Tag: middle grade fiction


First Line Friday (week 336): Vinegar Boy

First Line Friday (week 336): Vinegar Boy

Posted April 6, 2023 / 22 Comments

Happy Good Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. In honor of Good Friday & Easter Sunday, today I’m featuring the first line of an Easter novel that I read and […]


April 2023 New Releases

April 2023 New Releases

Posted April 1, 2023 / 10 Comments

Happy April! Spring is in the air here in Georgia… and so is pollen haha! There are 85 titles on this list of April 2023 New Releases, and they comprise a range of genres – contemporary, historical, cozy mystery, suspense, Amish fiction, children’s books, YA, and even some speculative fiction. […]


Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Woodencloak by Dawn Ford

Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Woodencloak by Dawn Ford

Posted March 14, 2023 / 2 Comments

Welcome to the Blog Tour for Woodencloak by Dawn Ford, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! Keep reading for an excerpt! WOODENCLOAK by Dawn Ford SERIES: Band of Unlikely Heroes #1 GENRE: Middle Grade Fantasy PUBLISHER: Scrivenings Press RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2023 PAGES: 243 Thirteen-year-old troll princess Horra Fyd’s life […]


Book Review: Drive-Thru Miracle by Dana Edwards, Ph.D.

Book Review: Drive-Thru Miracle by Dana Edwards, Ph.D.

Posted February 9, 2023 / 0 Comments

DRIVE-THRU MIRACLE by Dana Edwards, Ph.D GENRE: Inspirational Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction PUBLISHER: B&H Kids RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2022 PAGES: 224 Eleven-year-old Mae Moore is having a horrible birthday week. Her sister, Shelby, had another seizure on account of her cerebral palsy. The school bully won’t leave Mae alone. […]





Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): D.P. Cornelius & The Baker’s Legacy

Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): D.P. Cornelius & The Baker’s Legacy

Posted March 5, 2022 / 8 Comments

Welcome to the Blog Tour for The Baker’s Legacy by D. P. Cornelius, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m delighted to have the author on the blog today to share some insight into the story! THE BAKER’S LEGACY by D. P. Cornelius GENRE: Middle Grade / Young Adult Historical Fiction […]




Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Read for the First Time in 2021

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Read for the First Time in 2021

Posted January 25, 2022 / 47 Comments

Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is authors I read for the first time in 2021 and I’m actually following it this week! Wonders never cease, right? 😉  Some of these were debut authors but others were authors whose books I sadly hadn’t had time to read yet. […]


Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): The Sherwood Proof by Kristee Ravan

Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): The Sherwood Proof by Kristee Ravan

Posted December 9, 2021 / 1 Comment

The Sherwood Proof, on tour with Prism Book Tours THE SHERWOOD PROOF by Kristee Ravan SERIES: The Lily Sparrow Chronicles #3 GENRE: Middle Grade Fantasy / Fairy Tale RELEASE DATE: November 23, 2021 PAGES: 569 Lily Sparrow has finally created an equation for being a good princess. Things are adding […]




Guest Post: Antony Barone Kolenc & The Fire of Eden

Guest Post: Antony Barone Kolenc & The Fire of Eden

Posted July 14, 2021 / 11 Comments

Please join in welcoming Antony Barone Kolenc to the blog today to chat about the new book in his award-winning Harwood Mysteries, The Fire of Eden! THE FIRE OF EDEN SERIES: The Harwood Mysteries # 3 GENRE: Inspirational Juvenile/Young Adult Medieval Mystery PUBLISHER: Loyola Press RELEASE DATE: July 13, 2021 PAGES: 210 Xan and John […]


Series Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): The Harwood Mysteries by Antony Barone Kolenc

Series Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): The Harwood Mysteries by Antony Barone Kolenc

Posted June 3, 2021 / 11 Comments

I’m pleased today to bring you a look at the Harwood Mysteries by Antony Barone Kolenc, including The Fire of Eden which releases July 13th! The Harwood Mysteries are award-winning books for Christian tweens/teens.  SHADOW IN THE DARK SERIES: Harwood Mysteries #1 GENRE: Inspirational Juvenile/Young Adult Medieval Mystery PUBLISHER: Loyola […]



New Releases I’m Excited About: Mid 2021 Speculative & Youth Fiction

New Releases I’m Excited About: Mid 2021 Speculative & Youth Fiction

Posted April 30, 2021 / 6 Comments

Happy Friday, dear readers! We’ve made it to the last two days of our look at Mid 2021 New Releases – how’s your TBR pile looking? 😉  Today we’re looking at Mid 2021 Speculative & Youth Fiction New Releases (May-August). I usually group these together because they are smaller categories […]