Read for the Once Upon a Time V Reading Challenge. In honor of the recently departed Diana Wynne Jones, one of my favorite fantasy YA authors, I simply had to include a book of hers in my Once Upon a Time Reading. In fact, I managed two, in this omnibus book from the Chrestomanci series. […]
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. Claidi is about to marry her true love, Argul, but on the morning of her wedding, she’s kidnapped, and brought to a castle in far off land. It’s surrounded by impassable jungle, and the only person that lives there is Prince Venn, who looks a lot like Argul.
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My reading of the Narnia books when I was young was a bit disjointed, because I relied on the library. This was the second of the books that I read, even though it’s fourth in the series (I consider the order of the books to be the published order – reading them chronologically is a
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. Set just after Napoleon’s reign has come to an end, this sequel to Sorcery and Cecelia takes up where the last book left off. Cousins Kate and Cecy are now married, and along with their husbands, Thomas and James, are off to Europe for a combined honeymoon. In
The Grand Tour – Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer Read More »
I’ve been waffling about signing up for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge, because I read enough YA books that I don’t necessarily feel like I’m challenging myself by committing to read some again this year, but I really like the excuse to scroll through the review page every time I post a new one of
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I’ve finished my twelve books for the year for the 2010 YA reading challenge. I read: I have to admit, I didn’t go for much genre mixing this year: there are two historical fiction books, and the rest are all fantasy. But they were all great reads, so I’m not too sad about the lack
2010 YA Reading Challenge – 1/1/10 – 12/31/10 Read More »
Read for the YA 2010 Reading Challenge. Arriman the Awful is the Wizard of the North, and while he thoroughly enjoys advancing the dark arts, he’s getting on in years, and realizes that he needs someone to take over from him. So, he needs a son. Which means he needs a wife. And, of course,
Which Witch? – Eva Ibbotson Read More »
Read for the RIP V Reading Challenge. Kaye has lived a nomadic life for most of her sixteen years – following her mother’s rock band from city to city. An attack on her mother sends them home to her grandmother’s house in New Jersey, and against this surprisingly gritty (for a YA novel) backdrop, Kaye’s
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Read for the 2010 YA and RIP V Reading Challenges. I love Neil Gaiman. He’s probably the only person in the universe that can start a story off with a toddler managing to escape the murder of the rest of his family by wandering into a graveyard, and make it into a more or less
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Read for the 2010 YA Reading Challenge. Tally is an Ugly, just shy of her sixteenth birthday, when she’ll have an operation to make her Pretty. Once you’re Pretty, it’s your job to party all day, with no cares in the world. Tally’s one of the youngest in her class, so most of her friends
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