If that isn’t the most clever marketing phrase to promote Marissa Meyer’s cyborg Cinderella series, which began with Cinder. And I will freely help promote it, for this sci fi fairy tale universe is rapidly becoming one of my favorites. It’s a metallic jambalaya, a mechanic’s box of spare parts from fairy tales. And watching … Continue reading
For a buck, you can buy a Coke, or a great book by Enclave authors! And still have a cent left over for the bubble gum machine. See the $0.99 deals here. Enclave is the publisher that will be publishing my first book and epic fantasy, Waking Beauty, this spring. Black Friday Books: Failstate Hero, … Continue reading
Brandon Mull Middle Reader Fantasy Lots of kids go on vacation and visit nature preserves for endangered species. But only Kendra and Seth visit one for endangered mythological creatures. At first it looks like Kendra and Seth are in for 3 weeks of strict rules when their parents leave them with Grandpa Sorenson. Until they … Continue reading
Series: The Selection Kiera Cass YA There’s a lot to like about this last installment of Kiera Cass’s The Selection series. To bring you up to speed, America Singer is in a reality-show style contest to wed Prince Maxon. But each of them has other romantic entanglements. And then there are the political rebellions, terrorist … Continue reading
Series: The Selection Kiera Cass YA Welcome back to this dystopian cupcake of a series. I liked Elite, the middle book of The Selection Series trilogy, the same way I liked The Empire Strikes Back as a mid-trilogy installment. We’re past all the exposition and can delve deeper into our characterizations and plot complications. … Continue reading
Kiera Cass It was bound to happen: Princesses +dystopias +reality TV _________ The Selection I made a feast of this odd little stew of a book, swallowing some sections whole, sometimes savoring a passage as I sorted it into its component ingredients. Oh, I’m on The Bachelor. Nope, I’m in The Hunger Games. The plot: … Continue reading
So I’m reading Frank Beddor’s book, The Looking Glass Wars, based on Lewis Carroll’s famous 1860s book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The Looking Glass Wars is an interesting and creative book, full of action, and certainly worthy of a book review. But this is not going to be a straight-up book review. It’s a discussion of … Continue reading
Shannon Hale YA Fantasy Ok, this is the Hebrew cover, but it’s just stunningly symbolic, so that’s what you get this time. Book of a Thousand Days has just about everything I have come to love in Shannon Hale, in abundance. She brings a surprising depth, even a kind of ache, to her fairy tales. … Continue reading
Maurissa Guibord YA Fantasy The best thing about this book may be the title. I hang out with weavers, so I get the pun. A warp is the yarn that goes on a loom first, the part that goes up and down. The weft is the yarn that goes back and forth. So bingo, Guibord’s … Continue reading
THE BOOKS OF BAYERN #4 Shannon Hale YA Fantasy Oh, author Shannon Hale, you got me again. I thought you’d fallen so in love with your own characters from the first 3 books of the series, that book 4 would just be an excuse to go hang out with them again. Regardless of a plot. … Continue reading
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