Guest Post: Don’t Touch That Book!

I’ve done a guest post for Professor Beej’s Anti-Twilight Week over on his blog, Professor Beej – Blurring the Line Between Pop Culture and Academics. It’s about some of the main problems I have with the Twilight series, and why I don’t think it’s appropriate reading for anybody of any age, but especially not adolescents [...]

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Speculative Fiction is Still for Children

Speculative Fiction is Still for Children I don’t remember the first Speculative Fiction story I read. There are so many possible contenders; I literally cannot pinpoint which one got to me first. I read Anne McCaffrey, Brian Jacques, Tanith Lee, Bruce Coville, Philip Pullman, Piers Anthony, Madeleine L’Engle and many more, all before I got [...]

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The Fall of Hyperion: It’s the End of the World

The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages Publisher: Spectra (November 1, 1995) ISBN-10: 0553288202 In this sequel to Hyperion, Dan Simmons picks up right where he left at the end of the first book, following the pilgrims as they descend into the Shrike’s valley. We again meet The Consul, Brawne [...]

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Graceling: So Close, Yet So Far

Graceling by Kristin Cashore I read this book in one night, starting in the afternoon and ending at 7:30 the next morning. It’s set in a world of seven semi-warring kingdoms, where some people are inexplicably born with something called a Grace. This Grace is an exaggerated aptitude for something, such as cooking, or horse [...]

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Bedtime Book: The Paper Bag Princess

Read Sunday Night The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch This is one of my favorites. A princess that doesn’t play the damsel in distress, but instead goes out and rescues her prince from the evil dragon. What mom wouldn’t get behind that. Oh, and did I mention she does it in a brown [...]

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