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August 28, 2021
Book Review: Hoglets’ Christmas Magic (2021)
Hoglets’ Christmas Magic by Lynette Creswell
Prickles and Primrose left the safety of their home in search of a new star.
This is a great little Christmas book for kids! The illustrations in this lovely little book are just so precious. The Hedgehog family are truly the cutest! I also liked that there was a good amount of storytelling and prose in the book despite being only 32 pages. It reminded me of older stories for kids, like The Wind in the Willows and Frog and Toad.
The autho...
August 27, 2021
Poetry Review: Black Movie (2015)
‘why does it always have to be about race?’ Because you made it that way! Because you put an asterisk on my sister’s gorgeous face! Because you call her pretty (for a black girl)! Because black girls go missing without so much as a whisper of where?! Because there is no Amber Alert for the Amber Skinned Girls! Because we didn’t invent the bullet! Because crack was not our recipe! Because Jordan boomed. Because Emmitt whistled. Because Huey P. spoke. Because Mart...
August 26, 2021
Book Review: Gathering of the Four (2021)
Gathering of the Four (The Serrulata Saga #1) by A.E. Bennett
Gathering of the Four is the first book in A.E. Bennett’s Serrulata Sage and is set in the Realm, a futuristic place where Xanthcraft, a sort of magic, exists. Those who wield Xanthcraft have different skills and abilities that are natural to them. This is a big book, coming in at over 400 pages, and I really wish I’d read it in paperback! I handle big, fantastical books better in paperback, so this is definitely going on my wi...
August 25, 2021
Book Review: The Stars Will Guide Us Back (2021)
The Stars Will Guide Us Back by Rue Sparks
This is a collection of thirteen short, fantastical stories. I opted for the audiobook and I must say, I thoroughly recommend it! I’m supremely picky with audiobooks, and I’m delighted to say that Rue Sparks’ The Stars Will Guide Us Back was just wonderful! Lovely narrations by the two readers and exquisite prose by Sparks. I’m definitely going to be checking out Sparks’ next books.
Buddy read this book with The Book Trove. We’re hoping to shi...
August 18, 2021
Short Story Reviews: Battered Heart (2021) & On the Edge of Salt (2020)
Home. Tasting that foreign feeling word. Trying to forget that large house filled with sunshine and their love.
Oh, this short story was absolutely heartbreaking! It follows the last moments of an ending relationship and it’s just so shattering. Jaz writes wonderfully evocative characters that you just want to hug and protect. Definitely worth checking out!
On the Edge of Salt (Blood Brute #0.2) by Dixon Reuel
People might climb Holly Hill, might even...
August 16, 2021
Book Review: The Wolf and the Water (2020)
The Wolf and the Water by Josie Jaffrey
That was the point, of course: the people of Kepos didn’t understand that there was anywhere else to go. They were hemmed in by the cliffs, the wall and the sea. For as far as they could sail in their little fishing boats, there were only more cliffs and more sea.
Josie Jaffrey’s The Wolf and the Water takes place in a valleyed city inspired by Plato’s account of the island of Atlantis and has a lot of similarities to Ancient Greece. I’m used to ...
August 12, 2021
Book Review Roundup
Tag and the Magic Squeaker by Sam Hundley
The illustrations in this book are made with scrap art and it’s honestly one of the coolest children’s books I’ve ever seen. The dog, cat and mouse are all made with different parts of metal, etc. I liked that the dog was made with a dog tag, haha. Very cute! The story is fun and endearing, too! Definitely worth a read!
Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things by Amanda Lovelace
never once has she felt as if
she’s interesting enough to be
the daring ...
August 8, 2021
Children’s Book Review Roundup
Argyle Fox by Marie Letourneau
Okay, gosh, this is just adorable. We follow Argyle Fox as he tries, tries, tries, tries again to play outside with different toys and games, only to be thwarted by the blustery wind at every turn. Bless his heart!
This is great story about not giving up and the art is absolutely precious. Definitely recommend!
The Truth About Dinosaurs by Guido Van Genechten
This is super cute and very informative! It features a chicken explaining over various page...
August 5, 2021
Book Review: Paint Me Yours (2021)
Paint Me Yours by Rachel Bowdler
It hadn’t occurred to her that somebody might find beauty in her wobbly lines and accidental splatters. She didn’t know why. It wasn’t as though every painting, every artist, she had studied had been perfect. Perfect didn’t exist in the art world – and yet she expected it, had been taught to expect it, of herself. Why?
This is my first book by Rachel Bowdler and oooooh, it’s been too long since I read a good contemporary romance, this was just what I ne...
