MG Takes on Thursday- Sticky Pines: The Thing At Black Hole Lake by Dashe Roberts

#MGTakesOnThursday is a weekly feature from Mary at BookCraic to celebrate the love for Middle Grade Books! The steps to take part are here. Sticky Pines: The Thing At Black Hole Lake by Dashe Roberts Cover illustration by Bill Bragg His breath formed a smoke signal of distress in the cold October airSentence from page …

The Stone of Destiny- Caroline Logan

I was so excited when The Stone of Destiny was published by Cranachan Press last year, as soon as I heard the words selkies and Fae I was sold, but there is much more to Caroline Logan’s series The Four Treasures as our journey into her world begins with a quest to retrieve a magical …

Otto Tattercoat & the Forest of Lost Things- Matilda Woods

I was inspired to purchase Otto Tattercoat & the Forest of Lost Things after hearing about it from Erin at My Shelves are Full and it certainly doesn't disappoint. Otto Tattercoat & the Forest of Lost Things has a wonderful Cosiness to its fantasy with a good heaping of peril and danger as we explore …

Sticky Pines:The BigWoof Conspiracy – Dashe Roberts

I was so excited when I received an early copy of Sticky Pines: The BigWoof Conspiracy as it has everything I would’ve loved as a quirky kid!  If you think a young reader would love The X-Files, Eerie Indiana, & Stranger Things this Sticky Pines tale of Lucy & Milo determined to prove there’s something …

Blog Tour: The Girl Who Stole An Elephant by Nizrana Farook

It's my turn on the Blog Tour today, read through my review to the end to find today's hidden letter for a chance to win a Prize pack! Nizrana Farook has made The Girl Who Stole An Elephant an exhilarating adventure which feels like a tale Scheherazade herself would be proud of; with its daring …

Shadows of Winterspell- Amy Wilson

You may have noticed that I might be a fan of faeries. What with the names and all and I loved the magical and mythopoeic style of Amy Wilson in Snowglobe earlier this year. So when I found out that Amy Wilson’s next book was set in a world of Fae (and that spelling too) …

Believathon Book with Real Life Issues: Murder At Twilight- Fleur Hitchcock

I’m a big fan of Fleur Hitchcock’s writing, her writing is remarkably versatile running from historical fiction to contemporary mystery and she is a champion at packing a lot of action and peril into a short book! After falling in love with her Clifftoppers series this year I’ve been determined to work through Fleur’s mysteries …