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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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Nuts to You

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Katy K.

Look! The new Amelia Bloomer list is out! Animal fantasy is not normally my thing, but this Cybils finalist avoided many of the usual pitfalls and was unexpectedly charming. Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins. Harper Collins Childrens, 2014. … Continue reading →

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Dark Lord: School’s Out

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Katy K.

Dark Lord: School’s Out by Jamie Thomson. Walker Books, 2014. First published in the UK by Orchard Books, 2012. In the first book of this snarky series (which I haven’t read), the Dark Lord was exiled from his domain by … Continue reading →

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Future Flash

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Katy K.

This one was kindly donated to me by the publisher for the Cybils, and will be going to my kids’ school library shortly. Future Flash by Kita Helmetag Murdock. Sky Pony Press, 2014. Once in a while – usually after … Continue reading →

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The Cat at the Wall

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Katy K.

Trying to catch up on books I read for the Cybils. This is one that was nominated in middle grade, but kept in teen at my library. The Cat at the Wall by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books, 2014. Clare, a … Continue reading →

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Pathfinder

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Katy K.

I nominated this one for the Cybils myself without having read it, because I’d enjoyed Angie Sage’s previous books, and I figured that since it was published the day before the nominating deadline, no one would have a chance to … Continue reading →

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