Tag Archives: young adult fiction

Wild Magic by Cat Weatherill

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry

For some odd reason my kids love to visit Barnes & Noble. They love to hang out on the stage in the children’s section or play with the train set. My son in particular likes two story stores but that … Continue reading →

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Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast by Jane Yolen & Robert Harris

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry

A while back I stumbled on Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast by Jane Yolen & Robert Harris at Half Priced Books and picked it for a couple of bucks.  After having read the Merlin Triology by Yolen I decided it … Continue reading →

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The Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Kevin Holtsberry

I recently took my kids to the public library and, as usual, came home with a couple of YA titles – three to be exact. They make up the The Young Merlin Trilogy: Passager, Hobby, and Merlin by Jane Yolen. The … Continue reading →

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The Children of Odin – The Book of Northern Myths

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Kevin Holtsberry

As regular readers of this blog will know, I have developed a keen interest in myths and fairy tales.  Natural I suppose with my history background as myths are the past handed down in storytelling form; not in the modern … Continue reading →

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The Time Quake (Gideon Trilogy) by Linda Buckley-Archer

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Kevin Holtsberry

It ain’t always easy being an “objective” book reviewer.  I so often find that expectations and mood can have a big impact on my particular take on a book. So afterwords I try to think about why I reacted a … Continue reading →

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