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Kiwidragonnerd
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Pickpick

🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 Great little romance with wonderful commentary on heroism and expectations. My brother gave me this for Christmas as well as this adorable Elphaba funko pop and book sticker!

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Branwen
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A very Happy Christmas to my Litsy family! 💕📚🎄 I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, filled with joy, love, and BOOKS! 🥰

BookishMarginalia 🫶🏼 13h
Ruthiella Merry Christmas to you! 🎄 10h
AnnCrystal 🥳💫💚🤍❤️. 4h
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New Kid on the Book
Winterling | Sarah Prineas
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Happy holidays 🎄!! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate 🎉
Featuring a book I haven't read yet but that looks wonderfully Christmassy ✨

#christmas #middlegradebook #winter

Ruthiella Happy Holidays to you! 🎄 20h
New Kid on the Book @Ruthiella Thank you so much ✨🥳 20h
AnnCrystal 🥳✨💚🤍❤️. 5h
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MaleficentBookDragon
The Swap | Megan Shull
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Sorry to all the #Jolabokaflodswap participants. Today got crazy here and I have not been able to get online. I did open my packages and will post those shortly. I will not be able to see and respond to everyone else‘s posts until probably tomorrow though.
I hope 🤞 everyone‘s gifts made it; the post seemed extra flaky this year.☹️
I‘ll see everyone tomorrow.
Merry Christmas!!!!

dabbe MC, and thanks for hosting this lovely swap! 💚🤍♥️ 1d
Amiable Happy holidays to you and yours! 1d
Avanders ♥️🎄🍫📖 Merry Christmas!! 1d
Ruthiella Merry Christmas to you! 🎄 22h
Bookzombie Merry Christmas! 🎄 21h
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Thatbooknerd
Sheets | Brenna Thummler
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Pickpick

I saw this at the library and couldn‘t resist taking it home with me. The art is so cute, and the titles of all three are so quirky. I think this book shows that we grieve in different ways and that‘s okay. Also, ghosts really just want to be friends. What a clever idea for sheet ghosts to hang out at the laundromat! 👻🧺

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Robotswithpersonality
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Ranks among my favourite book dedications. ☺️

GingerAntics 🧡🧡🧡 2d
lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 2d
BookishMarginalia 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 15h
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BarbaraJean
A Tale of Two Castles | Gail Carson Levine
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Pickpick

This was a fun, enjoyable MG fantasy + mystery—with a dragon, an ogre, two castles (naturally), and a young girl making her way in the world. As an adult reader rather than the intended middle grade audience, I had a few issues with the writing. But I liked the characters, I liked the mystery, and I probably would have loved this when I was the target age! This was a soft pick… and my 2011 read for #192025.

My issues: ⤵️

BarbaraJean My issues:
👧🏻 At one point, the 12-year-old from a remote island conveniently and improbably has the exact expert knowledge that is needed
🐉 Levine emphasizes one of her world-building points ad nauseam: the idea that “Only a dragon knows ITs gender.” Which by itself is interesting and unique… but the execution got annoying, especially the over-usage of “IT” as a pronoun. In all caps. Never “it,” always “IT.” And, ⤵️
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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d)
🚔 The consequences for the perpetrator were problematically non-existent… which (at least contextually speaking) makes sense for a middle grade novel, but also makes no sense when it comes to plot resolution.
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BookmarkTavern
Greenglass House | Kate Milford
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I just used this one for my Sunday Funday post, and I really loved it! The description of the weather and everyone cozied up in the gorgeous inn was perfect for winter reading!

#MiddleGradeMonday @Karisimo @Daisey

Karisimo This is a fun one! Thanks for sharing! 2d
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AroundTheBookWorld
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Pickpick

This is such a cute series. I‘m going to enjoying what happens next for Sakura and her friends. I‘m going to enjoy reading this series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#CardcaptorSakuraClearCardVol1 #Clamp #Manga #Fantasy #Romance #Comics #GraphicNovels #Shojo #Magic #YoungAdult #Fiction #MiddleGrade

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oddandbookish
How to Draw a Secret | Cindy Chang
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Wow! This middle grade graphic novel packed quite the emotional punch!

The story is based on the author‘s own life. It followed Cindy at age 12 when she discovers some major family secrets.

I loved the structure of the this book. It was a linear story with some flashbacks. The flashbacks added to the story and were well placed.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/review-how-to-draw-a-secret/

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