tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52015655223584836072026-02-26T08:19:58.701-08:00Reviews of young adult novels and the occasional middle grade, adult fantasy, or graphic novel. Plugging Canadian YA when possible. :)Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1654125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-84207236066289682412019-02-08T04:00:00.000-08:002019-02-08T04:00:05.218-08:00

Hi there! I'm still trying to find a balance between the good brain days and the bad ones, as well as regaining my interest in reading the books I have waiting for me. I think I need to mix in more visual stories, more comics, graphic novels, manga, and webcomics. That being said, here are some thoughts on some manga volumes I recently picked up at the library. Flying Witch Vols 1-4 by Chihiro

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Title: Bloom Author: Kevin Panetta Author/illustrator: Savannah Gauncheau Release Date: January 29, 2019 Publisher: First Second Books (Macmillan imprint) Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band―if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a

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Title: The Cold Is in Her Bones Author: Peternelle van Arsdale Release Date: January 22, 2019 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster imprint) Milla knows two things to be true: Demons are real, and fear will keep her safe. Milla's whole world is her family's farm. She is never allowed to travel to the village and her only friend is her beloved older brother, Niklas.

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Title: Firestarter Author: Tara Sim Release Date: January 15, 2019 Publisher: Sky Pony Press (Skyhorse Publishing imprint) The crew of the Prometheus is intent on taking down the world's clock towers so that time can run freely. Now captives, Colton, Daphne, and the others have a stark choice: join the Prometheus's cause or fight back in any small way they can and face the consequences. But

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Title: The Wicked King Author: Holly Black Release Date: January 8, 2019 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group imprint) After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting

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Title: The Storyteller Author: Traci Chee Release Date: November 13, 2018 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group (Penguin imprint) Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard's clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book, the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present and future, tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a

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I figure that, since Tuesday is the 1st, a fair number of people will still be on some kind of break. So I'll see you all on Friday with a review of Traci Chee's The Storyteller. Why The Storyteller? When I first read The Reader I was captivated. There was something magical about it, about the world Traci created, about the characters. Something about the secrets, about how forbidden it

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-25477924971916527692018-12-06T10:25:00.002-08:002018-12-06T10:25:54.137-08:00

I tried to come back this month. Tried to sort out my brain and my reading list and other things. It didn't work out. So. I'll be back on Tuesday January 1st, back with reviews and weekend rambles and, hopefully, some more off-the-cuff kind of thinking about books posts. Reviews will be a mixture of new books and 2018 books that were unfortunately left behind while I tried to sort out my

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Hi all. I don't mean for these breaks to happen, but they do. It's feeling more and more like a loss of interest in the books I have than a depressive episode, to be honest. Which isn't fair to you who read this, or the publicists who've sent me ARCs or approved me for e-galleys. But I think I need more time to sort out where my brain is with this. But I don't want to take too much time away

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Waiting on Wednesday is a bunch of weekly fun hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. :) Title: Comics Will Break Your Heart Author: Faith Erin Hicks Release Date: February 12, 2019 Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan imprint) From Goodreads: A sweet, funny contemporary teen romance for the inner geek in all of us from graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks.  Miriam's family should

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Title: On a Sunbeam Author/artist: Tillie Walden Release Date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: First Second Books Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, painstakingly putting the past together. As Mia, the newest member, gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-8907549557505499522018-10-28T08:00:00.000-07:002018-10-29T10:54:45.855-07:00

This Week's Book Week is rather similar to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews only with far more rambling and a less witty title. ;) Hello! So it was a slow week this week, with me not picking up any new books and being under the weather and the actual weather turning towards days and days of rain. Maybe next week will be better. Reviews going up this week will hopefully

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Waiting on Wednesday is a bunch of weekly fun hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. :) Title: Once & Future Authors: Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy Release Date: March 5, 2019 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group imprint) From Goodreads: I've been chased my whole life. An illegal immigrant in Mercer-controlled territory, I've always had to hide

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-81350742398770854632018-10-23T04:00:00.001-07:002018-10-23T04:00:00.821-07:00

Title: Blanca & Roja Author: Anna-Marie McLemore Release Date: October 9, 2018 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan imprint) The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-12977723370660491662018-10-21T08:00:00.000-07:002018-10-21T15:53:31.411-07:00

This Week's Book Week is rather similar to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews only with far more rambling and a less witty title. ;) Hi all. :) So I was all ready to have fun on Saturday talking about books with people at a meet-up and hear about new books coming out next spring, but then there were loads of transit delays and my mood tanked. Then I went out with my sister

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Title: Aquicorn Cove Author/artist: Katie O'Neill Release Date: October 16, 2018 Publisher: Oni Press When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the last thing she expects is to discover a colony of Aquicorns—magical seahorse-like residents of the coral reef. As she explores the damaged town and the fabled undersea palace, Lana learns that

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-71040750700565572912018-10-14T08:00:00.000-07:002018-10-15T20:08:32.633-07:00

This Week's Book Week is rather similar to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews only with far more rambling and a less witty title. ;) Hi all. Busy weekend again, so this is going up a little late. I've been looking through my to read pile and I was wondering, do you care that much if a review goes up a few weeks after the release date? Like, there's always a push to have

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Title: Muse of Nightmares Author: Laini Taylor Release Date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group imprint) In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-52494373054576147212018-10-10T00:02:00.001-07:002018-10-10T00:02:02.382-07:00

Waiting on Wednesday is a bunch of weekly fun hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. :) Title: The Afterward Author: E.K. Johnston Release Date: February 19, 2019 Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers (Penguin imprint) From Goodreads: It has been a year since the mysterious godsgem cured Cadrium’s king and ushered in what promised to be a new golden age. The heroes who brought the gem

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-4471712071582657442018-10-08T08:00:00.000-07:002018-10-08T10:12:12.133-07:00

This Week's Book Week is rather similar to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews only with far more rambling and a less witty title. ;) Hi all. Sorry this is going up Monday morning. It's been a busy weekend with the holiday up here. Hopefully everyone's been having a good beginning of fall, or spring if you're in the Southern Hemisphere. It's been getting harder to head out

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Title: Damsel Author: Elana K. Arnold Release Date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins imprint) When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, however, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by the dragon, or what horrors she has faced in its lair. She knows only this handsome prince, the story he tells of her rescue, and her destiny to

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Title: The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy Author: Mackenzi Lee Release Date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins imprint) A year after an accidentally whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals in mind—avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school.

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451461556176249466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201565522358483607.post-6819646393154620972018-09-29T08:00:00.000-07:002018-09-29T16:01:09.816-07:00

This Week's Book Week is rather similar to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews only with far more rambling and a less witty title. ;) Hi there! I'm slowly getting through my backlog of books. Slowly. I don't know if it's a losing attention thing or a change in reading tastes thing or a seasons changing thing or what, but I'm still making my way through my reading list. I've

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Waiting on Wednesday is a bunch of weekly fun hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. :) Title: Crown of Feathers Author: Nicki Pau Preto Release Date: February 12, 2019 Publisher: Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster imprint) From Goodreads: I had a sister, once… In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who soared

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Title: For a Muse of Fire Author: Heidi Heilig Release Date: September 25, 2018 Publisher: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins imprint) Jetta's family is famed as the most talented troupe of shadow players in the land. With Jetta behind the scrim, their puppets seem to move without string or stick—a trade secret, they say. In truth, Jetta can see the souls of the recently departed and bind them to

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