The Best Mistake Mystery: Blog tour

Last month, author Sylvia McNicoll's 

newest middle-grade novel,

The Best Mistake Mystery, 

part of her new The Great Mistake Mysteries series, 

launched.

I kind of jumped the gun with my review and interview 

with Sylvia McNicoll 

hoping to entice readers to pick up a copy at the earlier launches.

So,

let me now encourage you to read my review of 

The Best Mistake Mystery

by Sylvia McNicoll

Dundurn

978-1-4597-3625-2

120 pp.

Ages 9-13

January 2017

reviewed here

and

my interview 

with the ever-entertaining and thoughtful 

Sylvia McNicoll

as well as 

promote Dundurn's blog tour for her book 

with stops at

Feb. 6: kdrewkthebookworm

Feb. 8: My Interdimensional Chaos

Feb. 9: Middle Grade Mafia

Waiting for reviews? Here's why

Here's where I'm at:

My Book of Angel by Martine Leavitt from Groundwood Books.
Amazing novel in verse.  Edgy, sad, based on true event.






 
Yesterday by C. K. Kelly Martin from Doubleday Canada.
Twisted manipulation of memories. Romance.

Rebel Heart by Moira Young from Doubleday Canada.  
Sequel to award-winning Blood Red Road. I was afraid to finish it, apprehensive where it might go but thoroughly satisfied with its ending.

Good Night, Canada by Andrea Beck from Scholastic Canada.   
Picture book travels across our country.





Those books have all been read.  The reviews just have to be written. We won't even mention the glorious books sitting in my ToBeRead pile.

But in the meanwhile, there have been book award winners and nominees about which to blog:

• Deborah Ellis' True Blue from Pajama Press wins Hamilton Literary Award here
• Rocky Mountain Books Award nominees for 2012-2013 readers' choice program have been announced here
• IBBY Canada's nominees for the international Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award have been announced, and
• I've been looking into the Aurora Prize, the Sunburst Awards and the Joe Shuster Awards for winners in children's and young adult book categories.

Then, there have been book trailers that I think look amazing, whether I've read the book or not:

• Crush. Candy. Corpse. from Sylvia McNicoll HERE
• Infiltration by Sean Rodman (Orca) HERE
• Dead Run by Sean Rodman (Orca) HERE

The book reviewer's lament: Why are there only 24 hours in a day?

Book Award News moving to its Own CanLit for LittleCanadians Blog

With the onslaught of regional, national and international book awards for which our very worthy Canadian authors and illustrators have been nominated and selected, I have found that my book reviews on CanLit for LittleCanadians are getting lost, or at least overlooked.  It's hard for a title of only one or two words to be seen in a list of posts when each award-post title is multi-lined.  Of twenty-four posts logged this month on CanLit for LittleCanadians, eleven were notices about new shortlists and winners.

So, with the intention of highlighting reviews and news about great CanLit for younger readers, I will be moving all award related posts to CanLit for LittleCanadians: Awards at  http://canlitforlittlecanadiansawards.blogspot.ca/ and only posting future award news on that site.  While it will break up readership (and we know how important numbers are when trying to get recognition and subscriptions for your blog), I'm hoping that this will allow the titles and authors/illustrators to shine a little more brightly, as they well should.  Bear with me as I move older posts about awards to their new home on CanLit for LittleCanadians: Awards.

Similarly, I'll be reposting any videos, trailers, etc. onto CanLit for LittleCanadians: Book Trailers and Other Media at http://canlitforlittlecanadianstrailers.blogspot.ca/ for those who love watching this medium.