Recent Posts Tagged With fantasy

• Readalong 1: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Posted on Wednesday March 10th, 2010 at 05:20 am in fantasy audiobooks readalong

  As you know, I am participating in the Lord of the Rings Readalong. March is all about The Two Towers (by J. R. R. Tolkien). Our host, Teresa from Shelf Love, has already asked us the first set of questions for the month.1. Where are you in the trilo...

• Review: Merlin\'s Harp by Anne Eliot Crompton

  Posted on Monday March 1st, 2010 at 05:09 am in fantasy young adult blog tour unfinished book

  Summary: Merlin's Harp by Anne Eliot Crompton, tells the story of King Arthur from just before the arrival of Sir Lancelot to court to the end of Camelot. We learn the tale from the perspective of Niviene, the fey daughter of the Lady of the Lake.Why...

• 28 Days of Winter: A Visit with Carrie Vaughn

  Posted on Saturday February 27th, 2010 at 05:20 am in fantasy blog tour

  Welcome to Day 27 of Harper Teen's 28 Days of Winter! Be sure to visit the 28 Days website for a chance to win a copy of today's book.You know you loved Carrie Vaughn's urban fantasy series featuring Kitty Norville so you know that you're guaranteed ...

• Review: Rose by Jeff Smith

  Posted on Monday February 22nd, 2010 at 05:15 am in fantasy young adult graphic novel

  Mini-ReviewIf you've been a reader of this blog for a while, then you might remember when I reviewed Jeff Smith's Bone series in 2009 (review index). Smith's novel Rose takes place before the Bone series and tells the story of the red dragon, Princes...

• Readalong 2: Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

  Posted on Sunday February 21st, 2010 at 05:30 am in fantasy audiobooks readalong

  This is the second installment of this month's readalong of The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien. Clare from The Literary Omnivore is our host.For more on how my reread (relisten) is going, check out my earlier thoughts (#1, #2). There is s...

• Readalong 1: The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 05:23 am in fantasy audiobooks readalong

  Here is the first of my non-reviews of The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien. I am rereading the novel as part of the Lord of the Rings Readalong. This month, Clare from The Literary Omnivore is our host.Let me get right to her questions.Whe...

• Readalong 2: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Posted on Monday January 18th, 2010 at 10:47 am in fantasy audiobooks readalong

  As you know, I'm rereading The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien as part of the Lord of the Rings Readalong. Eva from A Striped Arm Chair is the host for The Hobbit and has posed the second batch of discussion questions for January. (I posted my answers to ...

• Readalong 1: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Posted on Monday January 11th, 2010 at 06:11 am in fantasy audiobooks readalong

  This is a kind of non-review of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. I am rereading this wonderful tale for the zillionth time as part of the Lord of the Rings Readalong. Eva from A Striped Arm Chair is the host for The Hobbit and has already started the...

• Thursday Tea: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Posted on Thursday January 7th, 2010 at 06:22 am in fantasy audiobooks thursday tea

  This month I'm participating in the Lord of the Rings Readalong, which is starting with The Hobbit (by J. R. R. Tolkein, if you didn't know). Eva from A Striped Armchair is our host this month.I have read and reread all four books many times since I ...

• Review: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

  Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 07:32 am in fantasy young adult a-z wednesday

  It's summertime and only three months until Tally turns sixteen—a significant birthday. For Tally, however, sixteen doesn't mean getting a drivers license or having an expensive party; it means undergoing an operation. But everyone has the operatio...

• Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

  Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 09:21 am in fantasy young adult audiobooks

  There is no hiding the fact that Katsa is a Graceling. She has the mismatched eyes of all of her kind. Because Katsa is the niece of the king of Muddlins, there is also no hiding the nature of her Grace—she kills people. And like many other Graceli...

• Review: The Magykal Papers by Angie Sage

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 05:15 am in fantasy middle readers

  The Magykal Papers by Angie Sage is a fun supplement to the Septimus Heap middle-reader fantasy series. The book is divided into four sections, and each section consists of short pieces filled with information about the world of Septimus Heap.A lot o...

• Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 11:41 am in fantasy

  One chilly fall day, Quentin Coldwater, smart and nerdy—but not in a cool way—was headed to his college interview for Princeton. He was thinking about the future and the chance to escape his Brooklyn life with his neglectful parents. As he was kn...

• Unfinished: Sword of Fire and Ice by John Matthews

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 05:20 am in fantasy graphic novel unfinished book

  During the read-a-thon, I picked up The Chronicles of Arthur: Sword of Fire and Ice, by John Matthews. It's a graphic novel illustrated by Mike Collins.Publisher's Summary: Before the Round Table. Before the great quests, before he was king . . .Man...

• Short Review: The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches by Robert Stanek

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 04:27 am in fantasy a-z wednesday

  The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches is the first in a series by Robert Stanek. I picked this up because I love fantasy, I think elves are great, and I am the queen of series. I don't remember enough of the book to write a decent summary, so her...

• Review: Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 07:28 am in fantasy young adult historical fiction

  Sixteen-year-old Anne Michaelson is plagued by bad dreams in which she is trapped in a small cabin with a hideous old lady who has iron teeth and huge hands. The dream girl has only a set of nested Russian dolls for comfort. One fateful evening, Anne...

• Guest Post: Joy Preble, author of Dreaming Anastasia

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 05:35 am in fantasy young adult guest post

  Last Tuesday, I spotlighted Dreaming Anastasia, a novel that incorporates Russian history and folklore. I've long been fascinated with both because my grandfather was born in tsarist Russia. I'll post my review tomorrow, but today I have the great pl...