Read for the YA Challenge 2008. I love Tamora Pierce. I discovered her when I was actually a member of the YA demographic, and have continued to enjoy her work ever since then. Her latest series goes back in time in Tortall, the setting for her original series (about the knight Alanna) to tell the […]
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Read for the YA 2008 and Mythopoeic Reading Challenges. Inkheart is an absolutely charming story, definitely one of the better YA books I’ve recently read. Being an avid reader, I have on occasion wished that the story that I was reading could come alive, but this story is great cautionary tale of why that might
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Read for the Mythopeoic Awards and TBR 2008 Reading Challenges. Having recently read Anansi Boys, and having been forewarned that while the two books are set in the same world (and at least one overlapping character), I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with American Gods. I did know that Gaiman’s never done me wrong
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I’ve been both looking forward to and dreading this book. The dread stems from the fact that Marion Zimmer Bradley has actually been dead for some time now, and I’m not overly fond of the author that her literary trust assigned to continue with the Darkover books. I got into Darkover shortly after Bradley died,
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This is a lovely little book with a charming coming of age story set in the world of Norse Mythology. Odd is a crippled boy who falls into the company of the gods Odin, Thor and Loki, and is able to help them regain Asgard from a frost giant who had overpowered and thrown the
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Read for the Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenge I decided I needed to read this book after catching the movie version again recently on Cartoon Network. I think I may have read it before long ago, but I’m not sure if that sense of familiarity is from a prior reading, or having seen
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Read for the Mythopoeic Award and Once Upon a Time II reading challenges. The Sorceress and the Cygnet is a beautifully written, very dense book. The story is told from two points of view: Corleu, a Wayfolk man forced into finding legends made flesh to rescue those he loves, and Meguet, the guardian of the
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Finally, the cracktastic Belgariad/Mallorean rehash has come to an end! (For those of you really paying attention, I do in fact own the Rivan Codex, but I will not be dragging that out, as I don’t consider world building to be required reading. Mind you, I like the world building, I just have to be
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Skellig is a lovely little story about a boy named Michael, who’s going through a pretty rough time in his life. His family has recently moved, and his newborn baby sister is very sick, and they’re not entirely sure she’ll live. His parents haven’t even given her a name yet. Because of the calamity, he
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I feel vaguely heretical saying this, but I think I’m glad that there’s a new Robin McKinley book coming out in the fall. I need some affirmation that she is in fact that writing god I have always held her up to be. Dragonhaven isn’t a bad book. It’s a nice little story about family,
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