A new year means new reads! Let's spend the winter wrapped up in New Releases available through the local library. Will The Push by Ashley Audrain warm up our imaginations? Let's take a sip and find out!

A new year means new reads! Let's spend the winter wrapped up in New Releases available through the local library. Will Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim warm up our imaginations? Let's take a sip and find out!

A new year means new reads! Let's spend the winter wrapped up in New Releases available through the local library. Will As the Wicked Watch by Tamron Hall warm up our imaginations? Let's take a sip and find out!

A new year means new reads! Let's spend the winter wrapped up in New Releases available through the local library. Will Bough Cutter: A Northern Lakes Mystery by Jeff Nania warm up our imaginations? Let's take a sip and find out!

A new year means new reads! Let's spend the winter wrapped up in New Releases available through the local library. Will The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak warm up our imaginations? Let's take a sip and find out!

A new year means new reads! Let's spend the winter wrapped up in New Releases available through the local library. Will Nanny Dearest by Flora Collins warm up our imaginations? Let's take a sip and find out!

A new year means new reads! Let's spend the winter wrapped up in New Releases available through the local library. Will The Hidden by Melanie Golding warm up our imaginations? Let's take a sip and find out!

This is the twelfth and final episode of Blondie's Books, a series dedicated to Middle Grade reading recommendations. Blondie's been asking to join me on the podcast, and we thought December was the perfect time to share her favorite stories so that you, my fellow creatives, can sip samples of fiction perfect for the young readers in your life.

Blondie's twelfth choice is Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell. Blondie explains: It is about a young Wizard boy and a young Warrior girl, how they meet, and how they save their world from Witches. (Not the ones from the fairy tales, I can tell ya that)

This is the eleventh episode of Blondie's Books, a series dedicated to Middle Grade reading recommendations. Blondie's been asking to join me on the podcast, and we thought December was the perfect time to share her favorite stories so that you, my fellow creatives, can sip samples of fiction perfect for the young readers in your life.

Blondie's eleventh choice is Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter. Blondie explains: It is about a house cat finding out about a whole secret world of cat warriors (hence the title) and has the choice to be accepted or to return to his kittypet life.

This is the tenth episode of Blondie's Books, a series dedicated to Middle Grade reading recommendations. Blondie's been asking to join me on the podcast, and we thought December was the perfect time to share her favorite stories so that you, my fellow creatives, can sip samples of fiction perfect for the young readers in your life.

Blondie's tenth choice is Unplugged by Gordon Korman. Blondie explains: It is about a spoiled brat who is sent to the Oasis of Mind and Body Wellness and he is forced to hand over his electronics. He hates it at first but he eventually grows used to it and makes friends after finding a baby alligator turned pet, called Needles. He finds out the adults at the resort are acting kind of weird... But can he convince his friends that he's no longer a spoiled brat?