Happy 18th Blogiversary

My blog is now legally an adult.  If you're a long time reader, you know that I read as much of the middle grade realistic fiction, speculative fiction and nonfiction as I can, through digital ARC providers like Edelweiss Plus and Netgalley, before I buy them.  I hope that it helps to have a concise review with my very carefully worded opinions about the books; I try to make the "weaknesses" as constructive as possible. While the books I adore often hit on a personal level, I am always conscious of how my students will like books. There are a lot of sports, horror, and humor fans in my population, so I read a lot of those.  I'm happy to have reached this milestone but a little sad that blogging is rather a thing of the past, and that my reviews have a limited audience. Maybe I just need some cake.