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Author Archives: Katy K.
A Game of Noctis by Deva Fagan
I’d been taking an unplanned break from middle grade fantasy when Ms. Fagan emailed me to ask if I’d like to review her latest book. As I really enjoyed some of her past books, including her 2021 superhero story Nightingale … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged Fantasy, books, youth fantasy, games, social justice, Middle Grade, book-review, book reviews
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Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Finalists
I have slowly been working my way through the Cybils finalists by category (my favorite categories, besides the one where I’m a panelist.) I’ve finally finished the middle grade fiction finalists, and am including my brief thoughts here. The Cybils … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Lists, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged #Cybils2023, African-American, audiobooks, autism, book-review, books, Cybils, disability, Latinx, libby, middle grade fiction, Native American, reading
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My Top 12 Posts 3-1: LGBTQ+ MG Fantasy, Back to Magic School, and Winter Fantasy
I’m finishing up my tour of my most popular blog posts of all time with numbers 3-1, all booklists that keep attracting readers. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Lists, Middle Grade
Tagged blogiversary, book blogging, book lists, books, Fantasy, fiction, Middle Grade, youth fantasy
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My Top 12 Posts #6-#4 – Fantasy under 250 pages, Asian-American Graphic Novels, and Middle Grade for RPG Fans
Dear readers, as fun as this trip down memory lane, looking at my top 12 most popular posts of the past 20 years of book blogging has been, it’s taking way too long for me to get these all up. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Books, Lists
Tagged Asian-American, blogging, blogiversary, book blogging, book lists, graphic novels, youth fantasy
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My Top 12 Posts #7 – Magical Quests in YA Books
In celebration of my 20th blogiversary, I’m reblogging the posts that have gotten the most views in the time they’ve been published. As I mentioned in my last post, all of the top 8 slots are held by my booklists. … Continue reading
My Top 12 Posts #8 – 12 Magical Teen Fantasy Books on Hoopla
In celebration of my 20th blogiversary, I’m reblogging the posts that have gotten the most views in the time they’ve been published. From here to the top spot, the rest of this list of top posts are all book lists … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Books, Fantasy, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged blogiversary, book blogging, book lists, hoopla, teen fantasy
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My Top 12 Posts #9 – Bud, Not Buddy and The Mighty Miss Malone
In celebration of my 20th blogiversary, I’m reblogging the posts that have gotten the most views in the time they’ve been published. Here we have #9, a post that has gotten regular hits every year since I published it in … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, blogging, blogiversary, book blogging, youth fiction, youth historical fiction
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My Top 12 Posts: #10 – The Microscope
In celebration of my 20th blogiversary, I’m reblogging the posts that have gotten the most views in the time they’ve been published. Here’s #10, the book of the poem The Microscope by award-winning poet Maxine Kumin. This is the only post … Continue reading
Posted in Books, picture books, Print
Tagged blogging, blogiversary, book blogging, humor, poetry
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My Top 12 Posts: #11 – Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
In celebration of my 20th blogiversary, I’m reblogging the posts that have gotten the most views in the time they’ve been published. Here is #11, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance. With just 202 lifetime hits, this is not at the top … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, blogiversary, book blogging
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My Top 12 Posts: #12 – Desk Tales
Hello, dear readers! As requested, in honor of my 20th blogging anniversary, I’m reblogging my top posts. Rather than going with the posts with the overall highest hits, I’m going with the ones with the highest hits by age to … Continue reading