Tag: Middle Grade

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March Reading Contest + Giveaway!

I am so excited to partner with some other amazing authors for a March Reading Contest! It’s super easy to enter and sure to be a lot of fun! To enter, download the National Reading Month Challenge score card:

Every time your child reads for 20 minutes or you read to your child for 20 minutes, color in one of the books. Then, post a picture of your score card in the official Facebook Event Page in the comments of the pinned post. Mark down which prize bundle you’d like to enter in to win:

All of the official rules are listed on the Facebook Event page found here: March Reading Contest and Giveaway.

Come join in on the fun for a super fun month of reading for National Reading Month and Middle Grade March!

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BOOK REVIEW: STAY AWAY FROM THE SWAMP by Fred E. Katz (Spine Chillers #8)

I’ve been reading a lot of 1990’s Christian fiction not only to feel that nineties nostalgia, but also to see what books I missed from when I was a kid! Enter: Spine Chillers by Fred E. Katz, a Christian Goosebumps rip-off series that came out at the height of the Goosebumps craze!

Check out my review of Stay Away from the Swamp, book #8 in the Spine Chillers series below!

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Massive Book Haul – Christian Fantasy, Adventure, and More!

One of my favorite things to do when I’m not writing is walking around a good used book store! I’m fortunate to have three different wonderful used book stores within an hour’s drive, so last week I visited all three in one day! I found a ton of great used books ranging from Sigmund Brouwer’s Accidental Detectives to Bill Myers’ The Guardian, book #5 in his Forbidden Doors series, one of my favorites!

Check out everything I found in the video below!

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BOOK REVIEW: The Changeling (The Wormling #3) by Jerry B. Jenkins & Chris Fabry

It’s been roughly 16 years since I read the first two books in The Wormling series, so I decided it was high time I went back and finished reading this Christian fantasy series for middle grade readers! I recently finished reading The Changeling, book #3 in The Wormling series written by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry.

If you like portal fantasy stories, check out my spoiler-free book review in the video below!

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BOOK REVIEW: The Phantom of Phys Ed (SpineChillers #5) by Fred E. Katz

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a book review, but I’m back to reviews! This week, I’m reviewing The Phantom of Phys Ed, book #5 in the SpineChillers series by Fred E. Katz. SpineChillers was a Goosebumps style series in the 1990’s for Christian kids!

If you’re looking for the 90’s nostalgia or some spooky stories with a hopeful twist, check out my spoiler-free review of The Phantom of Phys Ed in the video below!

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November 2023 Reading Roundup!

November has come to a close and we’re already a week deep into December! We’re all set up for Christmas and looking forward to celebrating the birth of Jesus all month and into January. Last month I read 13 books, and really enjoyed many of them. In the latest vlog post, I’ll share the books I read last month and which ones I recommend!

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Christmas-Themed Reads!

It’s Christmas Season!

And that means I’m perusing my shelves for all the Christmas themed and Christmas-adjacent books! In the video below, I go through all the Christmas books I could find in my personal library. From picture books to middle grade fiction, there’s a little something here for everyone who enjoys a good Christmas tale.

Check it out below!

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Unboxing a Surprise Book + Decorating for Christmas!

Christmas season is officially here! I know, I know, there are those of us who have been secretly listening to Christmas music for a couple of months now, but for the rest of the world, Thanksgiving has ended and it’s officially Christmastime!

To kick off the Christmas celebrations, we started decorating our house and I received a surprise book in the mail! Join me as we decorate, do a little unboxing, and get into the Christmas mood!

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Unboxing the Author Copies of My New Books!

A few days ago I received my Author Copies of Thrones 1-3 in the mail! So what did I decide to do? Record an unboxing video of course! So here it is: Unboxing the first three books in the Thrones series! To order copies of Secret of the Lost King, Sword of the Broken Son, and Skin of the Dragon Lord, visit Amazon at this link: Thrones!

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Christmas 2023 Surprise!

Surprise!

It’s a Thrones: Side Quest available now in paperback! Light of the Frozen Star is the story that answers the question someone recently asked me that I thought was worth exploring!

“How did Jagger and Innes actually meet?”

The adventure I discovered behind the journey that forged an unlikely friendship between archer and squirrel is one of my favorites! Set at Christmas time, Innes the squirrel soon discovers that the forest is being frozen in snow and ice, and the only person who can help him is Jagger, the grumpy archer who just moved into the cottage by the old obelisk.

Together, they embark on a dangerous journey to find out the truth behind the mysterious blue light that has frozen their world.

Weaving in the story of Christmas from Luke 2, this novella will definitely scratch the itch between Skin of the Dragon Lord and Song of the Dead Prophet.

Where in the series does this story fall?

I recommend reading Light of the Frozen Star definitely after book one and the short story in the back of Secret of the Lost King. It will help quite a bit if you’ve read books two and three, but you don’t absolutely have to have read those to read this side quest!

I hope you enjoy this Christmas surprise!

Click Here To Order!