Format: ebookPublished: August 4th, 2020Age: Middle Grade – Young AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Stars I really liked this. There’s an eerie element to the novel threaded in by the use of shadows and the threats hanging over our cast, and it’s just the right level for older Middle Grade and younger Young Adult readers toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Forest of Stars by Heather Kassner”
Tag Archives: Middle Grade
#5OnMyTBR: Adventurous
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. This was an interesting one. I think ‘adventurous’ might be one of those themes that means different things to different people, so it was almostContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Adventurous”
The WriteReads Blog Tour: Scareground by Angela Kecojevic
Blurb Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town! Twelve-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery and her life is a delightful mix of flour, salt, and love. Yet her mind is brimming with questions no one can answer: Why did her birth parents disappear? Why can she speak with the sky? And whyContinueContinue reading “The WriteReads Blog Tour: Scareground by Angela Kecojevic”
Book Blogger Hop: June 9th – 15th
Book Blogger Hop Do you still enjoy reading children’s books? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) I do, though I don’t get the chance to read them that often. That said, I do find myself picking up more Middle Grade books now and then, and I think I enjoy these more than younger books. There isContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: June 9th – 15th”
Book Review: The Runaway Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Doubleday ChildrensFormat: ebookRelease Date: January 1st, 2021Genre: HistoricalAge: Children’s/Middle GradeGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars There’s a lot of Children’s/Middle Grade books out there that adults can enjoy as well as children, and with this being an offering from Jacqueline Wilson, one of my favourite authors when I was a teenager, I thought I’d really enjoyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Runaway Girls by Jacqueline Wilson”
Top Ten Tuesday/Blogtober Day 11: MG & YA Horror
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. So the TTT for today was actually Books I ReadContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday/Blogtober Day 11: MG & YA Horror”
The WriteReads Blog Tour: Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick
About the Book Genre: MG HorrorLength: 304 PagesPublished: 31th March 2022Amazon / Goodreads Turn the lights on. Lock the door. Things are about to get SERIOUSLY SCARY! The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps It’s basically the worst school detention ever. WhenContinueContinue reading “The WriteReads Blog Tour: Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick”
The WriteReads Blog Tour: Undercover Princess by Connie Glynn
About the Book The Rosewood Chronicles #1Genre: YA FantasyLength: 441 PagesPublished: 2nd November 2017Amazon / Goodreads When fairy tale obsessed Lottie Pumpkin starts at the infamous Rosewood Hall, she is not expecting to share a room with the Crown Princess of Maradova, Ellie Wolf. Due to a series of lies and coincidences, 14-year-old Lottie findsContinueContinue reading “The WriteReads Blog Tour: Undercover Princess by Connie Glynn”
Book Review: The Lost Language of Crazy – Pamela L. Laskin
Publisher: Atmosphere PressFormat: MOBIRelease Date: November 2nd, 2021 Rating: 2/5 Stars Thank you to Atmosphere Press for providing me with a copy of this book via NetGalley. All views remain my own. I was really keen to check this book out, especially after seeing the premise. There are a lot of themes just mentioned inContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Lost Language of Crazy – Pamela L. Laskin”
TheWriteReads Blog Tour: Fireborn – Aisling Fowler
Blurb Lyra. Lucy. Percy. Once in a generation, a hero emerges whose story enthralls readers worldwide. Fireborn is an epic quest, perfect for fans of the His Dark Materials and The School for Good and Evil series, that will spin readers into a magical world like no other–and introduce them to an unforgettable new heroine namedContinueContinue reading “TheWriteReads Blog Tour: Fireborn – Aisling Fowler”
Unwrapping Words 