Of Awkward Falls | Keith Graves | Book Review
April 19, 2014
Mad scientists, automatons, and lunatics abound in Keith Graves’ The Orphan Of Awkward Falls, a fun speculative fiction middle grade book. I was totally over the moon to read The Orphan Of Awkward Falls because A) I love books that have orphans in them and B) The Book Smugglers gave it a good review. Hopes were high […]