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About Kasey

Reads things. Writes things. Fluent in sarcasm. Willful optimist. Cat companion, chocolate connoisseur, coffee drinker. There are some who call me Mom.

Review: Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston

By Kasey | January 19, 2024 - 7:00 am |January 18, 2024 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Middle Grade 8-12

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Shark Teeth
Sherri Winston
Bloomsbury USA Children’s
Published January 16, 2024

About Shark Teeth

From National Book Award longlisted author Sherri Winston comes an important middle grade novel about a girl’s tumultuous journey to keep her family together, even when she’s falling apart.

Sharkita “Kita” Hayes is always waiting.
Waiting for her mama to mess up.
Waiting for social services to be called again.
Waiting … Continue reading →

Review: The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadel, Sammy Savos, and Bethany Strout

By Kasey | January 18, 2024 - 7:00 am |January 17, 2024 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Graphic Novel or Adaptation, Memoir, Middle Grade 8-12, Nonfiction, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
Estelle Nadel
Illustrated by Sammy Savos
Edited by Bethany Strout
Roaring Brook Press
Published January 23, 2024

About The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl’s fight for survival in Nazi-occupied Poland, THE GIRL WHO SANG illustrates the power of a brother’s love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable.

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Review: Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

By Kasey | January 17, 2024 - 7:00 am |January 16, 2024 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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Dungeons and Drama
Kristy Boyce
Delacorte Press
Published January 9, 2023

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About Dungeons and Drama

When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks!

Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she’s grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop.

Riley can’t waste her time working when she has a musical … Continue reading →

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals for 2024

By Kasey | January 16, 2024 - 7:00 am |January 12, 2024 Lists, News and Fun

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Bookish Goals for 2024

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is a really great one– bookish goals for 2024!

Last year I posted this extensive list of goals, some ambitious and some that were pretty reasonable considering my blogging life. At the end of December, I posted an update on my success in meeting those goals.

With all that in mind, I decided to take a slightly different approach to my goal-setting this year. Here are eight bookish goals I’ve set for myself in 2024.

Bookish Goals for 2024

1. Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge

Last year, for the first time, I … Continue reading →

Review: Courtesy of Cupid by Nashae Jones

By Kasey | January 15, 2024 - 7:00 am |January 14, 2024 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Middle Grade 8-12, Romance

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Courtesy of Cupid
Nashae Jones
Aladdin
Published January 2, 2023

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About Courtesy of Cupid

In this middle grade rom-com sprinkled with a dash of magic, a girl uses her newfound ability to make people fall in love to sabotage her rival.

Erin Johnson’s thirteenth birthday unfolds like any other day, from her mom’s quirky and embarrassing choice of outfit to racing her nemesis, Trevor Jin, to the best seat in class—front row, center. But her gifts this year include something very out of the magical powers.

Erin discovers her mysterious father is actually the love god Cupid, and she’s inherited his knack for … Continue reading →

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Review: Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston