Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie’s favorite days. That’s because every Tuesday, the castle takes on a life of its own and magically adds, moves, or even completely gets rid of some of its rooms. No one is ever quite sure what the castle will do next, and no one really pays much attention […]
Archives for 2013
Review | The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
2013-04-22 · by ·
Every October the dangerous, blood drinking water horses called capaill uisce (CAP-ul ISH-kuh), emerge from the sea onto the beaches of Thisby Island. Many men from Thisby and a few brave souls from the mainland capture the horses and attempt to train them to ride in the famous Scorpio Races that happen in November. Some […]
Review | Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2013-04-20 · by ·
2013 A to Z Challenge: Letter R = Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job was to start fires…Books were for burning… along with the houses in which they were hidden, and sometimes even the people who hid them. His work was accepted and encouraged by the public majority. Montag enjoyed […]
Review | The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau and Gail de Marcken
2013-04-19 · by ·
Description: A king who has everything, suddenly finds something he wants badly, but can’t have without making some significant sacrifices in his life. Story: When a greedy, grumpy king learns that there is a magical quiltmaker in his kingdom who has never given him a quilt, he demands the quilter make him one of her […]
Review | The Price of Politics by Bob Woodward
2013-04-18 · by ·
AND NOW: something completely different than our typical posts of late on time travel, different worlds, and wizards. Politics. (And just like that we loose half our readers…or more). Just a short while ago, the US of A was in the throws of yet another manufactured crisis–the sequester! A long word with a very simple […]
Review | Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen
2013-04-17 · by ·
I can’t help but feel fortunate each time I open my front door to find the tell-tale rectangular shaped package that promises to contain a book. It’s a promise of a new story, a new adventure, and I look forward to opening the book and diving in. Last month, I found one such package containing […]
Review | The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2013-04-16 · by ·
The Namesake is about the Ganguli family who emigrates from India to America. Shortly after their arranged marriage, Ashoke and Ashima move to Cambridge, Massachusetts so that Ashoke can pursue a degree in engineering from MIT. Ashima has a difficult time transitioning to life in America and longs for home and her family. When their […]
Review | Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell
2013-04-15 · by ·
Good science fiction does two things well: first, it blows your mind. And second, it’s less about the science than it is about the story, about the characters, and the conflict. In other words, it’s good literature that just happens to have a scientific element…even if loosely. Sean Ferrell’s Man in the Empty Suit accomplishes […]
Review | Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
2013-04-13 · by ·
Few novels I have read recently have made me stop and think, reexamine my world, quite the same way that Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother does. Although published five years back when the politics of the Bush Administration and the post-9/11 expansion of government surveillance were still fresh in our minds, I found the novel fresh and […]
Author Feature | Khaled Hosseini
2013-04-12 · by ·
2013 A to Z Challenge: Letter K = Khaled Hosseini Despite only having released two books, author Khaled Hosseini’s name is recognized by most bibliophiles. His two novels, A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner have both been on the New York Times bestseller list. Both books are set in Afghanistan and Hosseini does […]
