Book Discussion: Breaking Dawn – Part II
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS. As I said in my review of Breaking Dawn – Part I ,I’m doing something a little different here–due to the nature of Breaking Dawn and the issues I had with it, I’m putting up a two part review. Part I is SPOILER FREE, whereas Part II (this post) will be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 26 so far )Book Review: Breaking Dawn – Part I
Title: Breaking Dawn Author: Stephanie Meyer Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Fourth book in the Twilight Saga Why did I read this book: I am a fan of the series, having read and been increasingly impressed with each of Ms. Meyer’s subsequent books. Summary: (from StephenieMeyer.com)Twilight tempted the imagination. New Moon [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Book Review: Bewitching Season
Title: Bewitching Season Author: Marissa Doyle Genre: Young Adult, Victorian Historical Fiction with some supernatural magic goings on Stand alone or series: As it is, a stand alone novel, but has the makings of becoming a series. A book 2, following twin sister Penelope Leland, is in the works! Why did I read this book: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Joint Review: Tigerheart
Title: Tigerheart Author: Peter David Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did we read this book: We were offered review copies of Tigerheart, and when we saw that this was a retelling of J.M. Barrie’s classic, Peter Pan (one of Ana’s all time favorites), we could not refuse. I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Book Review: A Curse Dark as Gold
Title: A Curse Dark as Gold Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did I read this book: This one caught my eye when I was browsing through amazon; then when I saw it up on Angie‘s GoodReads, I decided to pick it up for a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 15 so far )Gaiman Week – Book Review: Coraline
Title: Coraline Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Young Adult, Horror-Fantasy Why did I read this book: After having read Neil Gaiman’s adult works, I was excited to see how his writing would translate in young adult format! When I read the blurb for Coraline, I had to have it. Summary: (from amazon.com)The day after they moved [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Book Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty
Title: A Great and Terrible Beauty Author: Libba Bray Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Gothic Novel Stand alone or series: First book of the Gemma Doyle trilogy. Summary: (From amazon.com)A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy–jumble them all together and you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 10 so far )Book Review: Trickster’s Choice
Title: Trickster’s Choice Author: Tamora Pierce Review Number: 12 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Daughter of the Lioness duology; part of Tamora Pierce’s larger collection of work set in Tortall Summary: (from amazon.com)Tamora Pierce brings readers another Tortall adventure! Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Book Review: Twilight
Title: Twilight Author: Stephanie Meyer (this is one of the prettiest covers I have ever seen) Review Number: 11 Genre: Paranormal/Young Adult/Romance Stand alone or series: The first in a series. Followed so far by New Moon and Eclipse. Breaking the Dawn is in the works. Summary: Amazon.co.uk says When 17 year old Isabella Swan [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Book Review: The Blue Sword
Title: The Blue Sword Author: Robin McKinley Review Number: 7 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Stand alone or series: Has a prequel (written after this book was done, though), but can be read alone Summary: (from Amazon.com)Harry Crewe is an orphan girl who comes to live in Damar, the desert country shared by the Homelanders and [...]
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