A MIDDLE GRADE SPY NOVEL THAT READS LIKE A MOVIE? Featuring a girl in STEM? Kids who go to school for SPY ACTIVITIES? Diverse characters up the wazoo? There are set-ups and they almost always pay off. And it’s fun! It’s really really fun! This is a great start to a series, I’m excited to […]
Narrator: first person, Willa Bauer Animals: Tiny white dog Location: Yarrow Glen Sub-location: Cheese shop: Curds & Whey Notes on the puns of the title: 100% incredible Series #: Cheese Shop Mystery 2 Copaganda/police involvement: Literally no recollection whatsoever Recipes: YES. Bavarian Beer Cheese (Obatzda), Cheesy Apple Pockets, Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese. Mystery notes: It […]
Narrator: Lyla Moody Supporting characters: Titular Jane Doe Book club: Mel, Amelia, Rosa and Lyla, Lyla’s grandmother Daisy, Lyla’s uninteresting boyfriend whose name I have literally already forgotten Theme: Halloween, books/book clubs, Agatha Christie Location: Sweet Mountain, Georgia Sub-location: Magnolia Manor Recipes: No :< Animals: None Series #: Jane Doe Book Club Mystery #3 Mystery […]
Copaganda/police involvement: Sheriff Grady Sullivan, a Guy – suspects Mallory for mURDER Supporting characters: Mallory’s college-age assistants, Lanie and Tanner Narrator: Mallory Martin, former forensic nurse and now A MURDER SUSPECT and also a Horse Rescue Person Main sleuth(s): Mallory Martin What kind of animals are involved: Horses. Also a little spotted dog Location: Hillspring, […]
Honestly I kind of wish this book were like, a hundred pages longer. Not just because I wanted more, but also because I wanted this book to just be drawn out a little longer. I wanted to kind of wallow in a lot more moments, but I guess that’s what rereading is for. This young […]
This middle-grade book takes a regular middle-grader’s anxiety and — takes it over the top. While Ava’s various fears are understandable, mostly focusing on change, the actions she takes during this book are extreme and show how anxiety can warp your thoughts so that these seem like reasonable things to do. As an adult, I […]
So I did stay up until 3am last week to read this book, and then I had to fall asleep and wake up again to immediately finish it as soon as I was conscious again. This is crunchy sci-fi mixed with fantastic romance that hits all my favorite tropes. I’ve recently been finding regular contemporary […]
Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa 320 pages published May 31st, 2022 A witchy, atmospheric lesbian contemporary romance set in Salem—from the acclaimed author of Fans of the Impossible Life. Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Becky Albertalli. Seventeen-year-old Eleanor is the last person in Salem to believe in witchcraft—or think that […]
Review once again by my roommate because I DNF’d this one thirty pages in, realizing that I actually hate myth retellings?? I received this at no cost from NetGalley, but my roommate checked it out of the library. (Can I count this for my library challenge? Hmm.) i really enjoyed wrath goddess sing and read […]
This book was pitched to me as kind of a drama-y gossip-y book, and They Were Wrong. This book felt like a series of vignettes that were all sort of loosely connected, masquerading as a novel. There wasn’t necessarily a plot so much as there was a Series of Events. To call any aspect of […]