When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
MacDonald does a great job of allowing the reader to see the world through Zelda's eyes with all the complexity involved in a broken family trying to make thing...
Tag: young adult fiction
1/100 – The White Hare by Michael Fishwick
“Finely tuned prose, a rich sense of place, magical folklore elements, multidimensional characters, and a well-paced plot create a suspenseful contemporary tale...
2019 Books in Review: The Girl Who Drank the Moon
School Library Journal: "The swiftly paced, highly imaginative plot draws a myriad of threads together to form a web of characters, magic, and integrated lives....
When We Were Lost by Kevin Wignall
All in all, it was an enjoyable read. Adventure, mystery, danger, and teenage angst and personalities all play a role. Wignall's butterfly effect intro and ou...
The Lifters by Dave Eggers
I enjoyed it even if it was a little heavy handed in spots. Still a fun story with a good message about community, friendship, etc.
A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy by Alexandra Bracken
The audiobook does a nice job of giving the characters a voice and offering an interesting take on their backgrounds, personalities and what they might have bee...
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater
I listened to this last book in the Raven Cycle series in the car. And frankly am not sure what to make of it. I enjoyed the prose and imagination of Stiefvater...
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home (Fairyland #5) by Catherynne M. Valente
An absolute gem! I adore this series. And I honestly think I like listening to it better than reading it. Valente's imagination combined with her voice and pers...
Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo
The somewhat crude and hormonal attitude of the lead character is off-putting no matter how accurate or realistic. But it is nevertheless a creative and engagin...
The Eye of Zoltar (Chronicles of Kazam #3) by Jasper Fforde
The third book, The Eye of Zoltar, turned out to be another fun listen on the daily commute. This is not quite as good as the first two but I have enjoyed this...