I bought Akata Witch for my wife for our first Christmas together. She was looking for another science fiction author she could love similar to the way she loves Octavia Butler. In my searching, Nnedi Okorafor’s name came up, and we’ve been fans ever since. Akata Warrior is the second book in the series, and … More Akata Warrior | Sticky Note Reviews
My friend Stan, who is a youth services librarian, recommended this book to me ages ago. It was also one of the AudioBookSync books for this past summer. It took me a few months, but I finally got around to it. Here’s what I thought. Have you read Bone Gap? What did you think?
White Cat by Holly Black Hardcover, 320 pages HL700L I should read more of the books that people recommend to me. There’s just so much to read… I’m glad I moved this one up, though. Take a look at the video below for a synopsis, or take a look at Feature Shelf: The Boarding School … More White Cat by Holly Black
Audiobook, 11hrs 13 min HL760L Blue’s convinced herself that she’s never going to fall in love. But this isn’t because she’s been slighted by some other teenager, it’s because she’s grown up with the knowledge that she will kill her true love with a kiss. Richard Gansey III is looking for a long lost king, … More Preview: The Raven Boys
Archives | Podcast RSS | Podcast iTunes This one was requested by one of my students, which I thought was awesome. I haven’t actually read Hex Hall, but between the student and the dust jacket, I think I got a pretty good idea about what she was looking for in her next read. Enjoy. Transcript http://bit.ly/1okKpFk … More Feature Shelf #2: The Hex Hall Edition
When you Google “Necromancing the Stone,” the majority of the hits are related to an episode of a show called Charmed, that was popular on the WB (which is now the CW) when I was in college. But this is not about that episode of Charmed. This is about the sequel to Hold Me Closer, … More Coming Soon: Necromancing the Stone
Throne of Fire is the second book in the Kane Chronicles series, which begins with The Red Pyramid. If you liked the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, you’ll probably like the Kane Chronicles. There’s a book trailer below. Evernote file with more info on The Throne of Fire http://bit.ly/rr-throne
Add this to books like Beastly, Malinda Lo’s Ash and Neal Shusterman’s Dark Fusion series — all favorites from my list of retellings. Cloaked was written in response to fans who wrote Flinn about not recognizing some of the fairy tales (because they haven’t been made into movies). Check out the book talk below. Evernote … More Book Preview: Cloaked
Series A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1) Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle #2) The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle #3) Below the video are some of my thoughts on the first two books in the series. If you read them, what did you think? On A Great & Terrible Beauty I picked up A Great and Terrible Beauty … More Series Preview: The Gemma Doyle Trilogy
The Necromancer by Michael Scott Hardcover, 416 pages 780L I was looking at dates, and while it’s January 1 and I’m writing my thoughts, this was actually the last book I read in 2010. Not a bad note to finish on. I’ve been waiting for the point where the twins’ relationship is tested and ultimately … More Book Preview: The Necromancer
