I think this might be the most reviews I have ever rounded-up! I was particularly diligent/obsessed in my hunting this week, because it seemed like I might be able to make a dream come true--a review for every letter of the alphabet. Sadly, no Y review ever materialized, and I wasn't able to get a hold of a Y book in time, so I am saving my precious X review for another week....
Please let me know if I missed your post!
The Reviews:
The Apprentices, by Maile Meloy, at Charlotte's Library and A Reader of Fictions
The Borrowers, by Mary Norton, at Tor
Chase Tinker and the House of Secrets, by Malia Ann Haberman, at Im's Book Shelf
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time, by Frank Cottrell Boyce, at Charlotte's Library
City of Lies, by Lian Tanner, at The BiblioSanctum (audiobook review)
The Clockwork Three, by Matthew Kirby, at Sylvia Liu Land
Counterclockwise, by Jason Cockcroft, at Time Travel Times Two
Doll Bones, by Holly Black, and Lace and Fog Autheress and Reading Rumpus Book Reviews
The Emerald Atlas, by John Stephens, at New, Borrowed, Used
Flora and Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo, at Fuse #8
The Girl Behind the Glass, by Jane Kelley, at Kiss the Book
The Glitter Trap, by Barbara Brauner, at Small Review
Handbook For Dragon Slayers, by Merrie Haskell, at Bibliophilic Monologues
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy, at Cari's Book Blog (audiobook)
The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle, by Christopher Healy, at Lori Calabrese Writes!
The Hidden Gallery, by Maryrose Wood, at Sonderbooks
Hit the Road, Helen (Myth-o-mania#9), by Kate McMullen, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones, at Karissa's Reading Review (audiobook)
The Ifs, by J.D. Pooker, at Sapphyria's Book Review (there's a large excerpt, and then the review)
In a Glass Grimmly, by Adam Gidwitz, at Becky's Book Reviews
The Infinity Ring series, books 1 and 2, at Great Books for Kids and Teens
Island of the Aunts, by Eva Ibbotson, at Here There Be Books
Jinx, by Sage Blackwood, at alibrarymama and Kid Lit Geek
Keeper of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger, at Fiction Freak
The Key and the Flame, by Claire Caterer, at Book Nut
Larklight, by Phillip Reeve, at alibrarymama (audiobook)
Loki's Wolves, by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr, at On the Nightstand
The Lost Heir, by Tui T. Sutherland, at Challenging the Bookworm
Lupus Rex, by John Carter Cash, at Tor
Mirage, by Jenn Reese, at The Book Smugglers
My Very Unfairy Tale Life, by Anna Staniszewski, at Michelle I. Mason (giveaway)
New Lands, by Geoff Rodkey, at Easy as Pie
North of Nowhere, by Liz Kessler, at Akossiwa Ketoglo
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, at Staircase Wit
Pi in the Sky, by Wendy Mass, at Pub Writes
The Planet Thieves, by Dan Krokos, at Watchamacalit Reviews
The Quirks: Welcome to Normal, by Erin Soderberg, at Secrets and Sharing Soda
The Raven Mysteries series, by Marcus Sedgewick, at Wondrous Reads
Remarkable, by Lizzie K. Foley, at Temre Beltz
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic, by Jennifer Trafton, at The Book Smugglers
Saranormal, books 6 and 7 (Giving Up the Ghost and The Secrets Within), by Phoebe Rivers, at Charlotte's Library
Shadow Breakers, by Daniel Blythe, at Books Beside My Bed
Shadow Chaser, by Jerel Law, at The Write Path
The Suburb Beyond the Stars, by M.T. Anderson, at An Obsolete Child
Summerkin, by Sarah Prineas, at Charlotte's Library
The Trouble with Toads, by Danyelle Leafty, at Sher A Hart
Tunnels, by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, at Log Cabin Library
Unlocking the Spell, by ED Baker, at Sharon the Librarian
The Unseen Guest, by Maryrose Wood, at Sonderbooks
Verdigris Deep, by Frances Hardinge, at things mean a lot
The Wells Bequest, by Polly Shulman, at Ms. Yingling Reads and A Reader of Fictions
What We Found in the Sofa and How it Saved the World, by Henry Clark, at For Those About to Mock
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, by Kate Saunders, at books4yourkids
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L'Engle, at Book Nut (audiobook)
Zombie Mommy, M.T. Anderson, at Sticky Books
Four reviewlets at Random Musings of a Bibliophile--In a Glass Grimmly, Rump, Tilly's Moonlight Garden, and The Vengekeep Prophecies.
Authors and Interviews
Marissa Burt (Story's End) at Literary Rambles (giveaway)
Melanie Crowder (Parched) at Smack Dab in the Middle
Philip Reeve (writing about gender and romance in fantasy) at Cynsations
Mary G. Thompson (Escape From the Pipe Men) at The Enchanted Inkpot
Dan Krokos (The Planet Thieves) at My Shelf Confessions
Mikey Brooks (The Dream Keeper) at Shirley Bahlmann Biz
Kelly Light (on illustrating The Quirks) at inkygirl
Barry Wolverton (Neversink) at The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
Andrea Offermanm (illustrator of many middle grade covers, as well as picture books) at Writing and Illustrating
Other Good Stuff
A nice list of mermaid books for girls, at Readatouille
Scholastic is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the year Harry Potter arrived in the US, and the forthcoming paperbacks with Kazu Kibuishi covers. Plan a Harry Potter Celebration for you library, and be entered to win a party prize pack. Here's more information.
And just because I think its a Good Thing, here's something cool from io9--how ordinary people can become citizen scientists.
And finally, if you want to come play with me at this year's US Discworld convention, the conference hotel rate has been extended until June 19th....
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Oh, I bet that con will be loads of fun.
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