Category: Middle Grade

Reading Recap 2023 – Part 3: Mysteries, Histories, and Adventures

On By Madelynn OrionIn Book Reviews, Christian, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Science Fiction1 Comment

Here’s to the last blog of the year! Not including school books, I read 50 books this year! That’s much more than I expected. Let’s dive into my reads from the last third of the year. The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall (3/5 Stars): Unlike the earlier entries in the series (which I reviewed …

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A Decade of Myth-Keepers: My Oldest Story

On By Madelynn OrionIn Characters, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Novels by Me, The Myth-Keepers, The Writing Life, Themes, World-building, Young Adult (YA)

"Mythics" was the original series name - I brainstormed different names for the series in my planner. It's on a November calendar page, but I didn't commit to writing and working on the series until December 2013. The Myth-Keepers, my longest actively worked on series, turns ten years old this month. It is very surreal …

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