Tag Archives: teen fantasy

Boys of Blur

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Katy K.

Here is an intoxicating blend of Beowulf with the Everglades and football, three things that sounded incongruous but came together beautifully. Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson. Random House, 2014. Charlie has just moved to swampy Taper, Florida (pop. 6000) … Continue reading →

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The Glass Sentence

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Katy K.

The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove. Viking, 2014 In 1799, the world came apart and then back together quite differently. Since the Great Disruption, times as well as countries are different. Mapmakers who can figure out where things are and … Continue reading →

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Sinner

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Katy K.

Today is release day for Blue Lily, Lily Blue. I haven’t read it yet. I know, I could have gotten my hands on a review copy, but I am in love with the audio editions of these books, so I … Continue reading →

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The Eighth Day

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Katy K.

Here’s a contemporary fantasy with an Arthurian twist. I was happy to win an ARC from fellow book blogger Akossiwa Ketoglo. The Eighth Day by Dianne K. Salerni. Harper Collins Children’s, 2014. Recent orphan Jax Aubrey, 13, through some legal … Continue reading →

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Three from Kate Milford

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Katy K.

I’d been meaning to read Kate Milford for a while, but having a big package of her books show up from the Book Smugglers was a big incentive to actually do so! Boneshaker by Kate Milford. Clarion Books, 2010. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Rest of the Series is Awesome

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Katy K.

My audiobook listening seems to have been a lot of teen books of late. Here are a couple of them. Boston Jacky. Bloody Jack Book 11 by L.A. Meyer. Narrated by Katherine Kellgren. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013. Jacky … Continue reading →

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The City in the Lake

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Katy K.

Brandy at Random Musings of a Bibliophile had a giveaway for this book awhile back, which reminded me that I really like Rachel Neumeier and hadn’t read this book. I elected to make sure the library copy kept going out, … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Katy K.

I have queues of books to review and instead have been writing pirate poems for the Talk Like a Pirate Day program I’m running at the library this weekend… but Maggie Stiefvater today is doing a thing where if I … Continue reading →

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Huntress

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Katy K.

I really loved Malinda Lo’s Cinderella retelling Ash, which is why I’d originally put this book, set in the same world, on my 48HBC pile. It took me a couple of months to get to it, but here it is! … Continue reading →

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Courting Magic

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Katy K.

Most often, if I want a book that the library doesn’t have, I’ll either interloan it from another library or ask one of my colleagues to get it for me. Here was a book that I had to buy for … Continue reading →

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