14 Middle Grade Mysteries for Young Sleuths

14 Middle Grade Mysteries for Young Sleuths

Kids like a little bit of mystery in their lives, so I picked out ten middle grade mysteries I loved. (And four more I’d like to read!) Take a look at these fun options… TEN I’VE READ (Click on the links for full reviews, if I’ve posted them.) The Swifts by Beth Lincoln, illustrated by Claire Powell This book follows young Shenanigan Swift, who has always known she’s supposed to cause trouble. After all, everyone […]

Posted September 5, 2023 in Let's Discuss, Top Ten Tuesday / 7 Comments
Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 9/3/23

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 9/3/23

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: Thinking about book covers! This week I’ve been working on cover notes for THE SONG OF ORPHAN’S GARDEN so I could send them off […]

Posted September 3, 2023 in Sunday Post / 16 Comments
September 2023 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway!

September 2023 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway!

Welcome to the September monthly link-up for the 2023 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! If you don’t know what this challenge is all about or haven’t signed up yet (but want to), head on over to the challenge sign-up page to learn more! Even if you’d rather not join, we hope you’ll stop by occasionally to check out the MANY discussion […]

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 8/27/23

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 8/27/23

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: Danielle’s back at school! Of course I’m sad to see her go (again – she was only home for a few weeks after Spain), but […]

Posted August 27, 2023 in Sunday Post / 8 Comments
August 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

August 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

The Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up is hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight. We’ve decided to go with a yearly giveaway for this one, just like the Discussion Challenge. We will have three winners: Two from the usual rafflecopter, and one that we will pick out of the folks who link up every month (via random.org, we’ll just list the names and pick that way)! So commenting and […]

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 8/13/23

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 8/13/23

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: My husband’s birthday! We all went downtown on Monday to celebrate. We’ve been saying for the last couple of years that we want to do […]

Posted August 13, 2023 in Sunday Post / 14 Comments
Bite-Sized Reviews of The Big Flush, Give Me a Sign, Come See the Fair, Always Isn’t Forever, and Year on Fire

Bite-Sized Reviews of The Big Flush, Give Me a Sign, Come See the Fair, Always Isn’t Forever, and Year on Fire

Today, I’m reviewing three YA reads and two MGs. I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! I absolutely adored the first book in this zany MG series, so I jumped at the chance to review THE BIG FLUSH. At Barnes & Noble, I often recommend this book to younger MG readers or more reluctant readers. The combination of humor and fun illustrations makes it very accessible. This second book is […]

Posted August 8, 2023 in Reviews / 3 Comments
Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 8/6/23

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 8/6/23

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: I went to Spain and Italy! Check out my post with pictures and highlights of the trip. Getting Danielle ready to go back to […]

Posted August 6, 2023 in Sunday Post / 8 Comments
August 2023 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway!

August 2023 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway!

Welcome to the August monthly link-up for the 2023 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! If you don’t know what this challenge is all about or haven’t signed up yet (but want to), head on over to the challenge sign-up page to learn more! Even if you’d rather not join, we hope you’ll stop by occasionally to check out the MANY discussion […]

July 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

July 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

The Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up is hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight. We’ve decided to go with a yearly giveaway for this one, just like the Discussion Challenge. We will have three winners: Two from the usual rafflecopter, and one that we will pick out of the folks who link up every month (via random.org, we’ll just list the names and pick that way)! So commenting and […]