The Bronze Key by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare: A Review
Students at the Magisterium are supposed to be safe. Under the watchful eyes of the mages, they are taught to use magic to bring order to a chaotic world. But […]
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Reread
Janet Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge. Antigone by Sophocles. Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. It has been a looooong time. Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley. […]
Review: White Cat by Holly Black
Cassel comes from a shady, magical family of con artists and grifters. He doesn’t fit in at home or at school, so he’s used to feeling like an outsider. He’s […]
Yash and Janet’s Fanmix for The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Book Wars’ first ever fanmix! Woo! The songs can be found here, and our rationale for why these songs remind us of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black […]
The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare: A Review
Callum Hunt’s summer break isn’t like other kids’. His closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf, Havoc. His father suspects him of being secretly evil. And, of course, most kids aren’t […]
TTT: Books With WOW Endings
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme by The Broke And The Bookish. This one is a random pick from their list of previous topics. Yash Champion by Marie Lu: Mm. […]
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors You’d Like to Meet
Top Ten Tuesday brought to you by brokeandbookish.com. Join us and share your thoughts in the comments below. Nafiza Authors I’d like to meet and probably make a fool of […]
Valentina and Tana, and musings on friendship
I’m rereading The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black for the second time in about a month. Well, technically I’m rereading it for the first time; it was only a […]
Mircalla, Millarca, Millcara: The Many Lives Of Carmilla
Predating Bram Stoker’ Dracula, Carmilla is the ultimate gothic vampire tale—stylish, menacing, sensual, and spellbinding You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever. When […]
A few quotes from Serendipity 2015
Last Saturday, the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable (VCLR) put on the annual Serendipity event. What is Serendipity? Well, basically the VCLR brings in really awesome* authors and/or illustrators and/or editors […]
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