Sunday Post, Pre-order Campaigns, & Monthly Wrap-Up: 10/5/25

What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post:

Drone light show and concert for my mom’s birthday – To celebrate my mom’s birthday, we went to a drone light show with a quartet playing classical music to go along with it. The show was really cool – definitely recommend going to see one if you can!

Sports sampler classes with my dog Digit – Last week we did some of the basics of Treiball, which is basically herding with a ball. It’s one sport I’d really like to try with him – this was just a little taste, but it seems right up his alley. Then this week we did Rally, where you do obedience on a course. I haven’t kept up super well with obedience with Digit, so I didn’t have super high expectations for this one, but he actually didn’t do too terribly!

Movies – We went to A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. It was good – a little more artsy than I was expecting, but good.

Book News/Progress:

2026 IL Reads List – THE SONG OF ORPHAN’S GARDEN was chosen for the 2026 IL Reads List! Not only is this a great honor, the organization has several events associated with it throughout 2026 that I’ll get to attend!

 

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SCBWI-IL Fall Harvest – I did a reading and a presentation for our annual conference.

AISLE Conference– I’m going to be attending the author breakfast at this conference for IL school librarians!

What I Read:

• I listened to As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds. I always love Reynolds’ books.
• I read Positively Izzy by Terri Libenson, the second book in the Emmie and Friends graphic novel series. It had a very surprising ending(!), and I’ll confess that I had to look it up to make sure I understood it correctly.
• Next, I listened to The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman. I’d heard that this book was gorgeously written – so very true!
• Next I read Just Jaime by Terri Libenson, book 3 in that same graphic novel series.
• I listened to The Memory Spinner by C.M. Cornwell, a fellow Middle Grade Escapades author. My son actually listened to the book first, and he kept going on and on about how much he loved it. Of course, I had to listen to it immediately afterward!

September Posts You May Have Missed:

• October 2025 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway! – It was brought to my attention that Rafflecopter no longer works (thanks, Lisa!). We’ll have to sort that out as far as the giveaway goes!
• September 2025 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up
• Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 9/21/25 – see other September books I read and learn about Digit’s first week of his Sports Sampler class.
• Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 9/14/25 – see other September books I read and learn about my issues with sitting on hold with the government and the cute Finch app I love!
• Sunday Post, Pre-order Campaigns, & Monthly Wrap-Up: 9/7/25 – see other September books I read and find out about the Leigh Bardugo and Aaron Reynolds book events I went to! (Including a pic of me as a singing/dancing monster!)

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NEW Pre-order Campaigns 

Head over to my Pre-Order Campaigns Page to see ALL of the pre-order deals, including pictures!!

Here’s a list of the pre-order campaigns I’ve added to the list since my last Sunday Post:

Pre-order WITCHLIGHT by Susan Dennard to receive access to a unique short story that fans will help lead! Plus, the more preorders that are submitted, the more tiers will be reached and there will be additional prizes! (INT) (Ends 11/3) CLICK FOR DETAILS

Pre-order FINDING MY WAY by Malala Yousafzai for a chance to win a Zoom book discussion with the author and/or a custom hat! (US only) (Ends 10/20) CLICK FOR DETAILS

Lots of good stuff! Have any news? Feel free to share in the comments!

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