C.J. Milbrandt's Blog, page 39
March 4, 2020
March BINGO
Reading Challenge. February whipped by in a blur of deadlines & edits, so I didn’t get nearly as much reading in as I would have liked. But I’m back at it for March. Let’s see if my current reads can work toward a BINGO!
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Nab your own BINGO board at Middle Grade Carousel >>
#MGBookMarch
Who else is taking part? My picks show up on Twitter.
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February 27, 2020
Who’s still awake?
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Elza and I love games almost as much as we love reading middle grade books. You’ll find more of these over on Middle Grade Carousel and posting throughout the day on our Twitter account. Follow us and play along! ~CJ
February 20, 2020
Pi or Pie?
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Elza and I love games almost as much as we love reading middle grade books. You’ll find more of these over on Middle Grade Carousel and posting throughout the day on our Twitter account. Follow us and play along! ~CJ
February 13, 2020
Is that a house?
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Elza and I love games almost as much as we love reading middle grade books. You’ll find more of these over on Middle Grade Carousel and posting throughout the day on our Twitter account. Follow us and play along! ~CJ
February 6, 2020
Summer Strut
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Elza and I love games almost as much as we love reading middle grade books. You’ll find more of these over on Middle Grade Carousel and posting throughout the day on our Twitter account. Follow us and play along! ~CJ
January 30, 2020
Sunset Skies
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Elza and I love games almost as much as we love reading middle grade books. You’ll find more of these over on Middle Grade Carousel and posting throughout the day on our Twitter account. Follow us and play along! ~CJ
January 27, 2020
#amreading Good Stuff
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Serafina and the Twisted Staff brings new dangers to Biltmore House in this historical/magical realism adventure. The Sisters Grimm series is busy culminating in Book 8, The Inside Story. And though I am wretchedly late to the party, I finally read Frindle by Andrew Clements, which deserves all the accolades. Nick’s teacher, Ms. Granger, is my hero.
January 23, 2020
Cold Stare
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Elza and I love games almost as much as we love reading middle grade books. You’ll find more of these over on Middle Grade Carousel and posting throughout the day on our Twitter account. Follow us and play along! ~CJ
January 20, 2020
#amreading Hodge Podge
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I’ve dabbled quite a bit in books like Love That Dog, which tell a single story through a series of interconnected poems. In this case, the young poet/protagonist is writing these poems as part of his English homework, so I can see it being useful to teachers doing poetry units. A Grain of Rice reads like a folk tale. A pleasant, hard-working man turns an empire upside down by being very, very clever. Math is involved! And The Everafter War is the next (seventh) installment in The Sisters...
