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Category Archives: young adult
Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats by Cylita Guy
Read April 2022 Recommended for junior high libraries ★ ★ ★ Stellar, top notch idea that seems less than expertly executed to this adult reader. Written by Cylita Guy, illustrated by Cornelia Li, and apparently assembled by committee, Chasing Bats … Continue reading
Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
Read April 2022 Recommended for magical animal-lovers ★ ★ ★ ★ In kindergarten, I wanted to be a veternarian. So I have some empathy for Pip, the main character in a series by Pearce and Stiefvater, who is fascinated … Continue reading
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Tagged animals-and-people, four star, series, young adult
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A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Recommended for: fans of magic schools, Murderbot Read in August 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Undoubtedly five stars. What makes it so? The ability to capture my attention and hold until finished, the daze of finishing, and the desire … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, female lead, five star
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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Recommended for: fans YA UF, Pride reads Read in August 2021 ★ ★ ★ Oh, I knew what I was getting into. You should too. Cemetery Boys is definitely young adult, young teenage level with angst on the level … Continue reading
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Tagged multi-culti, my library, urban fantasy, young adult
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Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Recommended for fans of cracked fairy tales Read in August 2021 ★ ★ My least favorite of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. When I recently acquired the e-box set, I discovered Wrede put a little introduction in front of each … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, female lead, middle grade, my library
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Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Recommended for: fans of fractured fairy tales Read in August 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Charming and cute. Nostalgia and a sale on the electronic boxed set brought this to my attention; while I have the paperback set, … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, favorites, female lead, five star, my library
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European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
Read June 2021★ ★ 1/2 To be blunt, this was a chore. Though the premise was intriguing–the female children of some of book-history’s most villainous men come together as a Society–the execution made it an exercise in perseverance. But that … Continue reading
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Tagged new adult, time period fantasy, vampires, young adult
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Three Times Lucky by Shiela Turnage
Read December 2020 Recommended for fans of plucky young detectives ★ ★ ★ ★ Occasionally I dip my toe into the waters of middle-grade fiction, hoping for that playful feeling of reading The Size of the Truth … Continue reading
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Tagged female lead, four star, hick-lit, middle grade, young adult
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Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Read November 2020 Recommended for people who don’t understand sisters ★ ★ Do you remember how it feels to spend a long road trip in the car, arguing with your sibling? Telgemeier has been kind enough to … Continue reading
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Read September 2020 Recommended for seriously hetronorms ★ No one knows a girls’ friendship like a guy, amIrite? Just kidding, totally sexist of me, just like this entire hetronormative mess of a Hogwarts derivative with more contradictory messaging … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, fantasy, young adult, yuck
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