Title: Scarlett Fever Author: Maureen Johnson Genre: YA/ Contemporary Publisher: Point Publication Date: February 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Follow-up to Suite Scarlett and there’s gonna be at least one more book after this one. Scarlett…
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Title: The Dead-Tossed Waves Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Publication Date: March 2010 Hardcover: 416 Pages Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She’s…
Title: Black Magic Sanction Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Eos Publication Date: February 2010 Hardcover: 496 pages In New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison’s most complex and nuanced adventure yet, bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan…
Steampunk Week – Book Review: The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Title: The Difference Engine Author: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Genre: Science Fiction / Steampunk Publisher: Spectra (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: 1992 / 1996 (First published: 1990) Paperback: 448 pages / 384 pages The computer age has…
Steampunk Week – From the Page to the Screen: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Graphic Novel (Vol. 1) by Alan Moore (writer) and Kevin O’Neill (illustrator) . Published in 1999. TV Movie directed by Stephen Norrington; Starring Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend,…
Title: Airborn Author: Kenneth Oppel Genre: Young Adult, Steampunk, Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: May 2005 Paperback: 544 pages Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow’s nest, being the ship’s eyes. We were two nights…
Title: The Sky Is Everywhere Author: Jandy Nelson Genre YA / Contemporary Publisher: Dial Publication Date: March 9 2010 Hardcover: 288 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet…
Title: Incarceron Author: Catherine Fisher Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Hodder Children’s Books (UK) Publication Date: January 2010 / May 2007 Hardcover: 448 Pages (US) Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains…
A Dude Reads PNR: Harry Reads The Battle Sylph by L.J. McDonald
This is our brand new segment in which our delightful buddy Harry, from Temple Library Reviews will be joining us once a month to review paranormal romance from a guy’s perspective. But we will let him introduce himself, please…
Title In For A Penny Author: Rose Lerner Genre: Romance / Historical Publisher: Leisure Books Publication Date: February 23, 2010 Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone IN FOR A PENNY No more drinking. No…