What: Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston Who: Balzer + Bray When: February 27th 2018 How: A copy of this novel was provided by HarperCollins for review via Edelweiss. Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was […]
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Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust: A Beautiful Queer Retelling
What: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust Who: Flatiron Books When: October 10th 2017 How: A copy of this novel was provided by Pan Macmillan Australia for review. Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale. At sixteen, Mina’s mother is dead, her magician father […]
Read More →Three Reasons Retellings are Not a Dead Genre: A Guest Post from Alyssa Carlier
A favourite blogger of mine, Alyssa, is finally back from her blogging hiatus! One of the things I love best about Alyssa’s blog is her discussions. They are thoughtful, in-depth, and always have me leaving novel-length comments in response. So when Alyssa reached out to me to asking if she could guest post about retellings […]
Read More →Some LGBTQIA+ Retelling Recs
Books for Thought is where I post a discussion topic related to books, reading, writing, or something pertaining to one of the three. I hope you’ll join in, and discuss today’s topic of lgbtqia+ retellings Last year I wrote a guest post over at Mel’s lovely blog, but I thought I would expand on that […]
Read More →Review: RoseBlood by A.G. Howard
What: RoseBlood by A.G. Howard Who: Amulet Books When: January 10th 2017 How: A copy of this novel was provided by ABRAMS Kids for review via Net Galley. In this modern day spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and […]
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