The Reviews
The Boundless, by Kenneth Oppel, at Fantasy Book Critic
Chase Tinker and the House of Destiny, by Malia Ann Haberman, at Words Escape Me
The Cottage in the Woods, by Katherine Coville, at Educating Alice
Dreamwood, by Heather Mackley, at Bibliobrit
Evil Fairies Love Hair, by Mary G. Thompson, The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
The Fourteenth Goldfish, by Jennifer L. Holm, at Educating Alice, Waking Brain Cells, and Hope Is the Word
Frostborn, by Lou Anders, at The Book Monsters
Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle, by George Hagen, at Wandering Librarians
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two, by Catherynne M. Valente, at Leaf's Reviews
The Glass Sentence, by S.E. Grove, at The Hiding Spot
Greenglass House, by Kate Milford, at Random Musings of a Bibliophile
Hades Speaks, byVicky Alvear Schecter, at Mom Read It
The League of Seven, by Alan Gratz, at Ms. Yingling Reads, thebookshelfgargoyle, Librarian of Snark, and Tor
The Mark of the Dragonfly, by Jaleigh Johnson, at Geo Librarian
The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier, at Welcome to my (New) Tweendom
The Ninja Librarians: The Accidental Keyhands, by Jen Swann Downey, at Tales of the Marvelous
Odessa Again, by Dana Reinhardt, at Not Acting My Age
Oliver and the Seawigs, by Philip Reeve, at Becky's Book Reviews
The River Singers, by Tom Moorhouse, at Wondrous Reads
Rose and the Lost Princess, by Holly Webb, at alibrarymama
Rose and the Magician's Mask, by Holly Webb, at Random Musings of a Bibliophile
A Stranger at Green Knowe, by L.M. Boston, at Tor
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, by Kathi Appelt, at Semicolon
Authors and Interviews
Jennifer Donnelly (Deep Blue) at A Backwards Story
Mary G. Thompson (Evil Fairies Love Hair) at Small Review and Word Spelunking
Marcus Sedgwick (The Raven Mysteries) at Wondrous Reads
Other Good Stuff
The Application Period for Cybils Judging closes Sept. 5 and because Cybils judging is really really fun you should seriously think of applying. (Some categories get more applicants than others--"picture books" gets many more applications than it can handle, whereas "graphic novels" has not yet gotten much love this year. MG SF is kind of in the middle).
Via Waking Brain Cells--casting news for A Monster Calls (Sigourney Weaver!)
From Teen Librarian Toolbox-- the good things the Ferguson Library is doing (yay libraries!)
Malorie Blackman (UK children's laureate) talks diversity in children's books at The Gaurdian
The lastest Kidlitcon shoutout from Tanita at Finding Wonderland
Brave Kitties of WW I! at io9. Trench warfare is hell, but better when you have a kitty friend.
The Ferguson Public Library's programs this past week are such a great example of community and how people come together and help each other in times of crisis. The library director, Scott Bonner, mentioned on Twitter that the library is short of YA books.
ReplyDeleteSo I urge my fellow authors to grab an author's copy and pop it in the mail! I did so with Jinx's Magic (they already had Jinx) but of course that isn't YA. I'd guess they'd particularly like to get some YA with protagonists of color, though he didn't say that. They can't use ARCs, since those aren't allowed on library shelves.
Ferguson Municipal Public Library
35 North Florissant Road
Ferguson, Missouri 63135
Thanks Sage!
DeleteYou might also want to mention my review of the forthcoming Cottage in the Woods as it is a highly original reworking of Goldilocks and the Three Bears: https://medinger.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/coming-soon-katherine-covilles-the-cottage-in-the-woods/
ReplyDeleteI'll admit that nonfiction isn't my forte. Maybe something by Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
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