It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Ana reads two short stories in preparation for Hugo Awards nominations “Selkie Stories Are for Losers” by Sofia Samatar and “Of Alternate Adventures and Memory” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz are both…
Fantasy
Title: The Glass Casket Author: McCormick Templeman Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 352 Pages Death hasn’t visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl.…
Title: The Twistrose Key Written by Tone Almhjell, Illustrated by Ian Schoenherr Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Little, Brown UK Publication Date: October 2013 (US) / January 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 336 Pages A striking middle-grade debut…
Old School Wednesdays: Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler 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: Hollow City Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 399 Pages Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix…
Short Story Roundup: The Too-Clever Fox and The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere
It’s SFF awards season! The Hugos and the Nebulas are now open for nominations, and after running through our longlists earlier this week, I found myself appalled at the lack of short stories, novelettes, and novellas I had read…
Title: Mistwalker Author: Saundra Mitchell Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBTQIA Publisher: Harcourt Publication Date: February 4 2014 Hardcover: 322 Pages When Willa Dixon’s brother dies on the family lobster boat, her father forbids Willa from stepping foot on the…
Title: Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy Author: Karen Foxlee Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 28 2014 Hardcover: 240 Pages A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Ana reviews Reflections by Roz Kaveney Go HERE to read her thoughts.…
Title: Golden Girl Author: Sarah Zettel Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Diversity, POC Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 320 Pages Callie LeRoux has put her grimy, harrowing trip from the depths of the Dust…