Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books On My Fall To-Be-Read list. As usual, they aren’t in any kind of order. All of them will be published this fall, in October or November. Of course, there… Read more »
Categories: YA fantasy; fairy-tales retold Series: Princess #3 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2012 Book Source: Public library What a delightful ending to a wonderful trilogy! Though the focus in this book is on youngest sister Petunia, now 16, we get to see all twelve princess again (along with a few of their husbands.) … Read more »
Categories: YA fantasy; fairy-tales retold Series: Princess #2 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2010 Book Source: My collection (e-book) I loved Jessica Day George’s Princess of the Midnight Ball, so it still surprises me that I waited over a year and a half to read its sequel, Princess of Glass. (Then… Read more »
Categories: YA fantasy; fairy-tales retold Series: Princess #1 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2009 Book Source: My collection (e-book) I love a good retelling of a classic fairy tale, and Jessica Day George’s Princess of the Midnight Ball is one of the best. George breathes life into the story of the… Read more »
Jessica Day George’s Princess of the Midnight Ball and Princess of Glass are both currently available for $1.99 or less, depending on the store. Books on Board has the lowest price, at $1.35 each. (So far, Sony’s Reader Store has not discounted either book, but they may match their competitors… Read more »
Category: Children’s fantasy Book source: Public library “Whenever Castle Glower became bored, it would grow a room or two.” So begins Jessica Day George’s charming fairy tale, Tuesdays at the Castle, and from whimsical first sentence to suspenseful climax, the book is a gem. Eleven-year old Celie, the protagonist, is… Read more »
