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The Poppy Mayberry series is a Middle-Grade book written by Jennie K. Brown, Ā and āReturn to Power Academyā is the second installment. I read this because her first Poppy story turned out to be so much fun. As I mentioned in a review, I was hesitant about the first book, but I dove into this one with few doubts.
By K.A. Reynolds. (254 more pages towards my page challenge hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair) I found this book on MG Book Villageās book club list. I was hoping to join their Twitter discussion but ended up not being available at that time. All I knew was that it was a story about dealing with death and ghosts. I purchased the book via Amazon and when it arrived I was crushing on… Read More
Poppy Mayberry by Jennie K. Brown is my first 194 pages towards my Page Challenge from Book Dragonās Lair. In case you didnāt read my previous post about this challenge, Iām only aiming for Bonsai Level which is 12,000 pages. So I just have to read about 65 more books this length. EEEK. Can I possibly allow myself this much spare time? I better! I signed up – I posted that Iād… Read More
by Roderick MacLeish In my previous post, I discussed one of three books that influenced me as a child. This book, “Prince Ombra” is the second. While the hero is a child, the enemy is unclear throughout the majority of the story. There is no one thing or person to defeat, just an ever-present evil that consumes the world if not fought back once every thousand years. When it comes, it challenges… Read More
Someone once asked me “What are three books that influenced you the most?” And I had an immediate answer. He wasn’t expecting, however, for them to all be children’s books. Perhaps I wasn’t either, but there you have it. When we were children my parents brought us to the library on a very regular basis. I took a long time to venture out of picture books (which I still love) and didn’t… Read More
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