With the news of Terry Practchett’s death, I had to read a book of his.     I first read one of his books in either late middle school, or early high school – my mother gifted me with a book club edition of The Wyrd Sisters.     I’d never read anything like it

This is a young adult book, and isn’t explicitly set in Newford, but very well could be.     There are two teenagers as the protagonists:    TJ – whose parents lost all their money, and had to move to the city to get new jobs, meaning they gave up the farm, and the horse

I was so excited to see that there was another Old Kingdom book coming out.     So excited in fact, that when I bought the book, I sat on it for a full month because I was afraid I’d hyped it up too much in my mind, and I’d be disappointed.    Happily, I was not.     I

When the Epics first appeared, there were many that believed that humans with super powers would want to help everyone.  But it turns out that having powers goes to a person’s head, and a massive power struggle ensued, where regular people suffered as various Epics consolidated their power. David was there when Steelheart claimed Chicago,

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