Tweet Here’s a guest review by author Christina Hamlett. Title: THE BONE MAGICIAN Author: F. E. Higgins Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (2008) Genre: YA Fantasy Deodonatus Snoad. Benedict Pantagus. Aluph Buncombe. Rudy Idolice. The gritty city of Urbs Umida has … Continue reading
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Tweet Laini Taylor is a master at weaving tales that include creatures of all kinds, but her stories are solidly grounded in the human experience. Her characters want what many of us want: to know where we come from, to … Continue reading
Tweet Here’s a guest book review form author Christina Hamlett: WAITING FOR JUNE Author: Joyce Sweeney Publisher: Marshall Cavendish (2006) Genre: YA When I was a high school freshman, there was a girl two years ahead of me who was … Continue reading
Tweet When Shelby Jayne’s mamma, Mirage, left their family, Shelby swore she’d never forgive her. Now it’s a year later, and because her father will be out of the country working for six months and her grandmother recovering from hip … Continue reading
Tweet I already like to cook, and most of the time I think I do a pretty good job whipping up things in the kitchen. So when I started to read The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple … Continue reading
Tweet Award-winning manga artist Kazuki Ebine has created a new book about one of the world’s greatest men. Gandhi, A Manga Biography follows Mahatma Gandhi from the time he remembers seeing injustice against his countrymen when he was a child, … Continue reading
Tweet Every parent of teens expects difficulties as their children go through adolescence. But what’s less expected and talked about are the issues that arise when children move into their late teens and early 20s and move away from home … Continue reading
Tweet The first time P (short for Princess) picks up the tiny possum she knows she’s in trouble. For one thing, she knows her Dad doesn’t allow pets on their Oklahoma farm. For another, she doesn’t even know what baby … Continue reading
