Tag: Middle Grade

Review: Amanda Lester and the Orange Crystal Crisis by Paula Berinstein

Amanda Lester and the Orange Crystal Crisis (Amanda Lester, Detective #2) by Paula Berinstein Blurb: If only Sherlock Holmes’s great-great-grandson weren’t such a dork . . . There’s a new student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives and Amanda is supposed to work with him. Scapulus Holmes is a descendant of the great Sherlock and he’s crazy about her. Unfortunately she thinks he’s a dork and would rather die than have anything to do with him. But when the kids discover a dead body encrusted with strange living crystals, Amanda realizes she needs Holmes’s help. […]

Posted January 25, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy by Paula Berinstein

Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy (Amanda Lester, Detective #1) by Paula Berinstein Blurb: A reluctant detective, a criminal mastermind, and . . . sugar? Amanda Lester wouldn’t be caught dead going into the family business. Her ancestor, Sherlock Holmes’s colleague Inspector G. Lestrade, is a twit. Nevertheless her parents refuse to see his flaws, and she’s going to a secret English school for the descendants of famous detectives whether she likes it or not. When Amanda arrives at the dreaded school, she considers running away—until she and her new friends discover blood and weird pink substances in odd […]

Posted December 14, 2015 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 18 Comments

Blog Tour: Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy by Paula Berinstein – Guest Post: Lights, Action, Book Cover!

I don’t participate in a lot of blog tours, but I just had to participate in this one. Whe I first heard about this book I knew I had to read it and having just finished the book last week I can tell you it’s awesome! I loved the book. Be sure to keep an eye out for my review next week. Today I have an awesome guest post written by the author to share with you, it’s about the cover designing process. I love the covers for this book series, so when I decided to join the tour I […]

Posted December 7, 2015 by Lola in Blog Tour, Mystery / 21 Comments

Review: Dream on Amber by Emma Shevah

Dream on Amber by Emma Shevah Blurb: Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. As if her name made up for being tiny, half Japanese and half Italian, and starting a new school with a caveman phone. Dream on! But the hardest bit about being Amber is that a part of her is missing. Her dad. He left when she was little and if he isn’t coming back, she’ll have to sort things out another way. And Amber has a big imagination … My Review: I received a copy in exchange for an honest review Let me start by saying Dream On […]

Posted October 12, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Thor’s Serpents by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. Thor’s Serpents (The Blackwell Pages #3) by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr Blurb: Thirteen-year-olds Matt, Laurie, and Fen have beaten near-impossible odds to assemble their fellow […]

Posted August 29, 2015 by Lola in My To-Be Read List, Mythology, Review / 12 Comments

Review: The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell Blurb: Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplaces. Ten minutes away, in a ruined chapel, lives a pack of wolves. Feodora’s mother is a wolf wilder, and Feo is a wolf wilder in training. A wolf wilder is the opposite of an animal tamer: it is a person who teaches tamed animals to fend for themselves, and to fight and to run, and to be wary of humans. When the murderous hostility of the Russian Army threatens her very existence, Feo is […]

Posted August 10, 2015 by Lola in Historical, Review / 12 Comments

Review: The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary

The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary Blurb: The last thing Saki Yamamoto wants to do for her summer vacation is trade in exciting Tokyo for the antiquated rituals and bad cell reception of her grandmother’s village. Preparing for the Obon ceremony is boring. Then the local kids take an interest in Saki and she sees an opportunity for some fun, even if it means disrespecting her family’s ancestral shrine on a malicious dare. But as Saki rings the sacred bell, the darkness shifts. A death curse has been invoked… and Saki has three nights to undo it. With the help […]

Posted July 29, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Mythology, Review / 10 Comments