Category Archives: Book Lists

MMGM for October 21, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of THE SHAPE OF LOST THINGS by Sarah Everett. Carol Baldwin welcomes a new young reviewer! Lucie B. reviews The Swamp of Doom. Kasey Giard @ The Story Sanctuary reviews From the … Continue reading

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MMGM for October 14, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of MATT SPROUTS AND THE DAY NORA ATE THE SUN by Matt Eicheldinger. Jemima Pett has a review of Awful Auntie by David Walliams. She calls it brilliant, scary, hilarious…. Susan Uhlig … Continue reading

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MMGM for October 7, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of SYLVIA DOE AND THE 100-YEAR FLOOD by Robert Beatty. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett . Patricia Tilton at Children’s Books Heal is reviewing … Continue reading

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MMGM for September 30, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of THE SERPENT RIDER by Yxavel Magno Diño. Susan Uhlig loved the duel timeline in Code Name Kingfisher. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews Thea and the Mischief Makers by Tracy Badua. … Continue reading

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MMGM for September 23, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of HANNAH EDWARDS SECRETS OF RIVERWAY by Ashley Hards. Brenda at Log Cabin Library reviews Answers to Dog by Pete Hautman. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles has an interview with debut author Dionna … Continue reading

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MMGM for September 16, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of ELEPHANT TOUCH by Susan R. Greenway. Susan Uhlig, like many of our MMGM reviewers, is recommending HALF MOON SUMMER by Elaine Vickers. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles interviews author Callie Miller … Continue reading

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MMGM for September 2, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE features a review of GRETA by J.S. Lemon. Jennifer Bohnhoff has One Big Open Sky, a beautiful verse novel about former slaves moving west to settle Nebraska. There is also a GIVEAWAY. Natalie Aguirre at … Continue reading

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MMGM for AUGUST 26, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE had planned to feature another book, but its release was delayed. I moved up a review scheduled for next month with HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS by Kate Messner. Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles … Continue reading

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MMGM for AUGUST 19, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE has a review of JADEN POWERS AND THE INHERITANCE MAGIC by Jamar J. Perry. Welcome to Jemima Pett and her first post today on MMGM. It’s a review of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Natalie Aguirre at … Continue reading

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MMGM for AUGUST 12, 2024

  ALWAYS in the MIDDLE has a review of THE OWL PROWL MYSTERY by Diana Renn. Linda Browne returns with an essay titled Wrinkled: The Entwined Legacies of Madeleine L’Engle and Meg Murry‘ where she tackles the messy issue of … Continue reading

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