Marissa Meyer’s “Heartless” is one of several YA novels that have come out in recent years exploring the backstory of the Queen of Hearts from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and how she came to be the way she is when Alice encounters her. In this Read More …
“Dream a Little Dream” is a translated title, originally written in German and then translated to English for its UK and US releases. I’ve always enjoyed reading translated titles. “100 Years of Solitude”. “The Last Dragon”. Something about seeing the way these books use language, Read More …
“Contact” by Joanna Homer was recommended to me by a friend, and I have to admit I was skeptical of it at first. The book involves a teenage girl in Britain discovering aliens living among humans on earth. At the time the book was recommended Read More …
Amani is back in this exciting follow-up to “Rebel of the Sands”. You may remember my liking the first book quite a lot in my review of it, and luckily for all of us the second book doesn’t disappoint. Firstly, although this should be obvious, Read More …
As you probably noticed, I missed the Friday blog yesterday. I apologize, loyal readers. To make a long story short, I transported my laptop incorrectly so that it ran out of power in my bag. When this happens my computer tends to get a bit Read More …
Before I begin this review, no I don’t intend to review YA titles every time, but I am a YA librarian in my day job so they represent a pretty big chunk of what I read. Plus there’s some darn good fantasy in YA, so Read More …
“Starflight” by Melissa Landers is a YA novel about two recently graduated teens from earth who are headed to the outer rim of the Solar League for different reasons. Solara Brooks for a job; after all, when you’ve got felony tattoos on your fingers its Read More …
