It‘s Saturday, I had a long week at work (and next month promises even more long weeks), I already went to the grocery store today, and I just got an email from the library saying I‘ve rented this book too many times and can‘t renew it any more 😬 So I‘m curling up with some #middlegrade portal fantasy and milk and cookies and having a weekend 🍪
pickI liked this middle-grade fantasy book a lot (despite the fact that my favorite character disappeared at the very beginning). The characters are quirky, the talking bees made me laugh on multiple occasions, & it read quickly. I liked that organization is upheld as an honorable trait; it felt refreshing & different since quirky characters are depicted, more often than not, as charmingly-disorganized & scattered (myself included 🤓).👇🏻
“You three are astoundingly ignorant,” he said cheerfully, “but at least you‘ve got an explorer‘s instinct. That will get you far — unless, of course, it gets you killed.”
Happily reading the first middle-grade book I‘ve voluntarily picked up in ages. I was on an award-selection committee a couple of years ago (for grades 6-8) & I got *totally* burnt out on Children‘s Lit. It feels nice to be enjoying such a pure-hearted fantasy again. ✨
The Door at the End of the World | 
