Monday 13 May 2013

Kid Lit Giveaway Hop, #MiddleGradeMay Reading Challenge Check-in and #MMGM!

What is that? Three things in one post? Yep. This week I have upped the game from doing a double duty post to doing triple duty.


First up, welcome to everyone passing through as part of the Kid Lit Blog Hop being hosted by Mother Daughter and Son Book Reviews and  Youth Literature Reviews.
Kid Lit Giveaway Hop Sign-Ups
Hope you enjoy yourselves this week as you travel the blogosphere, enter to win great prizes and find some great reads to add to your pile of to reads! To enter my part of the giveaway all I ask you to do is leave a comment with your favorite children or teen lit read. Something you just read or something you read a while ago and is still with you OR, if you like, both! You will be entered to win a children or teen book of your choice from Book Depository. (international entries) The linky so you can keep on a hopping is below. Good luck and have fun!


Next, it is another Monday which means another MMGM as inspired by Shannon Messenger and to that I always say yay. Below you will find what I've been a reading. It is more of a quick round up, but it's aaaaallll middle grade!






Finally, now's the time to for the second check-in for #MiddleGradeMay Reading Challenge. Looking forward to hearing what those who are taking part have been reading. Leave a comment with what you read or a link to a post!  For those of you wondering...what? You can reading about it here and feel free to join our wee band of middle grade readers to win prizes. i

Here's my quick, what I read. Hope to get together something a little more review-ish this week. I done chewed off a wee bit too much.



THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO RATCHET by Nancy J. Cavenaugh-my gosh love the voice in this one and love the twist on journal writing as assigned by teacher, in this case the teacher is dad. And let me tell you, as a writer I can tell you there does not appear to me once wasted word in this one-tight, tight tight the writing is. Finally, this may be a homeschooled, ratchet holding child with a rather unusual upbringing but boy, kids will relate to her as she struggles to find herself and some friends, too.


The following Linky is for the Kidlit Giveaway Hop. If you are interested in checking out #MiddleGradeMay you can go here.

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31 comments:

  1. Natalie Aguirre13 May 2013 at 04:01

    My favorite read is probably the Harry Potter series. So hard to choose. Thanks for the giveaway.

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    1. Deb Marshall13 May 2013 at 09:04

      Man I hear ya on HP...I've been listening to them while catching up on blog reading, lol!

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  2. jenniferpickrell13 May 2013 at 06:18

    For #MiddleGradeMay, I recently finished INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN by Thanhha Lai. It was a beautifully written story about a 10-yo girl who flees the fall of Saigon with her family and comes to America.

    http://jenniferpickrell.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/middlegrademay-inside-out-and-back-again-by-thanhha-lai/

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  3. Heidi Grange13 May 2013 at 08:05

    My favorite recent read is probably The Runaway King by Jennifer Nielsen.

    For the Challenge, I finished Canary in a Coal Mine and am almost finished with New Land (Chronicles of Egg).

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    1. Deb Marshall13 May 2013 at 09:04

      Must check out Canary in a Coal Mine, not familiar with that one.

      And oh my yes on Runaway King...LOVE that one and have the sequel lined up as part of my #middlegrademay reading.

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  4. Rosi13 May 2013 at 08:50

    Hmmmmm. Recently, I read a wonderful book called After Eli by Rebecca Rupp. It's hard to pick a favorite, but this one is a favorite of my recent reads.

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    1. Deb Marshall13 May 2013 at 09:05

      Yes on After Eli! I know on hard to pick one...that begs the question why did I ask, lol!

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  5. Joanne R. Fritz13 May 2013 at 08:55

    You are one busy lady, Deb! :) And I never heard of This Journal Belongs to Ratchet, so thanks for the head-up.

    It's almost impossible for me to choose ONE favorite book. Egad! There are so many. I'll go with MOON OVER MANIFEST for MG and SPEAK for YA.

    I'm also checking in for May MG Reading Challenge.

    This week, I read:

    There's a Girl in My Hammerlock
    The Secret Garden (for at least the 10th time)
    The Shakespeare Stealer

    So that brings me up to 6 total, so far.







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    1. Deb Marshall13 May 2013 at 09:07

      You are rocking the middle grade reading...and do you know...I have not read Moon over Manifest yet? Yeah.

      Love love love Speak. A classic and still so relevant.

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  6. michelleimason13 May 2013 at 09:53

    Wow! You have been busy! I have a hard time picking favorites, but recently I've loved Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series. On the middle grade side, I have a few series I really love--Jack Blank by Matt Myklusch and Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt are two that stand out. But there are so many more MG books I love, too!

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  7. Barbara Watson13 May 2013 at 10:07

    I have to choose a favorite?? I just can't. So I'll wimp out and say I've been waiting to read BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX since it was released last year but my library only has a digital copy and I want a print copy.

