Month: April 2020

Wyrd & Wonder 2020

Posted 29 April 2020 in events /10 Comments

What You Need to Know

  • Who? Hosted by Imyril @ One More, Lisa @ Dear Geek Place, and Jorie @ Jorie Loves a Story
  • What? A month long celebration of fantasy in all its variations (high, low, supernatural, superhero, etc.) and forms (books, movies, games, podcasts, etc.), including:
    • A month long readalong of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
    • Plenty of prompts for celebrating fantasy on your blog
    • A master schedule for you to add all your Wyrd & Wonder posts
    • Sign up before 1 May and post before 7 May to enter a giveaway
  • Where? Follow Wyrd & Wonder on Twitter and find out everything you need to know to participate in this introductory post from Imyril
  • When? 1 to 31 May

My Wyrd & Wonder Plans

Posts

I casually participated in Wyrd & Wonder back in 2018 (I posted a lot of fatnasy reviews that May). Since I’m still off work and expect to be for all of May, I’m ramping up my participation. These are the posts I have planned so far:

TBR

Because my access to books is currently limited to my library’s ebook collection and because I am even more of a mood reader than usual these days and because I already have May TBR for Ramadan Readathon, I’ve chosen just two books for my Wyrd & Wonder TBR. (I’m not sure yet if I will participate in the readalong. There’s about a four week wait for my library’s copy.)

Bridget Collins’ The Binding has been on my TBR since before it was released. A post by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Book Nook recently convinced me to place a hold (ETA three weeks). The second title I’ve selected was not my first or even fourth choice, but it’s the earliest available through my library. Robin McKinley’s The Outlaws of Sherwood has a two week wait time.

Will you be celebrating fantasy with Wyrd & Wonder? What are your favourite fantasy reads?

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Riordan Presents: Tristan Strong and Sal & Gabi [MG Review]

26 April 2020 / brief reviews / 3 Comments
Riordan Presents: Tristan Strong and Sal & Gabi [MG Review]

Preamble I read these two books as part of my role as a 2019 Cybils judge for middle grade speculative fiction. In these ‘brief thoughts’ reviews, I aim to highlight these books’ strengths while acknowledging my personal preferences. I toyed […]

#RamadanReadathon

23 April 2020 / events / 6 Comments
#RamadanReadathon

Organized by Nadia @ Headscarves and Hardbacks. This readathon takes place from April 23 to May 23 to coincide with Ramadan 2020 (which begins after sundown today). To learn about Ramadan (especially in this year’s pandemic context) check out this […]

The Northwest Passage, Then and Now [NF Review]

21 April 2020 / review / 4 Comments
The Northwest Passage, Then and Now [NF Review]

Preamble You know those posts that languish in your drafts for a couple years before you finally decide they’re timeless so you plunk them into your upcoming schedule and hope you can recall enough to write a decent post? Yeah, […]

Lalani of the Distant Sea: A Filipino Fairy Tale [Family Reads]

18 April 2020 / family reads / 4 Comments
Lalani of the Distant Sea: A Filipino Fairy Tale [Family Reads]

Why we chose Erin Entrada Kelly’s Lalani of the Distant Sea We originally considered reading Jeff Vandermeer’s Dead Astronauts. In the time of COVID-19, though, we were not up to the task. Ash suggested Lalani of the Distant Sea after […]