Clik here to view.
Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Season of Flames
The Season of Flames is the second book in Anna James’s middle-grade fantasy series The Chronicles of Whetherwhy. We continue the exploration of magic, systems of power and how to challenge them, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan
Thistlemarsh is the last place that Mouse wants to be right now. Mouse has had a patchwork quilt of a life. Her mother, once the daughter of a great house who married a gardner, died when she was very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Half City by Kate Golden
I didn’t want another story about a young adult attending a magical school. However, I had to give Half City by Kate Golden a chance, because she had completely proved her worth in her Sacred Stones...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Winter Goddess by Megan Barnard
The fight between winter and the onset of spring is something we know well in Maine, as I sit here facing down another winter storm that may keep my kids at home, I find myself thinking back to one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Article 3
To say that Loon Point by Carrie Classon is engaging, would be to diminish the effect that this first time novel had on me. Before I had time to think about what I should be doing with my day, I had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Bones Beneath My Skin
I liked being the weird girl. Picture me in England in 1995. I have a Tardis embroidered on my shoulder bag, wear off brand platform shoes, and carry a picture of Riker around in my wallet. I write...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen
On a fall weekend in Quebec City in 2023, I devoured the Before the Coffee Gets Cold Stories by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. It was all the things I love about cozy Japanese fiction, curious, odd, well...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Games
Another year, another game to discover. If you couldn’t make it to Pax Unplugged this weekend, try creating your own event at home with these suggestions from our current favorite games to share with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rediscovering Alexander McCall Smith
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the storytelling and narrative voice of Alexander McCall Smith. When his exceptionally popular series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency first appeared in 2002, I was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
When I was nine, or thereabouts, my family took one of the greatest vacations of my life. We took my Grandad’s small RV, drove up to Scotland from our house in the Midlands, and spent what felt like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Surprising Easter Egg
Easter baskets were not something I grew up with in the UK. We didn’t hunt eggs in the Midlands in the 1980s. And while we did consume a vast quantity of oversized chocolate eggs, it wasn’t until I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Labyrinth of Souls by Leslie Vedder
When I was young I devoured books like Mallory Towers and The Naughtiest Schoolgirl by Enid Blyton. Though I had no desire to go there myself, I loved reading about kids at boarding school. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Discovering the Shadow Realm with Sylvia Mercedes
For anyone who ever fell in love with the Beast, and was disappointed when the curse was broken and blondie appeared, this series from Sylvia Mercedes will scratch all those beastly itches and then...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tartufo: A Fungi Lover’s Dream by Kira Jane Buxton
In a small Italian village, but not the one you are thinking of, there is a restaurant. It’s not the one you are thinking of. This one is closed, that one is one town over. There is also a Truffle...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Magic of The Rainfall Market
I did not have an introduction to Korean folklore on my 2025 Bingo list, but I am glad I got to check that box off. In The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, we join young Serin on her journey through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mother of Rome by Lauren Bear
Lauren Bear debuted her first novel, Medusa’s Sisters, in 2023, a tale of Greek Mythology focusing on the sisters of Medusa and their relationship to the world and gods around them. It was evocative,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Women of Legend: Queen of Fury
King Arthur is cast to a supporting role in the Queens of Fate series from Natania Barron, the second installment of which was released on December 3rd. Where the first installment, Queen of None took...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Games
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the GeekHouse, everyone was playing their favorite game. It will be a little while before the 2024 GeekDad Game of the Year is announced so, in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review: ‘The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door’ by H. G. Parry
I have always loved a fairy story. From the Flower Fairies I played with in my childhood, to the Bat Boys that occupy my middle age novels, something about the otherness of the fairy world has long...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Off Line Story Telling with StoryPhones
With three kids in the house for over a decade now, we are always looking for engaging and exciting entertainment options. Screens being ubiquitous in every area of their lives, it’s always nice to...
View Article
![[-100%] Commodity Intelligence – (Android Apps)](http://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/j67-qJvmnn4xnVlYVZ9ZhtZUJIgwjKekJGoKQT6D1KHcWGZxtQaFroummEvwV17na7tyh1pGbbeWCRdWtTKqeg=w950-h950)
