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Read This! Catherynne M. Valente's Fairyland

by Trevor, Village Books bookseller I love speculative fiction. It doesn't matter whether it's science fiction or fantasy, written for an adult audience or younger, if it has a great story and memorable characters then count me in. And though... Read more →

Predictions for the Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz Awards

Hana (right) and Sarah (left) show off their best picks! by Hana Boxberger Awards season is coming up, and while the movie world and the music world are looking to the Oscars and the Grammys, we in the book world... Read more →

Read This! The Woman in Cabin 10

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (July 2016) If you read the NPR book of the year (2015), In the Dark Dark Wood, then you read Ware's first novel. The movie rights have been purchased and the paperback... Read more →

June's Just Write! 300 Words - Paragraph Prompt

Thanks to those who joined us in June's 300 Words prompt, where we focused on some fatherly feelings beginning with the sentence: "As soon as I heard the news, my first thought was of my dad ... " From Bob:... Read more →

Read This! Book Review - Be Frank with Me

Read This! Book Review Be Frank with Me by Julia Johnson This book is a delightful mix of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Wonder, and The Rosie Project. Yet, Julia Johnson has... Read more →

Last-Minute Halloween (Book) Treats for Kids!

Odds are the kids are going to get plenty of sweets and tiny toys this weekend, so why not give them a little brain candy as an extra-special Hallow-day treat! Whether you're looking for spooktacular silliness or fearsome fright in... Read more →

Caution: Dangerously Good Books Ahead!

ARE YOU READY FOR BANNED BOOKS WEEK? Consider yourself warned, we have some seriously dangerous reading in store for Banned Books Week, September 27th - October 3rd! This year's event focuses on Young Adult books, a genre steeped with remarkable... Read more →

Stephanie Reviews ... The First Bad Man by Miranda July

I’ve been a rather evangelistic fan of Miranda July’s 2007 short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You for years, and when an advanced copy of her first ever novel appeared in my box at work late last... Read more →

Jenny Reviews: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

I've been waiting a long time to get my hands on this book. Author Brandon Sanderson is a fairly well-known SpecFic author, having written the Mistborn books and finished Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, among others. Right now... Read more →

Jenny Reviews: The Wonder of All Things by Jason Mott

It's difficult sometimes to draw a line between books in the Speculative Fiction genre and novels that fall under the umbrella of General Fiction. When there are dragons, magic and sorcery, stories are a little bit easier to put into... Read more →