Recent Reads
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Recent Reads: Poison and The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
I just finished two very interesting books by British author Chris Wooding. Not only does he have fantastic writing skills, but he is only two years older than I am, and way more accomplished. On one hand, that kind of bums me out, but on the other, it gives me hope. People my age can [...]
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Recent Reads: The Blue Girl and Solstice Wood
I’ve had Charles de Lint’s The Blue Girl sitting on my nightstand for more than a month, but I just couldn’t seem to get around to reading it. It first came onto my radar in March, when I heard it discussed at a Young Adult Fantasy session at PLA. Since I’d been reading "urban fantasy" [...]
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Recent Reads: A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels
As part of my quest to further explore the fantasy and horror genres, I just read Libba’s Bray’s duet A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels. Set in the late 1800s, they are the story of Gemma Doyle, a British girl raised in India, whose world is turned upside down when she begins [...]
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Recent Reads: Thirsty and Tithe
Lately I’ve found myself drifting away from the books I generally read. I like “fluffy” books: those that are lighthearted, swift and funny. But recently I’ve felt a pull toward more substantial literary fiction as well as things in the fantasy and horror genres. I read two this week. The first: Thirsty, by M.T. Anderson. [...]
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Recent Read: The Myth of You and Me
So, I was shelving at work the other day when I stumbled upon a really interesting-looking book. Since I didn’t have anything to read that day, I checked it out and zipped through it that night. For some reason, I found it really moving–it’s the type of novel I’d like to own. Written by Leah [...]
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