Category: Book Reviews

  • Book review: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder (middle grade)

    Book review: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder (middle grade)

    When did you read your first serious novels? I remember the latter half of elementary school as a time of discovering dark stories, complex characters, books that grappled with big scary issues. Sometimes this was because I’d raided my parents’ collection of horror and dystopian fiction, but oftentimes not. When my own kiddo reached this…

  • Book review: A Hand to Hold in Deep Water by Shawn Nocher

    Book review: A Hand to Hold in Deep Water by Shawn Nocher

    I don’t consider myself a book blogger or bookstagrammer, but people seemed to appreciate when I posted an actual review on Instagram the other day. Maybe I should get back in the habit? If I’m going to get back in the habit, though, I want to cross post my reviews here for posterity. Feel free…