Upsetting the mystique: Elves in Now You See It… by Vivian Vande Velde
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 […]
Category Archives: Dragons
Review: A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman
“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 […]
Review: Climbing the Date Palm by Shira Glassman
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 […]
Mansioning the role of detective: Elodie in A Tale of Two Castles
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 […]
There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight by Penny Parker Klostermann, Ben Mantle (Illustrations)
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 […]
Review: Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) by Rachel Hartman
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 […]
Clover’s Luck (The Magical Animal Adoption Agency #1) by Kallie George: A Review
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 […]
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
I didn’t mean to pick this book up, in fact I was looking for other middle grade novels entirely, but I’m glad I found Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. For […]
The other magical boarding school
Let’s talk about the other magical boarding school. Not Hogwarts. Not Greenlaw College. Not Wyvery College. Chrestomanci Castle. The world was first introduced to Chrestomanci Castle in 1977, when Charmed Life, […]
Review: The Eon Duology by Allison Goodman
Paperback, 544 pages Published August 31st 2008 Source: Purchased “You are wrong when you say there is no power in being a woman. When I think of my mother and the […]
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