The Reviews
The Anybodies, by N.E. Bode (aka Julianna Baggott) at Australian Fantasy Adventures
The Colossus Rises, by Peter Lerangis, at The Pretty Good Gatsby
and The Readers Heartstring
Dark Lord: The Early Years, by Jamie Thomson, at Charlotte's Library
Freakling, by Lana Krumwiede, at Charlotte's Library
Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities, by Mike Jung, gets its final posts from group readers Maria's Melange, The Brian Lair, and The Library Fanatic
Girl Meets Ghost, by Lauren Barnholdt, at Charming Chelsey's
The Girl Who Slipped Through Time, by Paula Hendrich, at Charlotte's Library
Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow, by Nathan Bransford, at Kiss the Book
The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde, at books4yourkids
Margaret and the Moth Tree, by Brit Trogen and Kari Trogen, at That's Another Story
Obsidian Mirror, by Catherine Fisher, at Working for the Mandroid
Physik, by Angie Sage, at Leaf's Reviews
Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff, at Bookworm1858 by Robert Paul Weston
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale, at books4yourkids
The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan, at Nerdy Book Club
Return to Titanic, by Steve Brezenoff, at Time Travel Times Two
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom, by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, at Geo Librarian
Ms. Yingling has two--Dead City, by James Ponti, and Son of Slappy (Goosebumps-Most Wanted) by R.L. Stine
Authors and Interviews
Paul R. Hewlett (Lionel's Grand Adventure) at A Thousand Wrongs (with giveaway)
Kell Andrews (Deadwood) at Project Mayhem
Marissa Burt (Storybound) at Middle Grade Ninja (I missed this one last week)
Other Good Stuff:
A list of fantasy for music lovers, at alibrarymama
A giveaway of interest--The Blackhope Enigma and its sequel, The Crimson Shard, at There's a Book
A YA book that I am very intrigued by is Midwinterblood, by Marcus Sedgwick--not because it actually sounds like a perfect fit for me, but because it was partly inspired by Carl Larsson’s painting Midvinterblot:
I have a tremendous fondness for the paintings of Carl Larsson, which mostly aren't about midwinter sacrifices, and are instead mostly paintings of children and people making and doing ordinary things. There is one picture of a girl that I find particularly haunting, so if anyone else feels like writing a fantasy inspired by one of his paintings, could you please write me Suzanne's story?
Thanks for sharing the links. They're awesome as usual.
ReplyDeleteI...had no idea Larsson had done a painting of midwinter sacrifices. Now, whenever I look at my four seasons posters I am going to think of that!
ReplyDeleteWait, are you talking to me viz. Carl Larsson? Also love the Illustration of a Ghost or an Angel.
ReplyDeleteI have the website I linked to in my favorites at work--I actually found it when I was looking for images of root cellars, and I find his pictures (when they aren't of sacrifices) incredibly soothing (so looking at them occassionally helps me work better). Except that I do wonder why Suzanne is being menaced by those demons...and I actually find the Ghost or Angel a bit distrubing. I mostly like the cute kids, and the flowers, and the furniture!
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