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Review: What the Faeries Left Behind, by Amber Michelle Cook
After coming home from a monotonous office job to the apartment where she lives alone, thirty-something Abigail Watson is having a tough day in a hard week in a rotten month, and don’t…
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Review: Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley
Castle Waiting is a fairy tale graphic novel that’s not about rescuing the princess, saving the kingdom, or fighting the ultimate war between Good and Evil, but about being a hero in your…
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Review: Heroes of the Valley, by Jonathan Stroud
Halli Sveinsson has grown up in the House of Svein, hearing the legends of the heroes as all his forefathers did. But in this now-peaceful society, Halli has always been a misfit. Stumpy…
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Review: The Woodcutter, by Kate Danley
Deep within the Wood, a young woman lies dead. Not a mark on her body. No trace of her murderer. Only her chipped glass slippers hint at her identity. The Woodcutter, keeper of…
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Film Adaptations of Books
Little is more exciting than to hear that your favourite book is getting a movie adaptation. All the action you imagined you finally get to see; the romance you loved you can finally…
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Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, by Ian Doescher
May the verse be with you! Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The…
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Review: The Oathbreaker’s Shadow, by Amy McCulloch
“My word and my life are yours. This is my absolute vow.” In the land of Darhan promises are bound by magic, tied into knots, and worn with pride. Those who break them…
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Guest Post and Author Interview: Tracy Smith, author of Cedar Hollow
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COOQKYK Goodreads link: : http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17909344-cedar-hollow My website: http://authortsmith.wix.com/romance FB: www.facebook.com/authortsmith Twitter: http://twitter.com/authortsmith Author bio: I grew up in Southern California, but as a teenager moved with my family to a small town in Arkansas. It was there…
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Review: The False Princess, by Eilis O’Neal
Princess Nalia has just turned sixteen. Her royal world is about to be turned upside down. All her life, Nalia has believed that she is the heir to the throne of Thorvaldor until…
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Review: Princess Academy: Palace of Stone, by Shannon Hale
This book is a sequel to Princess Academy, which I reviewed here. As such, this review might contain spoilers. When Miri and a few of the girls from Mount Eskel’s princess academy travel to the…
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Review: LARP: The Battle for Verona, by Justin Calderone
Sometimes even a geek can become a hero. Dennis and his friends have been LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) since high school. Now, in his 20s, Dennis is seriously considering giving up LARPing…
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Review: Smudge’s Mark, by Claudia Osmond
“With a shaky hand, I laid the brass key on the paper, flat side down, and slid it over the top of the sketch. It fit the shape exactly. Then the line circling…
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Review: Lotto’s Super-Awesome Unbelievable Park Adventure, by Jan Ellen Ferrigan
Fantasy meets travelogue in an adventure novel for middle grade readers. Eleven-year-old foster kid Lotto Lewis is gifted, but he wants to be cool and watch more TV. Lotto also wishes that his…
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Book of the Day, Week 3
Every day on Facebook we’ll be posting a short description of novels that aren’t very well-known. Be sure you check them out daily on our Facebook page or get the compiled list every Saturday here.…
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Book of the Day, Week 2
Every day on Facebook we’ll be posting a short description of novels that aren’t very well-known. Be sure you check them out daily on our Facebook page or get the compiled list every Saturday…
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Review: Switch, by Tish Cohen
Good girl Andrea Birch is an honour-roll lifer — a Stanford-bound, mildly neurotic, high-strung twelfth-grader who just wants a bit more privacy. Oh, and perhaps a bit more of a social life. Or…
