Tag Archives: speculative

Silver is for Secrets, by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Thistle

Senior year is over, and Stacey and her friends have rented a beach cabin for the summer. It’s supposed to be a vacation, but the nightmares start all over again, this time about a stranger, a girl who then shows … Continue reading →

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White is for Magic, by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Thistle

A year later, and it’s happening again. Stacey is having dream premonitions. But this time, two things have changed. She’s not the only one having these dreams, and it’s her own death that she’s dreaming about. Okay I’m even more … Continue reading →

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the Weetzie Bat series, by Francesca Lia Block

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Thistle

Rather than add four individual reviews, I want to review this series in a single post. There are five books – Weetzie Bat, Witch Baby, Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys, Missing Angel Juan, and Baby Be-Bop. The last of … Continue reading →

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Blue is for Nightmares, by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Thistle

Stacey practices Wicca and has the ability to see the future through her dreams. Unfortunately she’s having nightmares about her best friend and roommate, Drea. Stacey doesn’t want to relive her past, when ignoring these types of dreams led to … Continue reading →

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Fragile Eternity, by Melissa Marr

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Thistle

This book, unlike the first two in the series, did not feel well written. Fragile Eternity is the third in the series and continues the story, back to focusing on Aislinn and Seth. There is very little plot, but lots … Continue reading →

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Ink Exchange, by Melissa Marr

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Thistle

This is the second book in the Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr. I will try not to give away any spoilers for the previous book in this review. Ink Exchange continues where Wicked Lovely ended, only it primarily focuses … Continue reading →

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Puppet Master, by Joanne Owen

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Thistle

I hardly know how to describe this book. It takes place in late 1890s Prague. Milena is a little girl who lost both her parents three years earlier. Her father died; her mother disappeared. Milena now lives with her grandmother … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Fade, by Lisa McMann

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Thistle

Note: I can’t talk about this book without spoiling the first in the series, Wake, so please skip this if you plan to read Wake. There will be no spoilers for Fade in this review. Quick summary: Fade continues where … Continue reading →

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Readathon: The Magician’s Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Thistle

Quick summary: A young boy seeks answers when a fortune teller comes to town. She tells him he must follow the elephant to find his sister. The boy thinks she can’t be right – there are no elephants in his … Continue reading →

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The Book of Flying, by Keith Miller

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Thistle

Pico lives in a city by the sea, an orphan, the wingless son of two winged parents. He makes a home in the unused library and falls in love with a winged girl. In order to make himself fit to … Continue reading →

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