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Here’s an obvious spoiler: someone dies - is sacrificed. Given that this is the third book of the second trilogy starring Rudi, Mati, and their generation, you figure it’s going to be one of them - but which? Or, witch which?

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And, given that it’s the ninth book of the series, you can assume spoilers for previous books.

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Jane Austen - all the love. Elizabeth Bennet - guaranteed witty conversation. Mr. Darcy - swoon. A Jane Austen knock off - excuse me, homage - moved to the top of my To Read pile as soon as I brought it home.

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I wish I had some friends. I think I’ll just make them up and tell stories about them. I’ll make my friends such good, bad and/or weird characters, that total strangers will pay money to read my stories. But how?

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The main idea, which you can get from anyone, is Use the Right Words!!!eleventy!!! Dwight V. Swain did an excellent job explaining ( Read more... )

Stalkers creep me out, but I have read many other books by Nancy Springer, so I figured this would be handled well.  In fact, it was a much better book than I expected ( Read more... )

Anahita is a busy, busy, busy. She helps the dye-master find plants for vibrant dyes, and helps her mother weave the Persian carpets that Iran is famous for.  Because she has no brothers, she helps her father tend the sheep.  Her tribe moves the flocks from place to place throughout the spring, finding the best grass to graze on. She also works ( Read more... )

Two books.  Two teens.  Two settings.  One plot.

The good-looking girl, on top of her social game, is kicked in the teeth by her own years of nasty behavior, and - while never losing her own good opinion of herself - must struggle to regain her social standing.

To do it, she’s going to have to…  play by the rules.
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