Welcome to another week of links from my blog reading of interest to fans of middle grade sci fi and fantasy! Please let me know if I overlooked your post; I have been known to forget to include my own....
The Reviews
Cloneward Bound, by M. E. Castle, at Akossiwa Ketoglo (with giveaway)
The Colossus Rises, by Peter Lerangis, ongoing joint review at Maria's Melange and The Brian Lair
The Cup and the Crown, by Diane Stanley, at The Book Smugglers
A Dash of Magic, by Kathryn Littlewood, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Dragon's Tooth, by N.D. Wilson, at Word Lily
The Drowned Vault, by N.D. Wilson, at Semicolon
Fyre, by Angie Sage, at Lunar Rainbows
Goblin Secrets, by William Alexander, at One Librarian's Book Reviews
The Grimm Legacy, by Polly Shulman, at Becky's Book Reviews
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker, by Adam-Troy Castro, at Stratton Magazine
Hollywood, Dead Ahead, by Kate Klise, at Geo Librarian
Jinx, by Sage Blackwood, at For Those About to Mock and By Singing Light
The Menagerie, by Tui T. Sutherland and Kari Sutherland, at Karissa's Reading Review and Good Books and Good Wine
My Epic Fairy Tale Fail, by Anna Staniszewski, at Sharon the Librarian
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, at alibrarymama
Professor Gargoyle, by at Middle Grade Ninja
The School For Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani, at Reading Rumpus
The Secret Prophecy, by Herbie Brennan, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Story's End, by Marissa Burt, at Bibliophilic Monologues
Tanglewreck, by Jeanette Winterson, at Time Travel Times Two
Time Tangle, by Frances Eager, at Charlotte's Library
Teacher's Pest (Tales from Lovecraft Middle School), by Charles Gilman, at Bookish Way of Life
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner, at Random Musings of a Bibliophile
The Trap Door (Infinity Ring Book 3), by Lisa McMann, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, by Kate Saunders, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Authors and Illustrators and Interiviews
The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle artwork reveal and giveaway, at Bunbury in the Stacks and There's a Book
Marissa Moss (Home Sweet Rome) at The Book Cellar
Charles Gilman (Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series) at Middle Grade Ninja
Liesl Shurtliff (Rump) at Daydreaming Bookworm
Other Good Stuff
An op-ed about violence in fantasy books at Adam Callaway's Senswunda. Which inspired me to go take a look at the Cybil's shortlists for mg sff...and indeed, most of them center around violence in various forms (although of course they are about many other things as well). The most peaceful sub-genre of mg sff I can think of is time travel--there you have a conflict set up that doesn't require violence. Which might, now I think of it, be one reason why I like time travel books so much!
It's time for the annual spring book fair for Balou High School! I enjoy perusing the wish list lots--I can't by every book I'd like to, so I spend quite a bit of time choosing. Can I find an author I know personally and support them? Is there a book so good I think every library should have it? Do I put my money where my mouth is, and buy a book showing, front and center, a main character who isn't white? Such fun. (My final choice this year--Awakening, by Karen Sandler, supporting the publishing of diverse YA sci fi/fantasy)
And finally, I just learned (here) about the sport of Extreme Ironing. Not one I'm going to take up, for many reasons....
Funny picture. Thanks for the links. I'm giving away The Colossus Rises at Literary Rambles. Sorry I forgot to send you the link.
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What's next? Extreme towel folding?
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