Sat, October 10th, 2009
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: Kristin Cashore is a gifted storyteller - one of those remarkable writers who spin a web of words that wraps around readers, capturing them completely with a tale. I’d wager my classic sf collection that every reader coming to the end of the first book, Graceling (Penguin/Dial, 2008), immediately asked when the second volume [...]
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Thu, March 19th, 2009
J. K. Rowling meets Laura Ingalls Wilder???
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: The advance reader copy of Patricia Wrede’s new book, The Thirteenth Child (Scholastic, April 2009), arrived in a package yesterday with a publisher note that included this statement:
“With wit and wonder, Patricia Wrede creates an alternate history of westward expansion that will delight fans of both J. K. Rowling and Laura Ingalls Wilder.”
I am [...]
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