The Reviews
The Cabinet of Earths, by Anne Nesbet, at alibrarymama
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, by Charles de Lint, at Reading to Know
The Colossus Rises, by Peter Lerangis, at Bobs Books Blog
The Dead Gentleman, by Matthew Cody, at Books for Boys
Dragonsinger, by Anne McCaffrey, at alibrarymama (audiobook review)
Dust Girl, by Sarah Zettel, at Charlotte's Library (arguablyl more YA, but if I don't put it in I would have anything this week....)
The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen, at Writer of Wrongs
The Frog Who Croaked (Platypus Police Squad) at Fuse #8 (more a sneak preview than a review, but still.)
Gabriel Stone and the Divinity of Valta, by Shannon Duffy, at So I'm Fifty
The House of Many Ways, by Diana Wynne Jones, at Fighting Dreamer
House of Secrets, by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini, at Scott Reads It
In a Glass Grimmly, by Adam Gidwitz, at The Book Monsters
Iron Hearted Violet, by Kelly Barnhill, at The Book Monsters
Jinx, by Sage Blackwood, at Book Nut, Random Musings of a Bibliophile, and Waking Brain Cells
Keeper of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger, at Writer's Alley
The Legend Thief, by E.J. Patten, at My Precious
Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb, by Ally Malinenko, at Middle Grade Ninja
The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan, at Good Books and Good Wine (audiobook review)
The Princess Curse, by Merrie Haskell, at alibrarymama
Rat Runners, by Oisin McGann, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
The Runaway King, by Jennifer Nielsen, at Jen Robinson's Book Page and The Book Monsters
Return to the Willows, by Jacqueline Kelly, at Reads for Keeps
The Savage Fortress, by Sarwat Chadda, at Guys Lit Wire
The School for Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani, at Bound by Words
The Secret War, by Matt Myklusch, at BooksYALove
and Bookworm Blather
The Shadows (Books of Elsewhere 1), by Jacqueline West, at Akossiwa Ketoglo
The Silver Door, by Emily Rodda, at The Write Path
A Tangle of Knots, by Lisa Graff, at Nerdy Book Club
"They Might Be Dangerous," a short story by Kate Messner, at Maria's Melange
The Treekeepers, by Susan McGee Britton, at The Write Stuff
The Water Castle, by Megan Frazer, at Kid Lit Geek
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, by Kate Saunders, at Bookin' with Bingo
Authors and Interviews
Stephanie Burgis (Stolen Magic) writes about being caught in the middle of the conflict between Simon and Schuster and Barnes and Noble. (Dueling Magics, a short story set in the world of Kat, Incorrigible, is available for free at Smashworlds)
Luciano Storti (the music maestro from the trailer for The School of Good and Evil) at the website for the book
More Good Stuff
If you enjoy drooling over middle grade speculative fiction, here are two posts rounding up all the new and recent covers at the Enchanted Inkpot: one and two
Lovely illustrations of the creatures and plants from the world of Tankborn, and its new sequel, Awakening, by Karen Sandler
A round-up of mg and ya books drawing on Greek mythology at books4yourkids
At Kirkus--"More Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Kids Should Be Reading In School." I can't remember ever reading any sci fi or fantasy in school....
Not directly mg sff relevant, but I'm giving away a copy of Writing Children's Books For Dummies (very helpful) and it ends tomorrow.
Thanks for all the awesome links. Hope you have a great day!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! Same to you!
DeleteI wrote a post this week about Kate Messner's science fiction short story "They Might Be Dangerous" and some related materials (the story is about aliens)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mariaselke.com/2013/03/sci-friday-short-and-sweet-they-might.html
I guess I'm lucky: I read most of those SFF books on Kirkus' list in school. I wish that Kirkus could've expanded on their list to include not just the most commonly assigned SFF books as well, though. Would've loved to read about what other teachers have been assigning their kids to read in terms of SFF!
ReplyDeletehuh, I've actually read a lot of those books on Kirkus's list, and in school no less! And to think, I was originally going to post that the only SFF book I read in school was The White Mountains by John Christopher. Guess that one just left a particularly strong impression.
ReplyDeleteI love that you do this! :) Will have to check out many links this week. :)
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