Check out S.E. Grove’s post, in which the ideas behind the Mapmakers series are explored. “Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In…
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Old School Wednesdays: Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede
New Old School Wednesdays series! Ana reads The Enchanted Forest Chronicles! Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted…
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Old School Wednesdays: Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising Sequence #5) by Susan Cooper
Ana has been reading The Dark Is Rising Sequence for the past few months. Today, she takes on the final book in the series, Silver on the Tree. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Grey King (The Dark is Rising Sequence #4) by Susan Cooper
Ana has been reading The Dark Is Rising Sequence for the past few months. Today, she takes on book 4, The Grey King. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising Sequence #2) by Susan Cooper
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Author: Jacqueline Kelly Genre: Historical/YA Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication date: May 2009 Paperback: 340 pages The summer of 1899 is hot in Calpurnia Virginia Tate’s sleepy Texas town, and there aren’t…
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I Love This Series: The “13 Treasures” Trilogy by Michelle Harrison
Last week, Thea and I posted our joint review of The 13 Treasures ,the first book in the 13 Treasures Trilogy by Michelle Harrison. We both loved that book and as Thea so aptly said, this series has “IT”…
Title: The 13 Treasures Author: Michelle Harrison Genre: Children / Fantasy Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK/ Little, Brown US Publication date: January 2009 / April 2010 Paperback: 336 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a trilogy While…
Title: Cosmic Author: Frank Cottrell Boyce Genre: Contemporary (with a bit of Sci Fi since it’s sort of set in SPACE) / Children’s Publisher: Macmillan Publication date: July 2008 (First edition) Paperback: 256 pages Liam has always felt a…
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Ana’s Holiday Reading: Trapped, Butterfly Swords, The Magicians of Caprona and Daddy Long-Legs
I had a few days off between Christmas and New Year and I did what I usually do when I have some time off: I read. A lot. Although I did not finish all the books I tried to…
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Joint Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Title: The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Fantasy Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did we read this book: Really? Because, obviously, we love Neil Gaiman. (The question should be why did it…
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Gaiman Week – Children’s Books Double Feature: The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Gold Fish and Odd and The Frost Giants
Title: The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish Author: Written by Neil Gaiman/ Illustrated by David Mckean Genre: Fantasy/Children Summary: “What if you wanted your best friend’s two goldfish so much that you’d swap anything for them,…