Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne

Due to my infrequent association with middle-grade fiction, I have very minimal expectations once I realise I am reading one. I do not read the blurb of a book once I have queued it into my reading for thrills. This is one book which tackles quite desperate situations, prejudices, all the while not talking down…

American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar

I am not a teenage girl, and I was not born in a country where my forefathers (and mothers) could not trace they ancestry back to, but there was something so relatable about this book that I read it in almost one stretch, wanting to see it all the way through. The one bias I…

Willa and the Whale by Chad Morris; Shelly Brown

I may not read a lot of books targeting a younger audience, but I do try and pick up the ones I feel interested in. I recently really enjoyed one but did not gel entirely with it. We have a precocious main character who is well versed in Marine Biology because of her mother. The…

The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde

Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki I stumbled on this multiple times before I decided to give it a shot also since I once again forgot that the next two books were not available to me at this time, I will probably only listening to this one and may look out for the others. That may seem like…

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

There will be few who have not heard of this book. The blurb, the numerous different reviews ranging from detailed to purely emotional, had me thinking that I should at least check it out. It is obviously targeted at children but is something that will appeal to adults as well. The most vital point is…

Lost for Words by Aoife Walsh

Although this book is meant for a younger audience but works quite well for someone as old as me! The conversation style is a little choppy, which seemed a bit odd at first, but throughout the book, it turned out to be the main charm of the narration. Dallas messes up in the very first…

The Humiliations of Pipi McGee by Beth Vrabel

It is still up for request till the 17th of Sep 2019 On my rare attempts to read books targeting children younger than high school, I am always glad when I find a gem which I thoroughly enjoy despite being decades older than the characters. This was one such book. Pipi Mcgee wants to leave…

Blue Door #3 #4 by Pamela Brown

I seem to be on a roll with regards to children's fiction books. It may be that they seem to be smaller and easier to tackle at this time. Some of them hide some unexpected surprises like the two that I intend to tackle in this post. I reviewed the other books in the series…