I reviewed the Weather Weaver a couple of years ago, and loved it. I was quite surprised when a ‘third in series’ popped up on Netgalley in the spring, but applied for it. Thank you, Netgalley and the publishers, for
Book Review | The Penderwicks and other MG reads
The Penderwicks was the Great Middle Grade Reads group’s September Book of the Month. I’ve had it on my list since 2013, possibly not from being a BOTM runner-up, as I thought, but because MG King cited it in a
MG Book Reviews | You Go First + When Stars Are Scattered
You Go First was picked as the Book of the Month for GMGR in February. When Stars are Scattered filled the March choice. As I’m now organising the Book of the Month, I thought I’d better read them. Both were
Book Review | The Shadow of the Witchfinder
The Shadow of the Witchfinder – book 15 in Wendy Leighton-Porter’s marvellous Shadows from the Past series. 15, you ask? Well, since the last one I reviewed Wendy has inserted Max’s novellas into the sequence. That means I have not
Book Review | The Boy at the Back of the Class @onjalirauf
The Boy at the Back of the Class was the December selection for the Book of the Month (BOTM) at Great Middle Grade Reads. Since I’m once more organising the BOTM as of this month, I thought I’d better show
MG Book Review | Two Magical Series @Malia_Ann #TimeQuintet
Two magical series feature in this month’s review catch-up: The Chase Tinker series and the Time Quintet. Actually, I’m not sure I should speak of magic in relation to the Time Quintet, but fabulous beasts are involved, so I will.
Book Review | Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse has been sitting on my shelf for some time, waiting for it to be picked for the Great Middle Grade Reads monthly read. It came second some time ago, which is when
Book Review | Goodnight Mister Tom (40th Anniversary Edition)
Goodnight Mister Tom was originally published when I had grown out of childish things, but was too young to have younger people around to read it to them. Puffin release a special edition for its 40th anniversary this week. They
Book Review | Under the Light of a Full Moon #AtoZChallenge
Under the Light of a Full Moon has been on my kindle a while, but I don’t know where it came from. If I got it as a freebie, thank you. If I got it as a Read4Review, thank you
Two weeks to the Messenger Misadventures #mgfiction
Two weeks until the launch of the Messenger Misadventures, and I’m still editing the final version. Mailing list subscribers should get an advance offer as soon as I’ve uploaded it. Dylan, Deirdre, and Dougall This is the collection of stories
Book Review Binge | Middle Grade roundup
Middle Grade roundup is to catch up on all the books I’ve binged in December, trying to meet my target for the Mount TBR Challenge. There’s another edition on Wednesday. These are all books I’ve either had on my kindle
MG Book Review Roundup – or what I read on the beach
This book review roundup grabs all the books I read in July and August – many for the GMGR Book of the Month – while I’ve been posting reviews from earlier (mainly for the Clean Sweep ARC). I didn’t do
Blog Tour | Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend
Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend is newly published by author Cheryl Carpinello. I’m delighted to welcome Cheryl, a fellow BookElf, through a BeachBound Books Blog Tour which runs from July 17 – August 7, 2017. There’s a giveaway for a
Book Review Round-up
I raced through a few books at the end of the year (well, I didn’t race through all of them) that I didn’t get time to review, and which for various reasons I don’t feel like giving a full review
The Problem with Peggy & October #QOTM
This month’s question from Mike d’Agostino, originator of the Question of the Month bloghop is: “What’s a decision you’ve made in the past that you know, logically, was the right decision to make, but which you still feel guilty or