Category: Fantasy

The Time Quintet by Madeleine L’Engle

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

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A Wrinkle in Time (1962) “It was a dark and stormy night.” The first book in the Time Quintet is the most well-known and recognizable. The book is classified as “science fantasy,” which is to say, science-fiction but also with elements of fantasy (the… Continue Reading “The Time Quintet by Madeleine L’Engle”

Category: Fantasy, Madeleine L'Engle, Religion, Science-Fiction, Young Adult

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Posted on November 25, 2017 by

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Simon, Jane, and Barnabas Drew are on a summer trip with their parents, visiting their mysterious uncle in Trewissick, a small and ancient village, just outside the limits of Cornwall, England. It is fabled that Cornwall is the land of that once and future… Continue Reading “Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper”

Category: Arthurian Legend, Celtic Mythology, Fantasy, Susan Cooper, Young Adult

Recent Fiction Reads: Goosebumps, Boy, and The Book of Dust

Posted on November 19, 2017 by

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Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine (3.0 out of 5.0)  Welcome to Dead House is the first book in the infamous Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine. This one tells the tale of two young siblings and their parents. The family move to a new… Continue Reading “Recent Fiction Reads: Goosebumps, Boy, and The Book of Dust”

Category: Book Review, British Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, James Hanley, Middle Grade, Modernism, Philip Pullman, R.L. Stine, Young Adult

The Circle Cast by Alex Epstein

Posted on November 11, 2017 by

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The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan Le Fay is an interesting retelling of the young life of Merlin’s arch-nemesis, Morgana. The story takes place in the late 400s; the Romans have fallen and Christianity is on the rise, reaching the superstitious, pagan-rich lands… Continue Reading “The Circle Cast by Alex Epstein”

Category: Alex Epstein, Arthurian Legend, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult

The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart

Posted on November 1, 2017 by

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The second installment in Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy picks up just where book one, The Crystal Cave, left off. Young Merlin has assisted High King Uther Pendragon to bed Lady Ygraine, and a child has been conceived. Pendragon declares to Merlin and Ygraine that… Continue Reading “The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart”

Category: Arthurian Legend, Fantasy, Magic, Mary Stewart

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