Month: September 2023

It’s Time for the Cybils Awards: I’m a Round 2 Poetry Judge!

It’s Time for the Cybils Awards: I’m a Round 2 Poetry Judge!

I’m excited to announce that I’m going to be a judge for the Cybils Awards again this year! This time, I’ll be a Round 2 judge for the Poetry category, which includes poetry collections and verse novels for all ages, from little kid to YA. Since my verse novel comes out in 2025, I’m not sure if I’ll be judging in this category again. We shall see! You can see a list of all the […]

Posted September 28, 2023 in Cybils / 3 Comments
September 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

September 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 […]

Posted September 27, 2023 in Current Giveaways, Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 1 Comment
Bite-Sized Reviews of Between Monsters and Marvels, The Swifts, A Work in Progress, and The Land of Broken Promises.

Bite-Sized Reviews of Between Monsters and Marvels, The Swifts, A Work in Progress, and The Land of Broken Promises.

Today, I’m reviewing three YA reads and two MGs. I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! A unique middle grade fantasy with a big dose of mystery! When Dare’s father is killed, everyone says it’s a random stranger, but she doesn’t believe it. She’s sure that a monster killed him, even though monsters were supposedly eliminated completely. Dare is sent away from home, but she doesn’t stop searching for […]

Posted September 18, 2023 in Reviews / 2 Comments
Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 9/17/23

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 9/17/23

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: More edits. I finished the next round of edits for THE SONG OF ORPHAN’S GARDEN based on the sensitivity read I got done. Visiting Danielle […]

Posted September 17, 2023 in Sunday Post / 4 Comments
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 […]