November TBR List // Book Competitions, Monster Hunters, and Princesses

In August I posted a list of books I wanted to read by the end of the year and I confidently said I would get to half. I am not close to half. However, I will still give it a go and commit to that list (not including ARCs or book club books). I also want to review books from past projects these las…

August 2024 Reading Wrap-Up

I am so behind in my posts because of my September break! Eventually, I'll get to all of them, including my summer scavenger hunt, but for now, we are in the past. I laid off the readathons in August but still managed to read 10 books. I focused on books for my scavenger hunt, ARCs, and my rest…

ARC Review // The Best Friend Bracelet

At Hurston Middle School, best friendship is a big deal. And Zariah Brown makes the best best friendship bracelets in town. Business is booming; Zariah can hardly keep up with orders. 
The problem is, Zariah doesn’t have a best friend of her own. As the entire seventh grade gears up for their big Pa…

25+ Middle Grade Books Coming Out This Fall

There's always a massive release of books in the fall and then basically nothing in December so before we get to that point let's celebrate some fall books! I've read a few of these already including The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night,  The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquen…

October TBR List // Witches, Vampires, and Surviving Your Own Murder

I took a break in September since I had way too many programs I was preparing for. I still have a bunch of programs and displays I have to do but I finally feel like reading again. I've already read three middle grade books and I'm going for more in October. I'm also reading a Halloween…

ARC Review // Bye Forever, I Guess

Ingrid’s online persona is more popular than she is. IRL, she’s the quiet one—until a wrong-number text message offers her a chance at connection. Can this guarded gamer girl lower her shield for a new friend… or more-than-friend?
Thirteen-year-old Ingrid’s been living a double life. At school, she’…

ARC Review // The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night

On Halloween, it is always wise to expect the unexpected, but no amount of planning could have prepared Eve for that particular night. Fleeing an unpleasant orphanage, she’s saved by someone who she never believed was real…the fabled Pumpkin King himself.
Throwing caution aside, Eve accepts the offe…

ARC Review // The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents

Lavinia “Vin” Lucas is out of control and out of options. Stranded by parents who would rather use their average magical abilities to study dung beetles than raise her, Vin's been on her own for years. But she’s never been able to corral her own powerful, unpredictable magic. After years of det…