Tag Archives: teen fantasy

Armchair Cybils Round-Up: Middle Grade and YA Speculative Fiction

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Katy K.

It’s the first Day of Reckoning for the Armchair Cybils. I am way behind in my reviewing. So for my first post of the day, I have reviews of four books that were nominated in the Middle Grade Speculative Fiction … Continue reading →

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The Dream Thieves

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Katy K.

[Updated to add] Authors and illustrators are getting together to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Phillipines. Authors for the Philippines (an online auction from Nov. 13 – 20) Art for Haiyan This was one of my most anxiously-awaited … Continue reading →

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When the Sea Is Rising Red

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Katy K.

This book came recommended by my friend Annette over at The Stars Are Not Made of Fire, who knows the author through her writing group. She told me the book went unexpected places, and I have to agree. When the … Continue reading →

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A Corner of White

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Katy K.

This book sounded so intriguing when I read about it on the Book Smugglers months ago that I went around and entered multiple giveaways… I might be embarrassed about that now. I didn’t win, but luckily my library got a … Continue reading →

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Starting to Read

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Katy K.

Well, probably no one except other librarians would find it exciting that I’ve spent the last couple of days figuring out how to make Excel sit up and beg and tell me how well my language learning materials are doing … Continue reading →

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City of Glass

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Katy K.

Continuing on with the best-selling teen urban fantasy series… City of Glass. Mortal Instruments Book 3. by Cassandra Clare. As our story opens, Clary is packing for her first trip to Alicante, capital of the historic home of the Shadowhunters … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Katy K.

During my daughter’s first post-transplant bout of tummy flu, I learned that it’s best for parents of transplant kids to just keep a hospital overnight bag packed in the closet. (I know the audience for this useful tip is very … Continue reading →

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The Pirate’s Wish

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Katy K.

The Pirate’s Wish. Assassin’s Curse Book 2. by Cassandra Rose Clarke. In the first book in this duology, our heroine and would-be pirate queen Ananna accidentally both enraged another pirate clan and magically bound the man they hired to assassinate … Continue reading →

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The Rithmatist

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Katy K.

The Rithmatist. Rithmatist Book 1. by Brandon Sanderson. Illustrations by Ben McSweeney. This book is described by the author as a “gearpunk fantasy” – meaning similar in spirit to steampunk, but a world where everything is operated by a combination … Continue reading →

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Dark Triumph

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Katy K.

Dark Triumph. His Fair Assassin Book 2. by Robin LaFevers. In the first book of this series, we met Ismae, a novice at the convent of St. Mortain, the patron saint of death, whose nuns are naturally assassins. In that … Continue reading →

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