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 in my blog reading this week; please let me know if I missed your post!
The Reviews
The Bootlace Magician (Cicus Mirandus #2), by Cassie Beasley, at Randomly Reading
The Boy Who Was Fire, by Marcus Kahle McCann, at The Children's Book Review
City of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, at Pages Unbound
The Dark Lord Clementine, by Sarah Jean Howitz, at Sally's Bookshelf
Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Charlotte's Library
Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee, at Imaginary Friends
The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Log Cabin Library, Forever and Everly, and Lost In Storyland
Ember: the Secret Book, by Jamie Smart, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
The Hippo at the End of the Hall, by Helen Cooper, at Charlotte's Library
Homerooms and Hall Passes, by Tom O'Donnell, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The International Yeti Collective, by Paul Mason, at Book Craic
The Little Broomstick, by Mary Stewart, at Fantasy Literature
Mightier than the Sword, by Drew Callander and Alana Harrison, at Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Race to the Sun, by Rebecca Roanhorse, at Imaginary Friends
The Red Fox Clan (Royal Ranger #2), by John Flanagan, at Say What?
Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, at Books4YourKids
The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud, a review revisited at Twirling Book Princess
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at Geo Librarian
The Tyrant's Tomb, by Rick Riordan, at Say What?
The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster (Polly and Buster #1), by Sally Ripen, at Always in the Middle
Two at alibrarymama--Freedom Fire. Dactyl Hill Squad 2, by Daniel José Older, and Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst
Two at Falling Letters-- Sweep, by Jonathan Auxier, and The Stone Girl's Story, by Sarah Beth Durst
Two at The Book Search--We're Not From Here, by Geoff Rodkey, and Twinchantement, by Elise Allen
Authors and Interviews
Nick Tomlinson (The Ghouls of Howlfair) at A Little But a Lot
Daniel Kraus (The Teddies Saga) at Fuse#8
Paul Mason (The International Yeti Collective), at Thereaderteacher.com (also with review)
Liesl Shurtliff (The Obsidian Compass: Time Castaways series #2), at A Year of Reading.
Other Good Stuff
"Imagining Other Worlds in Diana Wynne Jones' Witch Week" at Tor
"25 Scary (and not-so-scary) books to get you in the Halloween spirit" at Pop Goes the Reader
And if you haven't nominated a book for the Cybils Awards in Elementary/middle grade speculative fiction, here is a list I made of books that haven't been nominated yet!
The Reviews
The Bootlace Magician (Cicus Mirandus #2), by Cassie Beasley, at Randomly Reading
The Boy Who Was Fire, by Marcus Kahle McCann, at The Children's Book Review
City of Bones, by Victoria Schwab, at Pages Unbound
The Dark Lord Clementine, by Sarah Jean Howitz, at Sally's Bookshelf
Dead Voices, by Katherine Arden, at Charlotte's Library
Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee, at Imaginary Friends
The Dragon Warrior, by Katie Zhao, at Log Cabin Library, Forever and Everly, and Lost In Storyland
Ember: the Secret Book, by Jamie Smart, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
The Hippo at the End of the Hall, by Helen Cooper, at Charlotte's Library
Homerooms and Hall Passes, by Tom O'Donnell, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The International Yeti Collective, by Paul Mason, at Book Craic
The Little Broomstick, by Mary Stewart, at Fantasy Literature
Mightier than the Sword, by Drew Callander and Alana Harrison, at Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Race to the Sun, by Rebecca Roanhorse, at Imaginary Friends
The Red Fox Clan (Royal Ranger #2), by John Flanagan, at Say What?
Scary Stories for Young Foxes, by Christian McKay Heidicker, at Books4YourKids
The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud, a review revisited at Twirling Book Princess
Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden, at Geo Librarian
The Tyrant's Tomb, by Rick Riordan, at Say What?
The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster (Polly and Buster #1), by Sally Ripen, at Always in the Middle
Two at alibrarymama--Freedom Fire. Dactyl Hill Squad 2, by Daniel José Older, and Spark, by Sarah Beth Durst
Two at Falling Letters-- Sweep, by Jonathan Auxier, and The Stone Girl's Story, by Sarah Beth Durst
Two at The Book Search--We're Not From Here, by Geoff Rodkey, and Twinchantement, by Elise Allen
Authors and Interviews
Nick Tomlinson (The Ghouls of Howlfair) at A Little But a Lot
Daniel Kraus (The Teddies Saga) at Fuse#8
Paul Mason (The International Yeti Collective), at Thereaderteacher.com (also with review)
Liesl Shurtliff (The Obsidian Compass: Time Castaways series #2), at A Year of Reading.
Other Good Stuff
"Imagining Other Worlds in Diana Wynne Jones' Witch Week" at Tor
"25 Scary (and not-so-scary) books to get you in the Halloween spirit" at Pop Goes the Reader
And if you haven't nominated a book for the Cybils Awards in Elementary/middle grade speculative fiction, here is a list I made of books that haven't been nominated yet!
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