May 30, 2023 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books
Genre: MG FantasyDate Published: June 1, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ The lake has been calling to twelve-year-old Vivi Conway. On the day she and her Mams will move from Wales to London, she sneaks out to investigate what is calling her there. Instead of a quiet swim, she finds...
Mar 17, 2023 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books
Magic-realism blends with Japanese myth and legend in an original story about grief, memory, time and an earthquake that shook a nation. There’s a catfish under the islands of Japan and when it rolls the land rises and falls. Sora hates the catfish whose rolling...
Oct 10, 2022 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books
Genre: YA Verse, Contemporary, MythologyDate Published: October 6, 2022Rating: ★★★★ This story is about two boys, separated by centuries, parted by myth, divided by reality. Two boys hoping to be men. Two boys severed from their fathers. Two boys searching a maze of...
Aug 29, 2022 | Book Reviews, Books, LGBTQ+
Sam Sylvester’s not overly optimistic about their recent move to the small town of Astoria, Oregon after a traumatic experience in their last home in the rural Midwest. Yet Sam’s life seems to be on the upswing after meeting several new friends and a...
Aug 15, 2022 | Author Interviews, Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books
Genre: YA Contemporary, LGBTQ+Date Published: July 7, 2022Rating: ★★★★★ A powerful novel about first love, friendships and embracing the uncertainty of an unknowable future, from Sara Barnard, winner of the YA Book Prize. Rosie is ready for her life to begin, because...
Sep 13, 2021 | Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Books
Title: Kissing EmmaAuthor: Shappi KhorsandiPublisher: Bellatrix (Hachette Children’s Group)Date Published: September 2, 2021Genre: YA Contemporary Date Read: September 12, 2021Format: Paperback ★★★★ Note: The links below are affiliate links, meaning I get a...