This is a meme from Kimberly Faye Reads where we spotlight a title from our TBR and get feedback from other bloggers/readers. Have you read the book? Should I read it? If you’d like to join in on the fun, use the banner she created and stop by her blog to let her know you’re… Continue reading TBR Thursday (10)
Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard Author: JK Rowling Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperback: 109 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five richly diverse fairy tales, each with its own magical character, that will variously bring delight, laughter and the thrill of mortal peril. Additional… Continue reading Book Review: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling
Title: Mixed Magics Author: Diana Wynne Jones Series: Chrestomanci, Short Stories Publisher: Greenwillow Books Paperback: 208 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository 1 Warlock at the Wheel – Warlock drives away to flee Chrestomanci, gets bullied by toddler Jane and dog Towser. 2 Stealer of Souls – Evil Neville Spiderman kidnaps jealous… Continue reading Book Review: Mixed Magics by Diana Wynne Jones
Title: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale Author: Jane Yolen Publisher: Tachyon Publications Paperback: 240 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository Fantasy legend Jane Yolen (The Emerald Circus, The Devil’s Arithmetic) delights with this effortlessly wide-ranging offering of fractured fairy tales. Yolen fractures the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets, holding them to… Continue reading Book Review: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen
Title: South Sea Tales Author: Jack London Publisher: Modern Library Paperback: 384 pages Source: Own Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Like the celebrated Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author’s own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly… Continue reading Book Review: South Sea Tales by Jack London
Title: The Red Pony Author: John Steinbeck Publisher: Puffin Paperback: 95 pages Source: Chicago Public Library OverDrive Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher’s life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he… Continue reading Book Review: The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
This meme was created by Pen to Paper. Each week we will share a book that has been recently added to our wishlist or has been on it for ages. I’m taking this loosely and sharing books that I can’t wait to read. I’ve been in a short story mood recently, and I’ve heard that… Continue reading Wishlist Wednesday #13: The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender
Title: Unbound Authors: Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Melissa Marr, Vicki Pettersson, and Jocelynn Drake Publisher: Eos Paperback: 358 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Story 1: Ley Line Drifter by Kim Harrison – Pixy Jenks faces murderous dryad locked inside statue Story 2: Reckoning by Jeaniene Frost – Bones, faces New Orleans ghouls… Continue reading Book Review: Unbound by Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Melissa Marr, Vicki Pettersson, and Jocelynn Drake
Title: The Door in the Hedge Author: Robin McKinley Publisher: Firebird Paperback: 224 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Robin McKinley here spins two new fairy tales and retells two cherished classics. All feature princesses touched with or by magic. There is Linadel, who lives in a kingdom next to Faerieland, where princesses are stolen away on their… Continue reading Book Review: The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Title: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Author: Stephen King Publisher: Scribner Hardcover: 495 pages Source: Chicago Public Library OverDrive Summary: (taken from Goodreads) A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he… Continue reading Book Review: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King
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