interviewing experts, and who are the ultimate experts about kids' books other than kids themselves? In these interviews we've approached children who are particularly passionate about reading and asked them to make recommendations about their favourites, from philosophy to manga, from fantasy to ...
Or as Kathryn Shulz put it much more recently, Walden is little more than “cabin porn,” essentially “a fantasy about escaping the entanglements and responsibilities of living among other people.” From the opposing angle, Thoreau has been criticized for staying too close to the civilized ...
MORE: Time Travel Books Frogkisser! by Garth Nix Find it: Bookshop | Amazon This is a great book for fantasy fans who want an advanced fairy tale read by don't get want the story lines bogged down in romance. Princess Anya must go on a quest to find the ingredients to a Transmorgif...
all for good reasons but I didn’t have a lot of time for blogging, reading other bloggers’ posts and reading books. I readDarktownby Thomas Mullen in March, before Quais du Polar as I knew that the author would be at the festival. I did have the opportunity to get the sequel of D...
Fantasy/SciFi Fiction GIRLS ON FIRE Harper Collins Harry Reviews…. (Fiction for Children) Horror John Connolly Legend Press Liz’s Profile….This is me. Michael Marshall. Neil White Non Fiction. Orbit books. Orenda News. Penguin Books. Psychological Shenanigans Quercus R J Ellory Sarah Pinboroug...
Like a lot of academics who prize their reading (for fun) time, I have a habit of starting approximately three books in the process of finishing one. This is generally because I spend a lot of time in bookstores, and I can’t help that publishers have been loading shelves of late with...
Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: Fifth Edition, Ruth Nadelman Lynn (Libraries Unlimited) Hanging Out with the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators, Joseph McCabe (Fantagraphics) Diana Wynne Jones: Children’s Literature and the Fantastic Tradition, Farah Me...
“A wonderful resource for small children and a great refresher for adults.”Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer. “This book, at its core, is about the science of memory. But Foer manages to craft a thrilling narrative written with the ...
“A wonderful resource for small children and a great refresher for adults.” Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer. “This book, at its core, is about the science of memory. But Foer manages to craft a thrilling narrative written with the ...