The Reviews:
Above World, by Jenn Reese, at Pro(B)logue
The Cabinet of Earths, by Anne Nesbit, at Beyond Books
Castle in the Air, by Diana Wynne Jones, at Equus Phasmatis
The Cheshire Cheese Cat, by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, at Book Love
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, by Frank Cottrell Boyce, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Chronal Engine, by Greg Leitich Smith, at Jen Robinson's Book Page
The Crowfield Demon, by Pat Walsh, at Charlotte's Library
Dragon Castle, by Joseph Bruchac, at One Librarian's Book Reviews
Earthseed, by Pamela Sargent, guest post by Deva Fagan at The Intergalactic Academy (Deva has just let me know that this is actually more YA....but having put it in, I don't feel like taking it out again.....)
Eye of the Storm, by Kate Messner, at Great Kid Books
Fairy Lies, by E.D. Baker, at Charlotte's Library
The False Prince, by Jennifer A. Nielson, at Singing and Reading in the Rain
Fibble, by Dale E. Basye, at Back to Books
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, at Fyrefly's Book Blog
Heir Apparent, by Vivian Vande Velde, at The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia
Hereville, by Barry Deutsch, at Finding Wonderland
The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde, at My Favorite Books
Liesl and Po, by Lauren Oliver, at The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia
Museum of Thieves, by Lian Tanner, at Susan Dennard
Remarkable, by Lizze K. Foley, at Welcome to my Tweendom
The Ruins of Gorlan, by John Flanagan, at Just Deb
Scary School, by Derek the Ghost, at Geo Librarian
Secondhand Spirits, by Juliet Blackwell, at Fantasy Literature
The Secret World of Arriety, Vols 1 and 2, by Studio Ghibli, at Book Dragon
Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders book 2), by Brandon Mull, at Reading Fairy Tales
The Son of Neptune, by Rick Riordan, at Challenging the Bookworm
The Starshard, by Frederick S. Durbin, at Book Chelle
A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz, at Read in a Single Sitting
The Trap (Magnificent 12 book 2), by Michael Grant, at Book Dreaming
Wildwood, by Colin Meloy, reviewed by Patrick Ness at The Guardian
Witch Hill, by Marcus Sedgwick, at The Book Smugglers
The Wizard of Dark Street, by Shawn Thomas Odyssey, at BooksYALove
Zahrah the Windseeker, by Nnedi Okorafor, at Bibliophilia--Maggie's Bookshelf
A two for one at Ms Yingling Reads--The Dead of Winter, by Frank Priestly, and A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness
Authors and Interviews
Barry Hutchison (The 13th Horseman) at Big Book Little Book
Greg Leitich Smith (Chronal Engines) at Writing With a Broken Tusk
Sarwat Chadda (Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress) at My Favorite Books
Matthew Cody (The Dead Gentleman) at Literary Asylum
Brandon Mull (Seeds of Rebellion) at Cracking the Cover
Jenn Reese (Above World), at The Writer Librarian
Derek the Ghost (Scary School) at The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia (giveaway) and at The O.W.L. (also a giveaway)
Katherine Roberts (Sword of Light) at The Book Cellar
Roy Gillman (The Daemon Parallel) guest post at Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books
Other Good (?) Stuff:
The School Library Journal Battle of the Kids' Books took a sad turn (in my opinion) on March 15 when the one undeniably middle grade fantasy book in the running, The Cheshire Cheese Cat, was squashed by Chime. A Monster Calls (which I think is mg, although some would differ) is now the only hope of mgsff--unless the C.C.C. returns as the winner of the Undead Poll.
Meet the Cat Scientists of the 1960s! (found via io9)
Disappointingly and distressingly, Teens Read Too, where I got all my book release information, seems to have gone dark. So, unless I find another good source, I'll no longer be doing posts listing the new releases of mg and ya sci fi/fantasy.
And finally, I saw this at Tor and had to share it with you--Gandalf and Bilbo a la Calvin and Hobbs, by CoolJohnny
Thanks for linking to my guest post! But I should mention that Earthseed is technically more of a YA book (there's sex and drinking, in addition to some pretty dark moments with quite a bit of violence) so I wanted to just mention that so as not to mislead anyone.
ReplyDeleteI have never read it....and so my eyes only passed lightly over your review! I've added a Warning....
DeleteThank you for linking to my posts! If you want to put up another, I posted a review of Heir Apparent on Friday (link: http://ceceliabedelia.blogspot.com/2012/03/retro-friday-heir-apparent.html). Publisher's Weekly said it was ages 8-12, School Library Journal grades 6-9... so on the edge, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteAnd as always, thanks!
Thanks so much for the link, Charlotte, and for another wonderful set of must-read material. :)
ReplyDeleteHey! Thanks so much for the link to my Ruins of Gorlan review AND for all the other's you've found for us. Enjoy your Sunday...just off to pick a new book to read. Sigh. One of my favorite things to do I must say.
ReplyDeleteI just clicked over and went "Hey! That's my blog!" Thanks for linking to Book Love ;) And I'm so glad you're following the BoB!! I was definitely rooting for The Cheshire Cheese Cat, but had a feeling that Chime would win... But who knows? As you said, Pip and Too could always come back from the dead!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for stopping by, and of course for your posts!
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