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Tag Archives: alternate history
Recent Teen Reading: My Lady Jane, Summer of Salt, On the Come Up
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows. Read by Katherine Kellgren. HarperCollins, 2016. Many people whose taste I trust said they enjoyed this book, plus it’s narrated by one of the best narrators ever, Katherine Kellgren, … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Print, Realistic, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged #OwnVoices, African-American, alternate history, LGBTQ, teen audiobooks, teen fantasy, teen fiction
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Reading Pair: the Calculating Stars and Hidden Figures
Here’s a nice pair of books, one fiction and one nonfiction, about the early history of the NACA and the beginnings of NASA. I found out about the first from a post on John Scalzi’s blog, and was delighted when … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Audiobook, Books, nonfiction, Print, Sci-Fi
Tagged African-American, alternate history, Jews, nonfiction, science fiction
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Everfair by Nisi Shawl
It’s summer reading time at the library. I love crowds of kids excited about reading, but it does make it challenging to get anything else done. But waiting patiently in my own review queue, I have a trio of African-based … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Historical
Tagged #OwnVoices, African, alternate history, audiobooks, historical fantasy, LGBTQ
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Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis.
Quick break for another pre-Cybils review, a charming Regency fantasy-romance, with strong underpinnings. Snowspelled. The Harwood Spellbook 1 by Stephanie Burgis. Five Fathoms Press, 2017. Cassandra Harwood used to be Angland’s only female magicians, and one of its best altogether. … Continue reading
The Shadow Society
I very much enjoyed Rutkoski’s Cabinet of Wonders, which is why I checked this out for teen Cybils reading, though it took me a bit to get to it. The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2012. … Continue reading
Save the Dragons
Congratulations to Kim, the winner of my tenth anniversary giveaway, and thanks to everyone who entered! I loved Seven Against Mars last year, so of course when Mr. Berman-Gorvine offered to send me a copy of his latest book, I … Continue reading
The False Prince
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen High-spirited orphan Sage, always a troublemaker at his orphanage, is sold to the noble Lord Conner, who is buying up orphans the right age who resemble Prince Jaron. Prince Jaron was lost four … Continue reading
Leviathan
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Australian YA author Westerfeld of Uglies fame takes a turn toward a steampunk alternate history with this first in a trilogy. The year is 1914. Prince Alek, son of the Archduke Ferdinand, is woken in the … Continue reading
The Explosionist
I don’t read a whole lot of litblogs, but one of the few that I do is http://www.chasingray.com/ . Colleen wrote such a glowing review of this book that I asked our teen librarian to buy a copy when I … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate history, historical fiction, teen, teen fantasy
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