This book was nominated as a Great Middle Great Reads Book of the Month, in a special edition for indie authors. I was a little doubtful about the book from the blurb, but got drawn in, and read it in
Book Review | Fireflies by Bree Wolf
Book Review | The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
This was the Great Middle Grade Reads group’s Book of the Month for March, and I read it in two sittings over Easter, with a paperback from my library. The Blurb (from Goodreads) “She’s the most powerful steam engine in
Zndaria and the Z of the #atozchallenge
Welcome to the last (or is it last but one?) post of the 2016 A to Z Challenge. What a journey! My world-building theme started at Alpha Kenworthy and ends at Zndaria, by way of Lothlorien and Turgonia, to name
Cardamom trilogy and interview with Julie Anne Grasso
Caramel Cardamom (or possibly Caramel Cinnamon) is an elf girl who lives on the planet Cardamom. Her grandfather is the king, and her mom is a healer. They heal through thought, and that’s what Caramel wants to do when she
Tutankhamen Speaks – interview with Cheryl Carpinello
Before I get started on the tour, please could I ask you to go over to Author Shout where The Perihelix is up against a load of other great covers in COVER WARS all week. Please vote EVERY DAY all
Book Review | Sons of the Sphinx by Cheryl Carpinello
Cheryl is starting a blog tour for Tutankhamen Speaks, and my spot is officially Monday, when I have an interview with her. Today though, I review what you might call a companion volume to Tut Speaks – Sons of the
Book Review | I am Malala – young reader edition
This was a Book of the Month on the Goodreads Great Middle Grade Reads group, and as it was on my list I got it from the library. It is the biography of Malala Yousafzai – up to her sixteenth
Book Blast | The Pages Between Us by Lindsey Leavitt
I don’t feel the need to go for book blasts much since they aren’t people’s favourite post, but this one caught my eye – more especially because someone on the Goodreads Great Middle Grade Reads Group had asked about ‘off
Book Review | A Quill Ladder by Jennifer Ellis
The second in Jennifer Ellis’s mind-boggling Derivatives of Displacement series is a worthy successor to the first. Having discovered that the strange stones take them to the future… and that multiple futures exist, Abbey, her twin Caleb, older brother Simon
Book Review | The Camelot Kids, Part One by Ben Zackheim
As you know, I’m a huge fan of Ben Zackheim’s Shirley Link series. The Camelot Kids is the same but wholly different. It’s a story of a bright teen character solving problems. That’s about all Simon Sharp has in common
Book Blast | Lionel’s Christmas Adventure by Paul Hewlett
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Book Blast for the middle grade book, “Lionel’s Christmas Adventure: Lionel Learns the True Meaning of Christmas”, based on the lovable character, Lionel Snodgrass, created by Paul Hewlett. About the
Book Review | Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
I had never heard of this book, but it seems to be a standard in US education, and it was recommended as one of the Great Middle Grade Reads, so I thought I’d read it. What a delight! Charming, beautifully
Book Blast: Egyptian Legend – Cheryl Carpinello
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Book Blast for the young adult book “Sons of the Sphinx” and “Tutankhamen Speaks”, The Quest Books companion to “Sons of the Sphinx” by Cheryl Carpinello. About the Books Title:
Blog Tour & Book Review: Cupcakes vs. Brownies: Zimmah Chronicles by Scott King
Welcome to the first day of the Zimmah Chronicles Tour, hosted by CBB Book Promotions and starring author Scott King. There are three books in this Middle Grade fantasy series featured in the tour, so I recommend you go looking for other
Book Review | The Headmaster’s Cave by D S Allen
This is a Book Review Blitz from Mother Daughter Book Reviews, and I confess it took my eye because I know a D.S. Allen. This is the sort of book he would write if he wrote books. As far as