This Newberry Medal winning YA novel is a fantasy/fairy tale about hope’s triumph over sorrow. Kelly Barnhill writes about a world populated by witches, dragons, monsters, and humans. She writes of bogs, forests, and towns separated by fear and magic. In this world, one town in particular, the Protectorate, engages in a terrible human sacrifice every year, wherein the youngest child in town is left in the forest as a tribute to an evil witch. It is an age old practice, perpetuated by the town […]
Knowledge is power, but it is a terrible power when it is hoarded and hidden.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon won the Newberry Award in 2017, and though it was already on my list of books I wanted to read, this pushed it up the pile when I went looking for the next book to complete my “read all the Newberry Winners” goal. (A goal I’ve been terribly neglecting). I had kind of a weird experience with this book, I wasn’t particularly impressed as I read it and then I reached the end was surprised by all these tears […]
I Didn’t Mean to Read This Whole Book
As many people are aware, 2017 was on the whole, a bit nuts. My personal and professional life decided to follow suit, and while I may appreciate the travel miles and hotel points that racked up, I’m looking forward to a more stable (personally) 2018. I started at new job with the new along with the new year, and while I’m searching for housing in a new area, I’ve been staying with family during the work week. Wednesday night, I sat down to read aloud […]
I know you little libertine. I know you’re a cannonball.
As some of you might be aware, I recently started a new job. My first real job since Bunnybean was about a year old…and she’s 13 now. So, its been a while. The great thing about this job, is that I’m not in an office — I’m out driving around and visiting elementary schools, and talking about books. I know! Books! In my first week, my new boss gave me 9 brand new books to read. It was amazing. And then they showed me the […]