Somehow, I managed to go into this book with zero expectations and very little knowledge of the plot. I blame my recent book slump for being totally oblivious to pretty much everything but the title. But going in blind actually worked out quite well for me, based on some of… Read more »
Holy amazing book, Batman. I absolutely loved Cinder. It’s a science-fictiony retooling of Cinderella, complete with a downtrodden cyborg, a terrible plague, a handsome prince, and an evil queen from the Moon. I mean, how could this story not be awesome with a description like that? The best fairy tale… Read more »
I’m very proud to be a part of the A Wrinkle In Time: 50 Years, 50 Days, 50 Blogs Tour! I first read A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle’s classic book, when I was eight or nine years old. I’ve always been a fan of fantasy and science fiction, thanks… Read more »
It’s book trailer time! Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer came out today, and it looks like a pretty cool novel. (Click the link to check it out on Amazon.) Here’s a synopsis: Even in the future, the story begins with Once Upon a Time…. Humans… Read more »
I was one of those weird teenagers who refused to actually read teen books. I thought I was above them. I was a bit of a snob. So last Christmas, when I stumbled upon a new release by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan during my adventures as a bookseller, I… Read more »
I really have a thing for fantasies set in worlds that lay alongside ours. The blurring of the edges between what we think of as reality and those magical worlds fascinates me, which is probably why I love the Harry Potter series so much (and why I’m working on a… Read more »
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from Dark Souls. The book’s summary makes it sound like a ghostly paranormal teen romance, but it’s really not that at all. It’s more of a straight ghost story with little hints of romance, full of believable characters, macabre history, and gorgeous prose…. Read more »
If constantly changing points-of-view are not your thing, you’re not going to like Wisdom’s Kiss. The story is told through eight (yes, I said eight) separate points of view: Wisdom’s diary, letters from Tips, a later-written story about Fortitude (Trudy), a showman’s memoir, a dowager queen’s letters, an evil duchess’s… Read more »
About Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites… Read more »
I’m a big fan of Ann Aguirre’s novels, so I was very excited to hear that she’s branched into young adult fiction. I was even more excited when I heard her first teen novel is dystopian/post-apocalyptic. See, I also love post-apocalyptic stories, and though the YA market has been kind… Read more »
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