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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Oct 3, 2021  
Sneak a peek at the middle grade historical fiction book ONCE UPON A CAMEL by Kathi Appelt on my blog, and watch an interesting short documentary about the US Army’s camel experiment which is referenced in the book. Enter the giveaway to win a signed copy of the book - three winners!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/10/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-once-upon.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Zada is a camel with a treasure trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the royal Pasha of Smyrna, crossed treacherous oceans to new land, led army missions with her best camel friend by her side, and outsmarted a far too pompous mountain lion.

But those stories were from before. Now, Zada wanders the desert as the last camel in Texas. But she’s not alone. Two tiny kestrel chicks are nestled in the fluff of fur between her ears—kee-killy-keeing for their missing parents—and a dust storm the size of a mountain is taking Zada on one more grand adventure. And it could lead to this achy old camel’s most brilliant story yet.
      
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Lou Grande (148 KP) rated Alliance: Heroes of the Spire in Apps

May 29, 2018  
Alliance: Heroes of the Spire
Alliance: Heroes of the Spire
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Alliance is one of those mobile RPGs where you gain heroes and fuse them together to power them up. It takes a fair amount of strategy to decide which heroes to keep and which to "eat." The battles are turn-based--you can choose to play them manually or set the game to automatic. There is also a variety of things to do: gather armor, mine for gems, explore rifts for treasure, etc., and that's not including the main campaign.

I like Alliance because you don't need cash to have a fun experience with it. The art is pleasant to look at, and as I said, the mechanics are amusing. I imagine this is one of those apps where I'll be obsessed with it for a few months and then forget about it entirely, but in the meantime, yay
  
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Louise (64 KP) rated Warren the 13th and The All-Seeing Eye in Books

Jul 2, 2018  
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Warren the 13th and The All-Seeing Eye
Tania del Rio | 2015
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for an honest review*

This is a book that I have had on my TBR for quite sometime *sorry Netgalley* and I even made it one of the books to read for #beatthebacklist which I have now achieved *fist pumps the air*

This Middle-grade book is excellent for this time of year the illustrations and story are quite dark- there is an eerie tone set to this book and definitely a Halloween book – it’s not scary but it has witches and other spooky beings.

This book is action packed with loads of fun stuff to read about – Warren has to go on quests and solve mysteries to help him save his beloved hotel that Aunt Annaconda is trying to take over. Supposedly there is an All-seeing eye in this hotel but nobody knows what it is and where exactly to find it – but this all-seeing eye contains a treasure – a treasure so powerful that he can’t let his awful aunt get her hands on it.

This book has a lot going on in it and a varied amount of characters that it doesn’t leave the reader bored for a moment and there is a mystery that you are trying to unravel whilst reading. There are some meaner characters such as Aunt Annaconda and her sisters but then we have other ones that are there for the young heir and help him.

I loved the fact that this book had illustrations and that it complemented the story very well, they were very dark, gothic style and used a darker palette – I just wish at some point I can read the physical copy.

Overall this is a great middle-grade novel,it’s fast paced and intriguing with an eclectic range of characters and will be appreciated by children and adults of any age.

I rated this 4 out of 5 stars