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 on-line this week; please let me know about anything I missed!
The Reviews
The Afterwards, by A.F. Harrold, at Randomly Reading
Carnival Catastophe (Problim Children #2), by Natalie Lloyd, at Children's Books Heal
Earth Swarm, by Tim Hall, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
The Invasion (Animprophs) by K.A. Applegate, at Lost in Storyland
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, by Lamar Giles, at Randomly Reading
The Magical Apothecary, by Anna Ruhe (and why it should be translated into English), at A Dance with Books
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at Diva Booknerd
The Mortification of Fovea Munson, by Mary Winn Heider, at Sharon the Librarian
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norman Juster (new audiobook review), at Locus
Podkin One-Ear, by Kieran Larwood, at Say What?
The Root of Magic, by Kathleen Benner, at Mom Read It
Rumblestar, by Abi Elphinstone, at Amy the Zany Bibliophile
The Sacred Artifact, by Caldric Blackwell, at Red Headed Book Lover
Silent Lee and the Adventure of the Side Door Key, by Alex Hiam, at The Write Path
Time Sight, by Lynne Jonell, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Train to Impossible Places, by P.G. Bell, at Sarah Withers Blogs
Where the River Runs Gold, by Sita Bramachari, at Book Craic
Wooden Bones, by Scott William Carter, at Millibot Reads
Authors and Interviews
A.M. Howell (The Garden of Lost Secrets) at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
Max Brallier (The Last Kids on Earth) at the B. and N. Kids Blog
Other Good Stuff
A round-up of every Dark Crystal thing coming later this year at Tor
Beyond Harry Potter: 35 Fantasy Adeventure Series Starring Mighty Girls at A Mighty Girl
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