Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao was one of the 2021 Cybils finalists for YA Speculative Fiction, and it was intriguingly different from the other contenders–but I also had a few mixed feelings about it, even though it was clearly popular with teen readers (judging from the many library holds… Read More »Cybils YASF Finalist Review: Iron Widow
I’m back on the reviewing wagon for now, after an awfully long hiatus. I did a lot of reading during that hiatus, not least of which was the group of Cybils Award finalists for Young Adult Speculative Fiction. It was a REALLY varied group this time, and I found myself… Read More »Cybils YASF Finalist Review: Bad Witch Burning
I’d been meaning to read D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber since hearing about it on NPR (interview with the author here). I thought the premise sounded really intriguing–one day the letter “D” just…disappears from everywhere, and pretty soon some of the actual objects that start with… Read More »From Wonderland to…Liminus
Happy New Year, fellow writers and readers! It’s been a while since we (“we” meaning both of us, not the royal we) have poked our heads up from exhaustion, like crocuses venturing forth from the winter of our…winter… But here we are! We in the form of me! While I’m… Read More »KidLitCon 2020 in Ann Arbor
Greetings, readers and writers! It’s been a while since my last posted review, and I am woefully behind simply on tracking my reading, let alone writing reviews of anything. Lots of travel this year has really hampered my remaining time and energy, and of course there’s work, and family commitments,… Read More »Summer Reading Roundup