Tag: speculative

Leslye Walton’s Sophomore Release Doesn’t Disappoint [Review]

12 March 2018 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Leslye Walton’s Sophomore Release Doesn’t Disappoint [Review]

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton The Blackburn women are cursed. Ever since the extraordinary witch Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island centuries ago and was shunned by the eight “original” settlers, Blackburn witches have been doomed to […]

Review + Discussion Questions for Laura Lam’s Pantomime

28 February 2018 / review / 0 Comments
Review + Discussion Questions for Laura Lam’s Pantomime

Pantomime by Laura Lam Series: Micah Grey #1 Format/Source: Paperback/library Published: 2016 Publisher: Pan Macmillan (Angry Robot originally published this book in 2013.) Length: 386 pages Genre: Fantasy/speculative fiction ★★★★   Pantomime, the first book in a trilogy, follows Micah Grey as they learn what it […]

A Delightful Early Chapter Book: Yours Sincerely, Giraffe [Review]

7 January 2018 / review / 5 Comments
A Delightful Early Chapter Book: Yours Sincerely, Giraffe [Review]

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe written by Megumi Iwasa and illustrated by Jun Takabatake Format/Source: Hardcover/library Published: March 2017 (Originally published 2011 in Japan) Publisher: Gecko Press Length: 104 pages Genre: Speculative fiction – early chapter book ★★★★½       I came across […]

Cybils 2017 Finalists

1 January 2018 / events / 0 Comments
Cybils 2017 Finalists

Today the 2017 Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards) finalists are announced! I’m ready to kick into gear in my role as a round two judge in the middle grade speculative fiction category. Mark @ Say What?, Halli […]

5 Books I Read and Loved But Never Got Around to Reviewing

14 December 2017 / brief reviews / 4 Comments
5 Books I Read and Loved But Never Got Around to Reviewing

These books I enjoyed but never reviewed because I either thought they were excellent all around and couldn’t figure out how to do justice to them in a review, or because they were excellent in a very personal way, or […]