This novella is more like the Card I know and love. His last few books have left something to be desired, but this makes you realize he can still write. It is a short story about Zeck, a boy in Ender’s toon, that is nonviolent and does not want to go to Battle School. A [...]
Archive for October, 2007
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story by Orson Scott Card
Posted in science fiction, tagged battle, christian, christmas, ender, nonviolence, santa claus, science fiction, space on October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey
Posted in fantasy, tagged england, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, france, historical, magic, puss in boots, russia on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In her latest Elemental Masters Book, Lackey retells the tale of puss in boots. Of course in this telling there is magic and an evil troll that wants to kill the heroine. Enter Ninette, a Parisian ballet dancer who is summarily fired after she gains the attention of the prima donna’s benefactor. Ninette is at a [...]
Cassandra’s Sister by Veronica Bennett
Posted in historical, ya, tagged historical, jane austen, young adult on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting take on Jane Austen’s early years. The author does try to pair every character from Austen’s novels with a real person in her life in some way. I found that somewhat implausible. I have to say that I didn’t dislike the book, but neither did I like it. Yes it is fiction, but I [...]
Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik
Posted in fantasy, tagged africa, alternative history, disease, dragon, england, fantasy, military, temeraire series on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the fourth book in the Temeraire series. It is the story of a navy man who, after rescuing a dragon egg, unwittingly forms a bond between himself and the dragon. They become part of England’s elite dragon unit sent to defeat Napoleon. It is an interesting premise and by taking events from actual history [...]
Slightly Married by Mary Balough
Posted in historical, romance, tagged england, historical romance, marriage, military, napoleon, romance on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Colonel Aidan Bedwyn makes a promise to a dying officer to tell said officer’s sister the news of his death and to protect her. Upon arriving to do so, Aidan finds a motley household filled with lame ducks, well except for Eve Morris. Eve, though shocked at her brother’s death, refuses help from Aidan. However, [...]
Under the Rose: An Ivy League Novel by Diana Peterfreund
Posted in ya, tagged college, eli, ivy league, rose and grave, secret society, young adult on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the second novel in this great new series, Amy Haskel finds herself embroiled once more in a plot to undermine the authority of Rose and Grave, a very Very secret society she is now a member of. Things are not going well with this year’s taps (who are now all seniors) and not only are [...]
Magical Kids: The Strongest Girl in the World and The Invisible Boy by Sally Gardner
Posted in children's, tagged families, invisibility, kids, magic, strength on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In these two books, each child suddenly gains mysterious powers. In The Strongest Girl in the World, a young 8 year old can suddenly lift cars and in The Invisible Boy, a young boy meets an alien who turns him invisible. Reminiscent of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, these two books (written in a flip book format) [...]
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Posted in children's, tagged 8th grade, commune, crush, dance, hippy, homeschool on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Capricorn Anderson, Cap for short, has always lived at Garland Farm. He has been homeschooled by his grandmother, Rain, and has never met another human being. Then one day his grandmother falls and breaks her hip. Suddenly, Cap is living in a house with a surly teenager and a social worker. But it isn’t there [...]
