![]() ![]() Not much shorter, mind you, but definitely shorter than this post.) (And also, I am aware that this review is almost comically long, and so I will mention if you missed my Thursday Thoughts post that, starting not next week but the week after, I will be beta-testing a shorter review format. ![]() ![]() This is a young adult (YA) book, not a middle grade (MG) book, and it contains mature content. And yet, this book still might be one of the very best! Today's book is the YA graphic novel Himawari House by Harmony Becker. Moving into my review, I have been so spoiled lately, because I have just picked up one fantastic book after another. And now that Round 1 is over and the finalists have been announced, Round 2 begins, which means I start my term as a Round 2 Judge for Elementary/Middle-Grade Nonfiction! (If you're curious, you can see which books I'll be reading here.) I encourage you to go check out the finalists-some of them were nominated by bloggers I know, so make sure to see if your nominee was selected! ![]() Happy New Year's, everyone! I hope every one of you enjoyed your holidays, and I wish all of you a happy, healthy new year-I'm mildly petrified to see what 2022 has in store (considering our hope for 2021 lasted exactly 6 days), but I know we'll all be able to handle whatever's in store!īy the way, January 1 is an important day in the kidlit world-it's the day the finalists in the Cybils Awards are announced! You can view all of the finalists here-it's truly overwhelming how many great books were selected. ![]()
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