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  8. Coreena McBurnie13 May 2013 at 14:08

    Right now I'm reading the Mark of Athena to my kids and it is fantastic. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  9. flashthecatblog.com13 May 2013 at 16:04

    If I have to pick, I'd say one of my all time favorites is Matilda by Roald Dahl. And for the reading challenge I finished The Year the Swallows Came Early, which Flash recommended on his blog today at www.flashthecatblog.com. I also read Road Trip by Gary Paulsen (and his son Jim??). I really enjoyed it, but it was definitely an older middle-grade book. And I finally got to Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead which I LOVED!
    Cindy

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  10. akossiwaketoglo.com13 May 2013 at 17:03

    I love how you raved about Ratchet. I've been on the fence about it until now. I believe I just added to my list. ;)

    For #middlegrademay I read:
    - Lone Bean
    - Frogged

    I'm planning a recap on my blog for my readers sometime this week.
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    For the Giveaway, it's so hard to pick a favorite middle grade so I'm going YA. I recently read Scarlet (book 2 of Lunar Chronicles). It was so good and I was very sad to return my copy to the library.

    ~Akoss

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  11. Michael G-G13 May 2013 at 21:15

    Favorite MG: anything by Roald Dahl. On the other end of the spectrum, I recently reread Bridge to Terabithia and cried like a baby.

    I will eventually read Ratchet. Promise.

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  12. tonettedelaluna13 May 2013 at 22:24

    I finished Jennifer A. Nielsen's THE FALSE PRINCE this weekend and really enjoyed it. I connected with the protag, Sage, right away and only put down the book when I was forced to by other obligations. If I had an absolutely free day, I'm sure I would have finished it in one sitting. Nielsen's worldbuilding wasn't forced. It was as though I knew of the places mentioned. A good adventure of intrigue and adventure. I look forward to the sequel when I make a better dent in the other MG books I have yet to read. :)

    As for the Giveaway question, I think it's a tie between THE SECRET GARDEN (Frances Hodgson Burnett) and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Harper Lee). Despite my recent haul of male protags for the reading challenge, it's nice to remember the strong female characters I read about when I was younger. Honorable mentions go to Judy Blume's ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET and FRIENDS FOREVER. :)


    Cheers,

    Tonette

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  13. Amanda14 May 2013 at 07:25

    My favorite children's book is Goodnight Moon. I read it every night to my kids and they loved it. My favorite middle grade series is Harry Potter and teen read would be the Twilight sage.
    asdidonato77(at)yahoo(dot)com
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  14. Gina C14 May 2013 at 12:07

    Here's my reading challenge check in - slow week for me!
    New this week:
    -Like Pickle Juice On a Cookie (verse book)
    From last week:
    -10 Things I Love & Hate About My Live So Far
    -Joe Schmo: Wyatt Burp Rides Again.

    Gotta get moving if I'm going to meet my goal of ten!!

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  15. Candilynn Fite14 May 2013 at 15:58

    Yikes. I've been so busy with my monster posts, I forgot to check Children's Book Week!!

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  16. GeorgiaBeckman14 May 2013 at 19:28

    My favorite childhood book that has stuck with me is Harriet The Spy.

    georgiabeckman@hotmail.com

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  17. Jemima Pett16 May 2013 at 13:12

    One of the MGs I read when I first started reading MG came back to me as I was reading this list - A Year Without Autumn. I recommend it :)

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  18. Gretta17 May 2013 at 07:03

    Our daughter (age 12) loves the book Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

    bamagv@aol.com
    www.arisegosend.com

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  19. Nancy J. Cavanaugh17 May 2013 at 12:33

    Hi Deb,
    Thanks for reviewing THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO RATCHET! So happy to hear you enjoyed it! Your website is terrific!
    Nancy J. Cavanaugh

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  20. Nikki Krutz17 May 2013 at 18:41

    for kid lit giveaway, my favorite books when i was younger were the sweet valley high series :)

    qtksjkmommy at gmail dot com

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  21. Renee C.18 May 2013 at 22:04

    My favorite children book (or at least one of my faves) was Little Women. Just loved that book. Thanks for the giveaway.

    Be sure to check out our Kid Lit Question of the Day. This week we are talking about the category of books, YA.

    http://motherdaughterbookreviews.com/kid-lit-question-of-the-day-what-is-a-young-adult-anyways/

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  22. Veronika19 May 2013 at 04:10

    My favorite book was The Little Prince when I was a child. Love it still! Amazing book!
    verusbognar (at) gmail (dot) com

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  23. Karen Arrowood19 May 2013 at 15:32

    I enjoyed the Harry Potter series quite a bit, as well as all of Rick Riordan's books. Thank you for this opportunity! :-)

    Karen(dot)arrowood(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  24. tonettedelaluna19 May 2013 at 19:31

    Hiya.

    Just wanted to say hello and let you know I nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award. The details are here: http://bit.ly/17cy552

    Have a great day!

    Cheers,

    Tonette

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    1. Deb Marshall19 May 2013 at 22:00

      Well thank you! I will be sure to check it out!

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  25. Jess Anderson19 May 2013 at 20:05

    I love Good Night Moon and Curious George books!

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