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No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub
No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub Bloomsbury, 2024 ISBN 9781547609284 Review copy kindly sent by the publisher. 16-year-old Hazeem has spent this year following his father’s death wallowing in depression, getting out of bed to make sure his mom … Continue reading
Posted in books, Fantasy, Print, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged book reviews, book-review, books, dramedy, friendship, heartwarming, introspective, LGBTQ, Muslim, naz-kutub, South Asian, teen fantasy, time travel
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Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo for MCBD 2024
It’s time to celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day again! I’m reviewing this book here – be sure to head over to the website for lots of book giveaways, hundreds of reviews, and for information about the online party. Cruzita and the … Continue reading
Posted in books, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged baking, book reviews, book-review, books, Latinx, Mexican-American, Middle Grade, Multicultural Children's Book Day, music, realistic fiction, youth fiction
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The Seat of Magic
I am still recovering from our large Talk Like a Pirate Day celebration at the library on Saturday – but since official Talk Like a Pirate Day isn’t until the 19th, you still have time to celebrate if you haven’t … Continue reading
Reading Magic
I fell in love with and wrote about this book a long time ago. But it now occurs to me that not only is this a new edition, but that the only person who read my previous writing was my … Continue reading
Introducing Temeraire
This review should properly be on ’s journal, since he was the one who actually bought the whole trilogy and has been lending to everyone. But he doesn’t normally do book reviews, so here I am. Not even the second … Continue reading
Books!
I realized with less than a week to go that I had not even picked out the adult nonfiction book I’d said I’d review for the June Librarian’s Choice page. Oops. The adult summer reading theme (which we’re not really … Continue reading
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