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The Battle For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A great series full of imagination and creativity, with a great main character in Eva, and a gorgeous package to wrap it all up; a series I can see myself going...

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A book, like the first, full of wonderful language, description, and imagination; a mix of fairy tale, epic quest, reworked mythology and coming of age story. G...

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The Value of Young-Adult Fiction

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Why do more adults read YA fiction than teenagers do? What is it that so attracts the adult reader, if the genre contains the same ratio of good to bad writing ...

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

I loved everything about this audio book. The story is a wonderful blend of fairytale, epic quest, and fantasy adventure. It is full of gorgeous language, imagi...

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I loved everything about this audio book. The story is a wonderful blend of fairytale, epic quest, and fantasy adventure. It is full of gorgeous language, imagi...

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He missed you

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

He missed you like a fish in a bowl misses the open sea. ― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

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