MG Takes on Thursday- And Then I Turned into A Mermaid

Middle Grades takes on Thursday is a weekly feature originated by Mary at Book Craic to celebrate a love for Middle Grade Books. Each week a new Middle Grade Book is celebrated

The Strangeworlds Travel Agency – LD Lapinski

When I first heard the premise of LD Lapinski’s The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, I felt the tingles that always preclude an astonishingly good book, but I was quite unprepared for just how much this book has grasped my heart and imagination. There is something incredibly special about this book that is lodged halfway between the …

Blog Tour: Guest Post by Bex Hogan -Creation Stories of the Isles of Storm and Sorrow

I am delighted to be taking part in the Blog Tour for Bex Hogan's Venom, the follow up to Viper and second book in the Isles of Storm and Sorrow Trilogy. Venom is deeper, darker, faster, harder and tricksier than Viper, and sets us up beautifully aching for the resolution in the finale Vulture (out …

Venom- Bex Hogan

Viper was a YA Fantasy highlight of 2019 for me, and it was an ache to wait a whole year for the follow up after seeing Marianne come into her power, take back her autonomy and seize the title of Viper from the man she called father.  The wait is certainly worth it as this …

The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates- Jenny Pearson

This book is snortingly hilarious, so many times I was laughing so hard I was basically ordered to read aloud what had tickled me so much by others in the room. The Super Miraculous Journey Of Freddie Yates is so beautifully bittersweet in that it captures all the pain and love and self-doubt and fierceness …

Little Tiger Rescue- Rachel Delahaye, illustrated by Jo Ann Davies

 This is such a gorgeous series, we have both Little Lion and Penguin rescue so we were over the moon to read Little Tiger Rescue and I have to say this one is absolute brilliant with lots of deeper meaning as well as fun.  Fliss wants to be a vet when she grows up and …

MG Takes on Thursday- The Wild Folk by Sylvia V Linsteadt

Middle Grades takes on Thursday is a weekly feature originated by Mary at Book Craic to celebrate a love for Middle Grade Books. Each week a new Middle Grade Book is celebrated