My own reading has been taking a back seat to desperate work on home renovation, back to school busyness, and visiting family....but others of you all have still been reading, and here's what you wrote! Please let me know if I missed your post.
The Reviews
The Book of Bad Things, by Dan Poblocki, at Storytime Hooligans
Cabinet of Curiosities, by Stefan Bachman, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, and Emma Trevayne, at Fantasy Book Critic
The Castle Behind Thorns, by Merrie Haskell, at Tales of the Marvellous
Courting Magic, by Stephanie Burgis, at alibrarymama
Doll Bones, by Holly Black, at Not Acting My Age
Dreamwood, by Heather Mackey, at Geo Librarian
Evil Fairies Love Hair, by Mary G. Thompson, at The Hiding Spot (giveaway)
The Fog of Forgetting, by G.A. Morgan, at Between the Pages
The Fourteenth Goldfish, by Jennifer Holm, at My Precious, The Fourth Musketeer, and Ms. Yingling Reads
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente, at The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
Greenglass House, by Kate Milford, at BooksForKidsBlog
Invitation to the Game, by Monica Hughes, at Dead Houseplants
The Iron Trial, by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, at The Story Goes... and Log Cabin Library
Loot, by Jude Watson, at Nerdy Book Club
Magic in the Mix, by Annie Barrows, at Semicolon
The Mark of the Dragonfly, by Jaleigh Johnson, at For Those About to Mock
Mouseheart, by Lisa Fiedler, at Fantasy Book Critic
The Pirate's Coin, by Marianne Malone, at Time Travel Times Two
The School For Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani, at One Librarian's Book Reviews and Log Cabin Library
The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud, at Reader Noir
A Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd, at Bibliobrit and The Children's Book Review
The Snow Spider, by Jenny Nimmo, at alibrarymama
Starfire (The Guardian Herd 1), by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, at This Kid Reviews Book
The Stones of Green Knowe, by L.M. Boston, at Tor
The Time Fetch, by Amy Herrick, at The Book Monsters
The Whispering Skull, by Jonathan Stroud, at Hidden In Pages
The Witch's Boy, by Kelly Barnhill, at Good Books and Good Wine
A three-fer (?) at Views from the Tesseract--Rose and the Lost Princess, by Holly Webb, The Forbidden Flats, by Peggy Eddleman, and Rain Dragon Rescue, by Suzanne Selfors.
Authors and Interviews
Havelock MacCreely (My Zombie Hamster) asks "Why Do I Write Middle Grade?" at The Children's Book Review
Pat Walsh (The Hob and the Deerman, a book all about Brother Walter the Hob! which will make those who liked The Crowfield Curse and The Crowfield Demon squee joyfully) at Wondrous Reads
Lou Anders (Frostborn) at The Enchanted Inkpot
Laurisa White Reyes (The Rock of Ivanore) at Write About Now
Other Good Stuff
Rick Riordan is being quizzed on Greek mythology in a live webcasted event Sept. 23, more info. here at SLJ.
"Mary Poppins is a Wizard who Literally Sings her Spell" at Tor; of course, that's the movie Mary Poppins; the book character is much more mysterious....
Also at Tor, a look back at the impact of the Animorphs
A lost chapter of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has come to light; read more at The Gaurdian
The Kidlitcon Program is out in the world--please come to Sacramento this October to be part of the conversation!
And finally, the deadline to apply to be a Cybils Panelist is this Friday, Sept. 5.
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I enjoyed that Tor story about the Animorphs when I saw it in their newsletter.
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