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Category Archives: Magical Creatures

Upsetting the mystique: Elves in Now You See It… by Vivian Vande Velde

June 2, 2016by Janet 3 Comments

PROLOGUE How can parents who’ve named their daughter Wendy ever expect her to be taken seriously? If you’ve never read any books by Vivian Vande Velde, I highly recommend her […]

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Dragons, Faerie

Review: A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman

May 26, 2016by Janet 4 Comments

“I love you because you never tried to smooth me out.” “No,” said Isaac. “I sharpened you.” (p. 168) The detective queen is back! Shulamit of Perach and her partners in […]

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Crossover Author, Detectives, Dragons, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ

Review: Climbing the Date Palm by Shira Glassman

May 19, 2016by Janet 2 Comments

Climbing the Date Palm is the second book in the Mangoverse series (The Second Mango is the first – you might want to start there) buuuut this one fits better with […]

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Diverse, Diversity, Dragons, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ, romance

A brief look at history and memory in the works of Diana Wynne Jones

April 21, 2016by Janet 4 Comments

History and memory are inextricably connected with perspective and interpretation. All of Diana Wynne Jones’s books are concerned with perspective and interpretation, and as quite a few directly involve history […]

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Fairytales, Magical Creatures, Memory, middle grade

Mansioning the role of detective: Elodie in A Tale of Two Castles

January 21, 2016by Janet 1 Comment

Brief synopsis: Elodie leaves her home island of Lahnt to the city Two Castles, so named for the two castles within it, that of the king of Lepai (King Grenville […]

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Detectives, Dragons, Fairytales, middle grade, Puss in Boots

Nafiza Recommends: Chime by Franny Billingsley

November 26, 2015by Janet 2 Comments

I’d better start with a confession, Nafiza: the first time I read Chime, I didn’t like it. I mean, I got why you did: the atmosphere of the setting; the little […]

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Abuse, Death and Mourning, Ghosts, Historical Fiction, Magical Creatures, Mystery, Supernatural Creatures, YA Romance, Young Adult

There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight by Penny Parker Klostermann, Ben Mantle (Illustrations)

July 21, 2015by Nafiza 5 Comments

Hardcover, 40 pages Expected publication: August 4th 2015 by Random House Books for Young Readers Source: Publisher There Was An Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight is a play on the […]

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Dragons, Magical Creatures, picturebook, Picturebooks, Review, Review Copy

Review: Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) by Rachel Hartman

April 10, 2015by Nafiza 16 Comments

Hardcover, 608 pages Published March 10th 2015 by Random House Children’s Books Source: Publisher Shadow Scale is a sequel to Seraphina and will most probably contain spoilers for the first book in this […]

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Canadian, canadian ya authors, Dragons, Fantasy, High fantasy, rachel hartman, Review, Review Copy

Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire: A Gushing Review

February 3, 2015by Nafiza 7 Comments

Hardcover, 475 pages Published September 9th 2014 by Candlewick Press Source: Publisher I loved this book. Oh how I loved this book. If I were to count the ways, I’d […]

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Crossover, fantastic realism, Fantasy, Folklore, Historical Fiction, Magical Creatures, Review, Review Copy

Clover’s Luck (The Magical Animal Adoption Agency #1) by Kallie George: A Review

January 31, 2015by Nafiza 6 Comments

Hardcover, 144 pages Expected publication: February 3rd 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Source: Author Clover’s Luck is the first in a new early reader series by Kallie George who is a […]

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Dragons, Early Reader, fantastic realism, Magical Creatures, Review, Review Copy

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