Review: Rose by Holly Webb

Title Rose Author Holly Webb Published September 3rd, 2013 by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages 240 Pages Intended Target Audience Middle Grade Genre & Keywords Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, Mystery Part of a Series? Yes (Book 1 in the Rose series) Source & Format Purchased from Chapters, Paperback Find It On Goodreads ● Amazon.com ● Chapters Mr. […]

Waiting On…All Four Stars by Tara Dairman

“Waiting on Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine! This week I’m waiting on… Title All Four Stars Author Tara Dairman Pages 288 Pages Genre Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction Publisher Putnam Juvenile To Be Published July 10th, 2014 Find It On Goodreads Meet Gladys Gatsby: New York’s toughest restaurant critic. […]

Top Ten Books That Made Me Cry

“Top Ten Tuesday” is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is the Top Ten Books That Made Me Cry. As you begin to peruse my choices this week, you might notice that I’ve provided no explanations regarding what, specifically, moved me to tears during a […]

Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover – Issue Nineteen: Middle Grade (Part 3)

“Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover” is a regular feature on Pop! Goes The Reader in which I pay tribute to some of the best and brightest the publishing world has to offer in the way of book cover design. This feature is inspired by Katie’s Cover Love on her blog One Page At […]

Looking Back On…January 2014

January 2014 was a bit of a mixed bag in terms of both positive and negative experiences, and I can’t say that I’ll be sad to see it go. Our eighteen-year-old cat, Patches, experienced some health problems and had to be rushed to the vet, and my mother got into a minor car accident during […]