The first book in the Camelot Code series, The Once and Future Geek , mixed time travel between the medieval world of King Arthur and our own, and it is a very entertaining book. The second book in the series, Geeks and Holy Grail (Hyperion, October 2019), is also entertaining (though not quite as funny; King Arthur as a modern day high school student is hard to beat....). When Morgana, sworn enemy of King Arthur, attacks the druids of Avalon, Nimue, the youngest of them, takes the Holy Grail and runs with it. King Arthur is dying, and only the Grail can save him. Desperate to keep it from falling into Morgana's hands, she stumbles into Merlin's Crystal Cave. But instead of Merlin there to help her (he's on vacation in Los Vegas, in our time), there's only his very inexperienced apprentice, Emrys. His attempt to hide the grail works, in a sense--as a small, flatulent dragon, it sure doesn't look much like a grail. But it isn't much use to Arthur as a...
Here's what I found this week; please let me know if I missed your post!
The Reviews
Aru Shah and the Song of Death, by Roshani Chokshi, at Marzie's Reads
The Books of Earthsea: the Complete Illustrated Edition, by Ursula Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess, at Locus
The Falcon's Feather (Explorer Academy 2), at Always in the Middle
The Halfmen of O, by Maurice Gee, at Tor
Little Apocalypse, by Katherine Sparrow, at Say What?
The Lost Boy's Gift, by Kimberly Willis Holt, at For Those About to Mock
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at A Kids Book a Day
Magic, Madness, and Mischief, by Kelly McCullough, at fangirlknitsscarf
Order of the Majestic, by Matt Myklusch, at Charlotte's Library
Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword, by Henry Lien, at Fantasy Literature
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant #2), by Derek Landy, at Hidden In Pages
The Prairie Thief, by Melissa Wiley, at Intentional Homeschooling
Puddlejumpers, by Mark Jean and Christopher C. Carlson, at Say What?
Ra the Mighty, by Amy Butler Greenfield, at Pages Unbound
Riverland, by Ran Wilde, at Good Reads with Ronna
Sal and Gabi Beak the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at alibrarymama
The Strangers, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Middle Grade Mafia
Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows, by J.M. Bergen, at The Spine View
The White Tower, by Cathryn Constable, at Mom Read It
Other Good Stuff
New in the UK at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
The Reviews
Aru Shah and the Song of Death, by Roshani Chokshi, at Marzie's Reads
The Books of Earthsea: the Complete Illustrated Edition, by Ursula Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess, at Locus
The Falcon's Feather (Explorer Academy 2), at Always in the Middle
The Halfmen of O, by Maurice Gee, at Tor
Little Apocalypse, by Katherine Sparrow, at Say What?
The Lost Boy's Gift, by Kimberly Willis Holt, at For Those About to Mock
The Lost Girl, by Anne Ursu, at A Kids Book a Day
Magic, Madness, and Mischief, by Kelly McCullough, at fangirlknitsscarf
Order of the Majestic, by Matt Myklusch, at Charlotte's Library
Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword, by Henry Lien, at Fantasy Literature
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant #2), by Derek Landy, at Hidden In Pages
The Prairie Thief, by Melissa Wiley, at Intentional Homeschooling
Puddlejumpers, by Mark Jean and Christopher C. Carlson, at Say What?
Ra the Mighty, by Amy Butler Greenfield, at Pages Unbound
Riverland, by Ran Wilde, at Good Reads with Ronna
Sal and Gabi Beak the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, at alibrarymama
The Strangers, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, at Middle Grade Mafia
Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows, by J.M. Bergen, at The Spine View
The White Tower, by Cathryn Constable, at Mom Read It
Other Good Stuff
New in the UK at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
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