Well, I’m happy to announce that we’ve finally reached the point when books for juvenile readers set in magical schools don’t feel like cheap, Harry Potter knockoffs. Frank Beddor‘s Hatter Madigan: Ghost in the Hatbox provides middle grades readers with a balance between J.K. Rowling’s fantasy and Beddor’s own take on Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. The result is a wholly original little book that will delight anyone looking for light-hearted fantasy. Continue reading
I wasn’t planning to reread Anne of Green Gables – or any book for that matter – this year, but the book began to call to me several months ago. Suddenly, Anne Shirley is everywhere. Just in the last week, I wrote about the life lessons I learned from Anne of Green Gables, and I learned the CBC is working on a new film adaptation, set to premiere in early 2016. In line with this resurgence, here is my review of L.M. Montgomery‘s most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables. Continue reading