“Martians Abroad” by Carrie Vaughn
I don’t think Martians Abroad is coming out for a couple of weeks, but I was delighted to receive a review copy from Tor a couple of days ago since…
Read more“Firefight” by Brandon Sanderson
Shorter review again. I’m going to be doing lots of these so I can review a higher percentage of the books I read. Steelheart wasn’t my favourite Sanderson book –…
Read moreOn rereading Harry Potter
I recently reread the Harry Potter series, and it left me with a lot of conflicting and confusing feelings. I usually don’t like talking about myself much, but I’m going…
Read moreReread: “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I’ve been in a big reading slump lately, but I recently went to see a stage production of The Secret Garden, and it inspired me to reread the book. I…
Read more“Expiration Day” by William Campbell Powell
I’ve started avoiding the entire YA genre because pretty much every book I hear about seems to involve an implausible dystopia built around societies of arbitrarily capitalised Nouns and a…
Read more“Plain Kate” by Erin Bow
Another review I wrote a few months ago but never got around to posting. It’s shorter than usual because it was meant to help me catch up with all the…
Read more“Replica” by Jenna Black
I apologise for the lack of reviews on this blog lately – I’ve been in the middle of a move (from Providence, RI to Oberlin, OH) and the whole process…
Read more“Planesrunner” by Ian McDonald
Planesrunner is sci-fi author Ian McDonald’s first foray into YA, and it’s pretty good. I’ve only read his River of Gods and Cyberabad Days, and it was great to see…
Read more“The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led The Revels There” by Catherynne M. Valente
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There was my one non-Brandon Sanderson pre-order this year. The first book, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship…
Read more“Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians” by Brandon Sanderson
If you’ve been reading the posts on this blog, you know that I’m a huge Brandon Sanderson fan, and I own pretty much all of his books. However, I’ve been…
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