Tag Archives: youth fantasy

Beastkeeper

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Katy K.

I love fairy tale retellings and I’ve enjoyed Cat Hellisen’s When the Sea is Rising Red and  House of Sand and Secrets – so I was very excited to see this new retelling of Beauty and the Beast!  This is one of … Continue reading →

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Bayou Magic

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Katy K.

I’m still working on unpacking from our camping trip and trying to get back into the routine of things. Also, I’m officially registered to go to Kidlitcon in Baltimore this October!!! Do let me know if you’re going, too. Bayou … Continue reading →

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Fly By Night and Fly Trap

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Katy K.

Many of my friends – most especially Brandy at Random Musings of a Bibliophile – have raved about Frances Hardinge’s novel A Face Like Glass. Unfortunately, this one book of hers isn’t available in print in the U.S., and I … Continue reading →

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Lily 1-3

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Katy K.

This series is a follow-up to Webb’s Rose series, the first of which was a Cybils Finalist in the Middle Grade Spec Fic category a coupld years ago. I’m just now reading the last book of that series, Rose and … Continue reading →

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The Little White Horse

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Katy K.

Often there are so many shiny new books coming out that I put off reading older titles.  I put this one on my want-to-read list after Charlotte was talking about Elizabeth Goudge on her blog, and I realized that one … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Re-Read Fantasy Books from Childhood

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Katy K.

Once again, I’m ignoring the long list of reviews waiting to be written in favor of an interesting Top 10 Tuesday.  It’s hosted as always by the good folks at The Broke and the Bookish, and I was sucked into … Continue reading →

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The Storyteller and Her Sisters

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Katy K.

It was 2011 when my good friend Dr. M. and I discovered that we had both come home from the library with different novel-length retellings of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” and started trading titles. I’ve kept reading any of these … Continue reading →

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Momo

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Katy K.

Once upon a time, I traveled to Germany for my junior year abroad. There, in addition to my regular university classes, I took one class from the school for outlander students, a look at German children’s literature. I read a … Continue reading →

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3 More Cybils Spec Fic Nominees – Familiar Authors

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Katy K.

Here are three more from my Cybils reading – only this time, books that were on my TBR list before they were nominated, as they’re from authors I’ve enjoyed in the past. Seven Stories Up by Laurel Snyder. Random House … Continue reading →

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Three Cybils-nominated MG Spec Fic Books

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Katy K.

Friends, I am still trying to catch up with all the books I read for the Cybils back in December. These books deserve their own full-length reviews, but I’m keeping it brief in the interests of getting them out there. … Continue reading →

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