Tag: #bloomsbury
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Princess Academy: Palace of Stone Review
After enjoying the first novel, I was surprised to find out that there were two more books making it a trilogy, so of course I had to get into it. Taking place almost a year since the events of the Academy and Britta’s engagement to Prince Steffan, the girls of Mount Estkel finally get to…
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Winter Books
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Someone said that this was like a modern Bridget Jones Diary but I’d say this was a bit deeper than that. Yes, the titular Queenie does have a bonkers love life and sometimes she doesn’t know how to put the oven on and her personal and business life cna get messy…
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Princess Academy Review
I am on a roll here with yet another childhood staple (and Newbery Honor winner) I missed when I was young. I’ll admit I skipped it because I thought it was yet another Cinderella adaptation. Those are everywhere! But I was wrong and I’m glad I finally did read this. Hale’s wholly original tale takes…
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Summer YA
Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta While I’m usually iffy with Pride and Prejudice adaptations since they’re everywhere, there’s always one that manages a new spin to it that makes me enjoy the story all over again. It helps that the protagonist, Elizabeth is a musical nerd so I immediately connect with her as she sings…
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Women’s History Month Books P8
Now for my final post for Women’s History Month. Woo woo, I can’t believe I got to 8! #NotYourPrincess by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale This book is chock-full of essays, paintings, essays, inteviews stories and other mediums from Native American and First Nation women all over North America. It seeks to repair some…
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Favorite Graphic Novels
Excluding Archie. That will be its own post. Fiction Nathan Hale’s Hazerdous Tales by Nathan Hale Modern day Hale (same name, no relation) uses the famous Revolutionary spy, Nathan Hale (of “My one regret is that I have one life to give” fame) to narrate adventures and incidents throughout history. This abundence of knowledge from…
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Kids Mystery Series
ABC Mysteries by Ron Roy This a good starter series for kids who want to puzzle out the whodunnit while relating to the lower school protagonists, the bookish, thoughtful Dink, the whip smart Rose and goofy Josh as they figure out the small town local mysteries that pop up in their lives from missing authors…