WWW Wednesday – 28 April 2021

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking On A World Of Words. WWW Wednesday is a quick look and current update in the life of a reader, by answering three simple questions. The three W’s are: What are you currently reading? What did you finish reading recently? What do you think you will read next?

Book Review: Hetty Feather

Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children – but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school.Life in the countryside is hard but

WWW Wednesday – 21 April 2021

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking On A World Of Words. WWW Wednesday is a quick look and current update in the life of a reader, by answering three simple questions. The three W’s are: What are you currently reading? What did you finish reading recently? What do you think you will read next?

Top Ten Tuesday: Colourful Book Covers

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The theme this week is colourful book covers. I found 10 of the most colourful book covers (at least to me). Dead Astronauts – Jeff Vandermeer Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert To Stir Up An Ornate Nest

WWW Wednesday: 14 April 2021

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking On A World Of Words. WWW Wednesday is a quick look and current update in the life of a reader, by answering three simple questions. The three W’s are: What are you currently reading? What did you finish reading recently? What do you think you will read next?

Book Review: Tanabata Wish

Tanabata Wish by Sara Fujimura Phoenix-native Skyler Doucet’s plans with her BFF are ruined when her mom and Japanese stepfather move the entire family to Nagoya, Japan for the summer before her senior year. But when David Takamatsu, a biracial Japanese-American boy, invades Skyler’s space (and her heart), this fish out of water in Japan

Friday Face-Off: Cartoonish Cover

Friday Face-Off is a weekly meme originally created by Books by Proxy, and is currently hosted by Lynn’s Books. The idea is to compare different book covers, based on a weekly changing theme. The theme for Friday Face-Off this week is cartoonish book covers. For this theme, I chose to look at the book Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

Book Review: Olga And The Smelly Thing From Nowhere

Olga And The Smelly Thing From Nowhere by Elise Gravel When Olga crosses paths with a weird creature and becomes the first kid to discover the species olgamus ridiculus, she is ecstatic! What does an olgamus eat? How does it poop? Why does its burp sound like the word rubber? With her trusty observation notebook and the help of a librarian,

WWW Wednesday: 7 April 2021

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking On A World Of Words. WWW Wednesday is a quick look and current update in the life of a reader, by answering three simple questions. The three W’s are: What are you currently reading? What did you finish reading recently? What do you think you will read next?

Book Review: Diary Of A 6th Grade Ninja

Diary Of A 6th Grade Ninja by Marcus Emerson My name is Chase Cooper, and I’m a 6th grade ninja. It’s my first day at a different school and the only person I know is my cousin, Zoe (but she might be a little too cool for me). I was just another scrawny kid until