**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Berkley, 2023 ISBN-13: 9780593201268 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Louise receives a phone call she never thought she would get from her brother, Mark. Their parents have been killed in a car accident. A single parent to Poppy, […]
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**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Hares in the Hedgerow (The Gardening Guidebooks Trilogy #2) by Jessica McHugh Ghoulish Books, 2022 ISBN: 9781943720767 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org Little did readers of Rabbits in the Garden, the first book to introduce Avery and her crazy mother Faye in The Gardening Guidebooks Trilogy, realize the full extent of the […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson Quill Tree Books, 2023 ISBN-13: 978-0063260795 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com I have enjoyed Kosoko Jackson’s previous YA books, the dystopian Survive the Dome and the time travel novel Yesterday is History, both with Black queer boys as protagonists. The […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE MONSTERS WE DEFY BY LESLYE PENELOPE
March 4, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope. Redhook, 2022 ISBN-13 978-0316377911 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, Audible Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Monsters We Defy takes place in an alternate Washington, D.C. during the Harlem Renaissance. This world has Enigmas (similar to demons) who will offer you a gift (Charm) always in company with […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE MIDNIGHT GIRLS BY ALICIA JASINSKA
February 21, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska Sourcebooks Fire, 2022 ISBN-13: 978-1728209753 Available: Hardcover, paperback, audiobook, Kindle edition. Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Midnight Girls takes place in a fantasy kingdom based on the Kingdom of Poland at the end of the 18th century, which was torn apart by wars with […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Rabbits in the Garden (Gardening Guidebooks #1) by Jessica McHugh Ghoulish Books, 2022 ISBN: 978-1943720736 Available: Paperback Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com After reading Jessica McHugh’s Rabbits in the Garden, readers will never look at rabbits or gardening tools in quite the same way again. Avery’s mom has a creepy interest in her garden, as […]
BOOK REVIEW: SHADOW RUNNER BY K.J. FIELER
February 7, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Shadow Runner by K.J. Fieler Black Rose Writing, 2023 9781685132040 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy (pre-order): Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The only negative to Shadow Runner is that eventually, like all great stories, it ends. It would be tougher to put together a better YA fantasy/thriller than this. Like the Harry Potter series, Shadow Runner has the ability to […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMORY EATER BY REBECCA MAHONEY
February 1, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Memory Eater by Rebecca Mahoney Razorbill, 2023 ISBN-13 : 978-0593524602 Available: Hardcover ( Bookshop.org ) Whistler Beach in Maine is a magical place, but frightening for those who know the truth. When was the last time Maine wasn’t like this? Stephen King didn’t invent the spookiness and weirdness […]
Book Review: House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildenstein
January 19, 2024In a world of faerie high court tales be an Olivia Wildenstein. It’s no secret fairy smut is pretty popular right now. BookTok and Sara J. Maas have kicked off a reader passion for more adult oriented fairy tales, though the smut levels of the popular series vary. There’s very little in the first book […]
Books You Missed: The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown
January 15, 2024You probably missed this one, seeing as it came out in 1986, the author never really exploded in popularity and viral wasn’t really a thing. However I consider this series one of my absolute favorites, and a must read for fantasy loving teens. Mary Brown wrote not one but four books about a girl who […]