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Book Review: Timothy Mean and the Time Machine by William A.E. Ford

November 6, 2019 by motifink

With Timothy Mean’s amazing imagination and time machine, anything and anywhere is possible! Join Timothy on a magical rhyming adventure as he skips through time and pranks with pirates, gets daring with dragons, and even teases a T-Rex! – Goodreads I would like to thank the author, William A.E. Ford for reaching out to me and sending me an arc to one of the most adorable picture books, I have read in a long time. Timothy Mean builds this time […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Arc, book review, children's book, Picture book, science fiction, Timothy Mean and the Time Machine, William A.E. Ford

Graphic Novel Review: Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea

November 1, 2019 by motifink

Bucky Orson is a bit gloomy, but who isn’t at fifteen? His best friend left him to hang out with way cooler friends, his dad is the town sheriff, and wait for it―he lives in Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches. But when his little sister is kidnapped because of her extraordinary power, Bucky has to get out of his own head and go on a strange journey to investigate the small town that gives him so […]

Categories: Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: book review, Fantasty, First Second, graphic novel, Grimoire Noir, magic, Vera Greentea

Book Review: Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

October 30, 2019 by motifink

Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school, and this time things will be different. She’s making real friends, making a name for herself as student director of Rent, and making a play for Miles, the guy who makes her melt every time he walks into a room. The last thing she wants is for word to get out that she’s HIV-positive, because last time . . . well, last time things got ugly. Keeping her viral load under […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers, Realistic, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, Contemporary, fiction, Knopf Books for Young Readers, LGBT, NetGalley, young adult

Manga Monday: Light and Shadow by Ryu Hyang, Hee Won (Illustrator)

October 27, 2019 by motifink

It’s a rude insult when lowly and headstrong servant Edna comes to marry Duke Eli, instead of the noble daughter he expected. But the ambitious maid hides an even bigger secret behind her obvious ruse – one that could change the kingdom’s very history. Can the two find freedom, redemption – and love – without drawing their swords on each other?– Goodreads TW: Rape (?) Notice the question mark next to the trigger warning? I put that there because although […]

Categories: Manga • Tags: book review, Hee Won (Illustrator), historical fiction, Kakao, Light and Shadow, manga, romance, Ryu Hyang

Book Tour: The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz

October 23, 2019 by motifink

Dastardly deeds aren’t exactly the first things that come to mind when one hears the name “Clementine,” but as the sole heir of the infamous Dark Lord Elithor, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous has been groomed since birth to be the best (worst?) Evil Overlord she can be. But everything changes the day the Dark Lord Elithor is cursed by a mysterious rival. Now, Clementine must not only search for a way to break the curse, but also take on the full […]

Categories: Algonquin Young Readers, Fantasy • Tags: Arc, book review, book tour, fantasy, magic, middle school readers, Sarah Jean Horwitz, The Dark Lord Clementine

Book Review: Marrow Charm by Kristin Jacques

October 21, 2019 by motifink

Azure ‘Azzy’ Brimvine lives in a world decimated by magic, where humans have retreated underground from the overwhelming dangers of the surface. But Below is no safer than Above. Magic borne plagues continue to eat away at the remaining human cities, a sickness that doesn’t merely kill, but creates aberrations from the stricken: people twisted by magic into something dark, dangerous, and powerful. It is an existence of fear and constant dread. When Azzy’s brother, Armin, is infected and cast […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, fantasy, Kristin Jacques, magic, Marrow Charm, NetGalley, The Parliament House, young adult

Book Review: Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky by Kwame Mbalia

October 15, 2019 by motifink

Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he’s going to spend on his grandparents’ farm in Alabama, where he’s being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie’s journal. […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: african american folklore, book review, Kwame Mbalia, mythology, NetGalley, Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky

Book Review: The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

October 10, 2019 by motifink

Aster, the protector Violet, the favorite Tansy, the medic Mallow, the fighter Clementine, the catalyst THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls–they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally murders a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Tor Teen, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, Charlotte Nicole Davis, NetGalley, The Good Luck Girls, The Good Luck Girls #1, young adult

Book Tour: Naked Mole Rat Saves the World by Karen Rivers

October 8, 2019 by motifink

Beloved author of, The Girl in the Well is Me, Karen Rivers is set to release a new book for middle school readers called Naked Mole Rat Saves the World on October 15th (2019). Kit-with-a-small-k is navigating middle school with a really big, really strange secret: When she’s stressed, she turns into a naked mole rat. It first happened after kit watched her best friend, Clem, fall and get hurt during an acrobatic performance on TV. Since then, the transformations […]

Categories: Algonquin Young Readers, Chronicle Books • Tags: Algonquin Young Readers, book tour, fantasy, Karen Rivers, middle school reader, Naked Mole Rat Saves the World, promotion

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