Shouting from the Shelftops is a bimonthly(-ish) feature to gush over book news that come to my attention, to celebrate good news amidst whatever the year is delivering to you. The basic mood for these posts is just Enthusiastic Screaming™. This week's news is chock full of adaptations. Time to scream in joy! The latest … Continue reading Shouting from the Shelftops #24
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Audiobook Review: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister--whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice--back to their home on the Moors. But death in their adopted world isn't always … Continue reading Audiobook Review: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Review: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire My rating: 5 of 5 stars This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When … Continue reading Review: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Novellas/Short Stories
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl wherein each week bloggers list out their Top Ten. Sometimes you just don't want to sit through a whole novel. Sometimes you just want some extra material from the author. Sometimes there are … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Novellas/Short Stories
Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. This is the story of what happened first… Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, … Continue reading Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Review: Every Heart a Doorway
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, … Continue reading Review: Every Heart a Doorway
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