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 of anything I missed!
The Reviews
Amelia Fang Books 1 and 2 Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball and Amelia Fang and the Unicorns of Gliteropolis), by Laura Ellen Anderson, at Word Spelunking
Aru Shah and the Song of Death, by Roshani Chokshi, at Reading Books with Coffee
Asha and the Spirit Bird, by Jasbinder Bilan, at Way Too Fantasy
Battle of the Beetles, by M.G. Leonard, at Arkham Reviews
The Big Foot Files, by Lindsay Eager, at Puss Reboots
Bob, by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, at Milliebot Reads
Bonefires and Broomsticks, by Mary Norton, at Fantasy Literature
Changling (The Oddmire Book 1), by William Ritter, at J.R.'s Book Reviews, Forever Lost In Literature, Books and Wafffles
Genie in a Bottle (Whatever After #9), by Sarah Mlynowski at Jill's Book Blog
The Girl of Ink and Stars, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, at Book Craic
The Maker of Monsters, by Lorraine Gregory, at Book Craic
Midsummer's Mayhem, by Rajani LaRocca, at books4yourkids
Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures #2), by Peter Bunzl, at Log Cabin Library
Music Boxes, by Tonja Drecker, at Storeybook Reviews
The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, by Ronald L. Smith, at Rosi Hollinbeck
The Rambling, by Jimmy Cajoleas, at Looking Glass Reads
The Root of Magic, by Kathleen Benner Duble, at Cracking the Cover
Serafina and the Seven Stars, by Robert Beatty, at Sharon the Librarian
The Twelve, by Cindy Lin, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Wild Lands, by Paul Greci, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Authors and Interviews
Ronald L. Smith (The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away) at Charlotte's Library
William Ritter (The Oddmire) at From the Mixed Up Files
Other Good Stuff
"So Your Kid is Reading Harry Potter... a Christian Family's Response" at Redeemed Reader
The call for Cybils Award judges will be coming soon (mid August). Visit the Cybils Instagram for tips on how to prepare! If your interested in being a panelist for middle grade speculative fiction (the category I run), and have questions, please let me know! charlotteslibrary at gmail dot com (it feels very old school to write email address this way; is it still necessary?)
and finally, I have a new kitten! Here is little Meeple (this is actually a color picture; a symphony of gray...)
The Reviews
Amelia Fang Books 1 and 2 Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball and Amelia Fang and the Unicorns of Gliteropolis), by Laura Ellen Anderson, at Word Spelunking
Aru Shah and the Song of Death, by Roshani Chokshi, at Reading Books with Coffee
Asha and the Spirit Bird, by Jasbinder Bilan, at Way Too Fantasy
Battle of the Beetles, by M.G. Leonard, at Arkham Reviews
The Big Foot Files, by Lindsay Eager, at Puss Reboots
Bob, by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, at Milliebot Reads
Bonefires and Broomsticks, by Mary Norton, at Fantasy Literature
Changling (The Oddmire Book 1), by William Ritter, at J.R.'s Book Reviews, Forever Lost In Literature, Books and Wafffles
Genie in a Bottle (Whatever After #9), by Sarah Mlynowski at Jill's Book Blog
The Girl of Ink and Stars, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, at Book Craic
The Maker of Monsters, by Lorraine Gregory, at Book Craic
Midsummer's Mayhem, by Rajani LaRocca, at books4yourkids
Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures #2), by Peter Bunzl, at Log Cabin Library
Music Boxes, by Tonja Drecker, at Storeybook Reviews
The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, by Ronald L. Smith, at Rosi Hollinbeck
The Rambling, by Jimmy Cajoleas, at Looking Glass Reads
The Root of Magic, by Kathleen Benner Duble, at Cracking the Cover
Serafina and the Seven Stars, by Robert Beatty, at Sharon the Librarian
The Twelve, by Cindy Lin, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Wild Lands, by Paul Greci, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Authors and Interviews
Ronald L. Smith (The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away) at Charlotte's Library
William Ritter (The Oddmire) at From the Mixed Up Files
Other Good Stuff
"So Your Kid is Reading Harry Potter... a Christian Family's Response" at Redeemed Reader
The call for Cybils Award judges will be coming soon (mid August). Visit the Cybils Instagram for tips on how to prepare! If your interested in being a panelist for middle grade speculative fiction (the category I run), and have questions, please let me know! charlotteslibrary at gmail dot com (it feels very old school to write email address this way; is it still necessary?)
and finally, I have a new kitten! Here is little Meeple (this is actually a color picture; a symphony of gray...)
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