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!
(I changed my post title from "around the blogs" to "around the web" but do cool kids these days actually say "the web"? Would "on-line" be more au currant?)
Book Reviews
Archimancy, by J.A. White, at Puss Reboots
The Battle, by Karuna Riazi, at Randomly Reading
The Beast (Darkdeep #2), by Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Dark Lord Clementine, by Sarah Jean Horwitz, at Cracking the Cover and A Garden of Books
The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Endless Chapters, For Ever and Everly, and The Quiet Pond
Dual at Araluen (Royal Ranger #3), by John Flanagan, at Say What?
The Evil Wizard Smallbone, by Delia Sherman, at Kid Lit Geek
The Fire Keeper, by J.C. Cervantes, at Pamela Kramer
Guardians of Magic, by Chris Riddell, at Book Craic
The Jumbie God's Revenge, by Tracey Baptiste, at Sally's Bookshelf
The Key of Lost Things (Hotel Between #2), by Sean Easley, at Kid Lit Reviews
The Land of Roar, by Jenny McLachlan, at Thoughts by Tash
The Last Dragon (Revenge of Magic #2), by James Riley, at GeoLibrarian and Good Reads with Rona
The Little Grey Girl, by Celine Kiernan, at Pages Unbound
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at PidginPea's Book Nook
Master of the Phantom Isle (Dragonwatch #3) by Brandon Mull, at Read Love
The Missing Barbegazi, by H.S. Norup, at Log Cabin Library
Rebels with a Cause (Max Einstein #2), by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, at Say What?
The Revenge of Magic, by James Riley, at Boys and Literacy
The Shores Beyond Time, by Kevin Emerson, at Charlotte's Library
Skeleton Keys: the Unimaginary Friend, by Gus Bass, at Book Craic
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at Imaginary Friends
Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, at Dead Houseplants
Trace, by Pat Cummings, at Locus
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at Paul's Picks, YA Books Central, Feed Your Fiction Addiction, Broadway World, Ashley and Company, and Charlotte's Library
Weird Little Robots, by Carolyn Crimi, at Always in the Middle
A Wolf Called Wander, by Roseanne Parry, at Redeemed Reader
Two at The Book Search--The Bootlace Magician, by Cassie Beasley, and The Revenge of Magic, by James Riley
Authors and Interviews
Katie Zhao (The Dragon Warrior) at the Barnes and Noble Kids Blog
Kwame Mbalia (Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky) at the News & Observer
Adrianna Cuevas (The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez) at Middle Grade Book Village
Nicole Valentine (A Time-Traveller's Theory of Relativity) at the Lerner Podcast
Nick Tomlinson (The Ghouls of Howlfair) at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
Sarah Jean Horwitz (The Dark Lord Clementine) at Middle Grade Book Village
Paul Mason (The International Yeti Collective) at Alittlebutalot
J. de laVega (Peter Tulliver and the City of Monster) at Reading With Your Kids Podcast
Other Good Stuff
"Historical Fiction With a Touch of Fantasy" at Lyn Miller-Lachmann
at Tor--"The messy beautiful worldbuilding of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
Not exactly good stuff, but I'm looking for new middle grade dystopia, and would welcome suggestions! Here's what I have so far.
(I changed my post title from "around the blogs" to "around the web" but do cool kids these days actually say "the web"? Would "on-line" be more au currant?)
Book Reviews
Archimancy, by J.A. White, at Puss Reboots
The Battle, by Karuna Riazi, at Randomly Reading
The Beast (Darkdeep #2), by Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Dark Lord Clementine, by Sarah Jean Horwitz, at Cracking the Cover and A Garden of Books
The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Endless Chapters, For Ever and Everly, and The Quiet Pond
Dual at Araluen (Royal Ranger #3), by John Flanagan, at Say What?
The Evil Wizard Smallbone, by Delia Sherman, at Kid Lit Geek
The Fire Keeper, by J.C. Cervantes, at Pamela Kramer
Guardians of Magic, by Chris Riddell, at Book Craic
The Jumbie God's Revenge, by Tracey Baptiste, at Sally's Bookshelf
The Key of Lost Things (Hotel Between #2), by Sean Easley, at Kid Lit Reviews
The Land of Roar, by Jenny McLachlan, at Thoughts by Tash
The Last Dragon (Revenge of Magic #2), by James Riley, at GeoLibrarian and Good Reads with Rona
The Little Grey Girl, by Celine Kiernan, at Pages Unbound
Malamander, by Thomas Taylor, at PidginPea's Book Nook
Master of the Phantom Isle (Dragonwatch #3) by Brandon Mull, at Read Love
The Missing Barbegazi, by H.S. Norup, at Log Cabin Library
Rebels with a Cause (Max Einstein #2), by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, at Say What?
The Revenge of Magic, by James Riley, at Boys and Literacy
The Shores Beyond Time, by Kevin Emerson, at Charlotte's Library
Skeleton Keys: the Unimaginary Friend, by Gus Bass, at Book Craic
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at Imaginary Friends
Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst, at Dead Houseplants
Trace, by Pat Cummings, at Locus
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia, at Paul's Picks, YA Books Central, Feed Your Fiction Addiction, Broadway World, Ashley and Company, and Charlotte's Library
Weird Little Robots, by Carolyn Crimi, at Always in the Middle
A Wolf Called Wander, by Roseanne Parry, at Redeemed Reader
Two at The Book Search--The Bootlace Magician, by Cassie Beasley, and The Revenge of Magic, by James Riley
Authors and Interviews
Katie Zhao (The Dragon Warrior) at the Barnes and Noble Kids Blog
Kwame Mbalia (Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky) at the News & Observer
Adrianna Cuevas (The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez) at Middle Grade Book Village
Nicole Valentine (A Time-Traveller's Theory of Relativity) at the Lerner Podcast
Nick Tomlinson (The Ghouls of Howlfair) at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
Sarah Jean Horwitz (The Dark Lord Clementine) at Middle Grade Book Village
Paul Mason (The International Yeti Collective) at Alittlebutalot
J. de laVega (Peter Tulliver and the City of Monster) at Reading With Your Kids Podcast
Other Good Stuff
"Historical Fiction With a Touch of Fantasy" at Lyn Miller-Lachmann
at Tor--"The messy beautiful worldbuilding of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
Not exactly good stuff, but I'm looking for new middle grade dystopia, and would welcome suggestions! Here's what I have so far.
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