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#auldlangspine book 5

I really need to be more intentional about including MG books in my regular reading. Because I love them but no longer actively keep up now that my son is older.

All that to say I loved this book also! What a unique story that is both educational and heartbreaking. It might be too much for sensitive kids, but for others it‘s an excellent read with enough action to keep them interested while still learning about the culture.

#auldlangspine update. @Karisimo has such a great list I basically want to read everything! It was so hard to decide where to start & I‘ve been debating all week. These five titles were available at my library right away so I picked them up yesterday.

I also put holds on The Frozen River, The Wishing Game and Ink Blood Sister Scribe for when they become available.

Bonus: my hold on Wildfire finally came in, plus I picked up the new Book Page.

Deserving of awards, this is an engaging & educational historical fantasy. I would recommend it. Having said that, I closed my eyes for the descriptions of Hanson‘s Disease. Early in the novel, our protagonist is tasked with amputating part of one of her brother‘s digits. Lordy!

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 216.
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This Nat‘l Book Award finalist follows two kids, baker‘s daughter Bluma and fatherless ne‘er-do-well Yehuda Leib, from their shtetl of Tupik into the Far Country, a spirit realm from Jewish folklore, each seeking something from Death. Full of beautiful metaphors and deliciously creepy imagery, it is very satisfying symbolically, but less so on a more literal narrative level, especially for middle grades. Read for March Bookland: Fantasy—Audiobook.

Just finished reading ‘The Woman in Black: Angel of Death‘ by Martyn Waites. It was pretty good. I enjoyed reading it but I don‘t think it has that reread ability factor that Hill‘s original has. Now, off to watch the three movies!
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