Middle Grade Marvels November Announcement

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Hello Hello! How are you?

Are you all ready for November? I definitely am not, it’s soon going to be 2021 and I am not ready for that (I also hate odd-numbered years so I’m already not a fan of what’s to come aha). I have been absolutely rushed off my feet lately, my half-term break is actually more of a cram-everything-you-can-into-a-day-break and I need it to be the weekend right now!

In October, the Middle Grade Marvels members have been reading Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee, a much shorter book than the last one, but also very different from anything we’ve read so far. It’s based on Asian myths, it has amazing creatures such as foxes, tigers, dragons, goblins etc, all tied up in a science-fiction adventure through space!

Unfortunately, I have not enjoyed this book as much as previous choices, I don’t know why because I wanted to love it, but there is just something about it that stopped me from really enjoying it. I should have my review up for it in the coming weeks!

If you don’t know what this book club is, head over to my announcement post here, Noly’s announcement post here, and Holly’s announcement post here. If you are interested in joining our book club on Twitter or Goodreads, you can find all the information you need for November in the pinned tweet at @GradeMarvels.

The November BOTM poll has been voted on, and the information Tweet has been published and pinned, so you may already know that in November we will be reading Shadows of Winterspell by Amy Wilson as the BOTM.

I have had this book on my TBR for quite a while but I never actually read the blurb, so when this was chosen by the random number generator as one of our four choices and I went to find out more about it on Goodreads, I was sold. I’m so glad it was chosen, I’m really excited for next month’s reading and I’m sure it’s the perfect book for November!

Stella has been living behind the magic of the forest for most of her life. Lonely, she enrolls at the local school, and as she begins to make friends, she discovers that she is even more different than she thought.

But as autumn turns to magical winter, Stella realizes that uncovering her own family secret is the only way to release the forest from the grip of a dark and old magic.

If you would like to purchase this book, you can find it here: Amazon UK – Amazon FR – Amazon US – AbeBooks (affiliate link) – The Book Depository (affiliate link) – Waterstones – Barnes and Noble – Kobo

If you haven’t yet joined our book club and you love reading Middle Grade books, what are you waiting for?

You can sign-up on this form to tell us where you want to discuss the book (Twitter, Goodreads), if you will read the BOTM with us or just read something from your own TBR. Those already in the Twitter chat no longer need to sign-up, so you can sit back, relax and get ready for some great reading in November! If you are in the MGM – BOTM Twitter chat, but do not want to follow the November BOTM discussion, you are free to leave, and of course if you would like to come back in following months, just fill out the form again, or you can just stay in there and join back in with the conversation when you are ready!

As usual, the Nominations form is still open and this is where you can give us your nominations, and please remember to join us on Goodreads where we post our BOTM discussions for you to join in. We have also posted the Recommendations list and Nominations board for you on there. If you are not on Goodreads, you can find our Recommendations list here.

The Similar Books list for November has been posted and you can find it here, or just head over to @GradeMarvels on Twitter where all this info is in the pinned Tweet! And of course, you can read any Middle Grade book you have on your TBR, just let us know what you will be reading with the hashtag #middlegrademarvels on Twitter!

Holly, Noly and I are so excited for the November book and we hope that you are too! Join our club if you love Middle Grade and want to discuss some amazing books with our amazing members! Looking forward to having you on for the ride!

That’s all for now, I hope you enjoyed this post, see you soon, stay safe,

Ellie xx