My friends, the time has come and the time is now, as Dr. Seuss would say. I am temporarily putting my blog on hiatus, and stepping back from MMGM posts. I’m not gonna lie, I got a little teary in making this decision because I love these marvelous Monday celebrations of middle grade! But, I
When I started blogging I promised myself I would never start a blog with an apology for not posting as planned. We all have lives, right? And most of us aren’t doing this to pay the bills. Of course sometimes we’ll be absent from our blogging community longer than we like.So–this is me not apologizing.
I’ve decided to start speaking up–even if I have to play with death to do it. I have a crazy severe peanut allergy which is made even more dangerous thanks to my asthma–in remission, but still there under the surface, like black ice on a deceptively clear road. These two things plus a long list
Happy Veteran’s Day! I feel like I really should have picked out a story with veteran’s…and in fact, I’m already stretching things because Wishtree really should be shared in the spring since that’s when Wishing Day takes place in the book. But, somehow despite all that this book feels appropriate for both fall and a
Hello friends! As promised, today’s spotlight will be on The Maypop Kidnapping, by CM Surrisi, and at the end of the post I’ll give the details for how you can win a gently used and *signed* copy–just in time for Halloween! But today’s spotlight on the book will be a little different from my norm,
Happy October, my friends! Today was the first day we’ve had below 90, with most of the last few weeks in the upper 90s or even over one hundred. How did I celebrate the long-awaited drop to fall temps? Lemme give you one hint: As far as I’m concerned, pumpkin pie must occupy some kind
Do you all remember my spotlight on The Parker Inheritance, this past spring? Well, it’s thanks to the cross-pollinating efforts of that lovely little book that I was inspired to learn more picked up The Westing Game! I’m pretty positive that I wouldn’t have picked it up, otherwise. I had the vague notion it was
I’m so excited to be back and sharing books with you! Possibly bubbling over, in fact! And the books I’ve got on my brain lately are graphic novels since I’ve become slightly obsessed with them. 😀 Some long-timers may remember my mentioning that I was a late reader, and dealt with just enough dyslexia to
Given all the travel I have between now and the school-year kicking off, this will be my last post of the summer. So I’m thrilled to go out with a bang and spotlight this brain-bending story by fellow Carolinian Varian Johnson—The Parker Inheritance! This is one of those books that defies the easy categories we