The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age category: Middle Grade Release Date: February 23, 2010 Review Although I do have the “retro review” label on this one, it is a much newer book than I expected when I saw the style of illustrations and read the first few pages. So many … Continue reading
The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross Genre: Modern/Portal Fantasy Age category: Adult Release Date: May 16th 2006 Editor’s Note: Due to a pretty drastic change in my schedule (most notably, taking on the role of homeschool teacher), I will not be able to post a review in early April as I usually do, but I … Continue reading
Last month, we featured a review and character interview from Faith Hunter’s newest book Shattered Bonds. It seemed to me if I was going to post a review for the most recent book in a series that I really ought to review the first one as well. This is another novel that just recently had … Continue reading
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson was originally released in 2009, just qualifying for our retro review requirement of being ten years old or more. It grew into a five-book series and has a manga version as well. I read this book originally pretty close to publication and while I jotted down some thoughts at … Continue reading
The Lightning Thief was first published in June of 2005. Since then it’s pretty much become a staple of middle grade fiction and a required part of the conversation if you’re going to chat about literature that incorporates Greek mythology. The first time I read this book to see what all the fuss was about … Continue reading