Category Archives: Children’s

City of Ghosts, by Victoria Schwab

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

Ever since her near-drowning, Cass can see ghosts. In fact, her best friend Jacob is a ghost. She doesn’t know why she seems to have one foot on each side of the veil, but it doesn’t trouble her too much … Continue reading →

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Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on July 8, 2019 by

From Goodreads: Born in New York, but living in Aba, Nigeria, twelve-year old Sunny is understandably a little lost. She is albino and thus, incredibly sensitive to the sun. All Sunny wants to do is be able to play football … Continue reading →

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The Empty Grave, by Jonathan Stroud (audio)

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

As this is the fifth book in the Lockwood & Co series, any description would necessarily give away series spoilers, and I don’t want to do that. Instead I’ll do my best to sing this book’s praises – and the … Continue reading →

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The Creeping Shadow, by Jonathan Stroud (audio)

Posted on September 23, 2016 by

Book 4 in the Lockwood & Co series. This review will have minor spoilers from previous books but no spoilers from this volume. So this book begins a few months after the abrupt end of The Hollow Boy. Lucy is … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, by Jack Thorne

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

(based on a story by JK Rowling, and in collaboration with John Tiffany) Many years after the end of the Harry Potter series, a new story starts centered on the children of several characters of the original series. In play … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Folk Tales

Posted on April 29, 2016 by

During the Readathon, I read two collections of folk tales. The first, Nine Magic Pea-Hens, is a collection of 35 Serbian folk tales collected by Vuk Karadzic. The second, Alexander and the Golden Bird, is a set of 19 Danish … Continue reading →

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The Hollow Boy, by Jonathan Stroud

Posted on October 12, 2015 by

Lockwood & Co. are still on the case(s), this time trying to contain one of the largest sources of supernatural outbreak since the Problem began. Only now, the team is disjointed. Business has been booming, the team is split up … Continue reading →

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