Incantation, by Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman has written a number of books for both adults and young adults; three of said novels (Practical Magic, Aquamarine, and The River King) have been made into movies, starring some rather...
View ArticleThe Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic, book 1), by Patricia C. Wrede
Patricia C. Wrede is one of my auto-buy authors. Based in Minnesota, she’s probably most well-known either for the Sorcery and Cecelia series of YA epistolary Regency-set fantasy novels co-authored...
View ArticleCybele’s Secret, by Juliet Marillier
Juliet Marillier is the author of a number of books, one of which was Wildwood Dancing, which I read and reviewed earlier. This novel is a companion (not a direct sequel; it follows a different...
View ArticleBound, by Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo Napoli is a linguistics professor at Swarthmore College and an author of children’s books. She used to have a cat named Taxi, for the sheer joy of calling the cat and watching the neighbors...
View ArticleCity of Masks (Stravaganza, book 1), by Mary Hoffman
Mary Hoffman is English; she was born in a railroad town, but moved to London when she was quite small. She has a degree in English Literature from Cambridge and a diploma in linguistics from the...
View ArticleImpossible, by Nancy Werlin
Apparently Nancy Werlin primarily writes ‘literary suspense’ novels for YA/teen readers. She began publishing in the mid-1990s, and Impossible is her first book that is explicitly on the border of...
View ArticleCity of Stars (Stravaganza, book 2), by Mary Hoffman
A few days ago I reviewed the first book in this series and expressed my desire to read more. Fortunately, there are (at this point) four books in the series, and I am currently in possession of all of...
View ArticleThe Demon’s Lexicon, by Sarah Rees Brennan
I decided to read this book after I read a companion short story that the author posted on her blog; that story is available here. Reading the story doesn’t require knowledge of the book, and vice...
View ArticleGraceling, by Kristin Cashore
Kristin Cashore, a graduate of Williams College and Simmons College, has lived in quite a few of the major cities of the world. Recently she’s settled in Cambridge, MA. She’s apparently been writing...
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