There is something about returning to YA authors you read when you were actually a young adult – I do get a lovely nostalgic feeling when I read their work, even if it’s a series that came about after I left that demographic. Battle Magic tells the story of what is basically the invasion of […]
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Well, it’s time for my annual read the newest (to me) Hunger Games book at the same time as the movie comes out so I’m not spoiled by something random on Pinterest. (Seriously, the Geek feed in Pinterest has the most randomly spoilerific things if you’re not caught up on various fandoms. But I digress.)
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Read for the RIP Reading Challenge. In the future, humanity has been enslaved by a race of Overlords that use people as the raw materials to construct their armies. Children are harvested on their 14th birthday. Occasionally, children do escape, and some find their way to Shade’s hideaway. Shade was once a man, but is
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Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. Were it not for a well timed trip to Northshire Books, I would not have known this book was out. It’s the third book in a trilogy about Samuel Johnson’s multi-dimensional adventures, after the small English town he lives in becomes the fore-front in an invasion from Hell.
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Eff is a twin, and her younger brother is the seventh son of a seventh son, making him a natural born magician with strong powers. Problem is, because of the number of sisters they have, that makes her the thirteenth child, and even some of
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Jena is the second of five sisters. They live with their merchant father in the mountains of Transylvania, and they have a secret. On the night of the full moon, as long as they are together, they can open a portal to the Fairy Realm,
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Well here’s an interesting combination – an Arthurian post apocalyptic tale. And it’s from the 80s, so it predates the current post-apocalyptic YA trend. The story is set in a boarding school in what used to be called Wales. It’s about 500 years past a
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The first day of Leo’s junior year in high school, there’s a new girl at school. Her name is Stargirl (well, really, it’s Susan, but she takes a new name whenever it suits her). She’s been home schooled up until now, and it shows – she’s a total free spirit, and has no idea of
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After my slight disappointment with Shiver, I’ll admit I was a little leery of picking up another Maggie Stiefvater book, but I’ve heard such great things about her (hi, Jenn!), I gave her another go when The Scorpio Races came up as an Amazon Kindle special. I’m definitely glad I did – I liked this
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Lady Truthful Newington is turning eighteen, and her father has decided to mark the occasion with a viewing of the Newington Emerald. The Emerald has been in the family for centuries, and is a powerful magical tool for the women of the family. It’ll be Truthful’s when she’s twenty one. The viewing happens during a
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