Ann Aguirre (author of the YA dystopia, Enclave) has put up the first chapter of the second book in the trilogy, Outpost. You can read it here. (It comes out some time this fall.) Tweet
Month: January 2012
Night World #5: The Chosen by L.J. Smith
January 27, 2012So far I think I’ve been enjoying rereading the Night World series more than I enjoyed reading them as a teen. What were enjoyable stories before are now much more because I can pick out how layered the stories are. I think though, #5 The Chosen is the exception. I remember this being my favorite […]
Night World #4: Dark Angel by L.J. Smith
January 26, 2012I’ve pointed out before that the Night World books, so far, often have a touch of real life conflict in them, under all the vampires and witches and true love. In Secret Vampire, Poppy and James have to learn how to be on their own in a world that almost certainly is dangerous to them. […]
Night World Girls and Why I Love Them
January 23, 2012Sometimes I feel like I’m the last person in the world to discover LJ Smith. Ten years ago I was surrounded by her works – working in a bookshop during my gap year – but I was very firmly a high fantasy and horror reader back then, and Smith’s books just didn’t hit my radar. […]
Night World #3: Spellbinder by L.J. Smith
January 19, 2012Finally we get to something without vampires! Don’t get me wrong, I loved the first two Night World books, but it’s always fun to read about something other than vampires. (It was true when this book came out too. There were lots of vampire and teen serial killer stories. Not so much with the werethings […]
Night World #2: Daughters of Darkness by L.J. Smith
January 18, 2012“Ash, get bent and die.” Mary-Lynette and Ash are, without a doubt, my favorite Night World couple. she’s a headstrong teen who loves stargazing and wants to find someone to share the night with. He’s the bad, vampire playboy who secretly really does care about others and wants the would to be a better place, […]
Night World #1: Secret Vampire
January 16, 2012*Real life intervened last week so you’re getting a triple play of L.J. this week instead of a double. Enjoy!* “It was on the first day of summer vacation that Poppy found out she was going to die.” Doesn’t that just go straight for the gut? Secret Vampire, the first book in L.J. Smith’s Night […]
Reading L.J. Smith
January 11, 2012Of all the authors I’ve read, met or loved L.J. Smith will always have a special place in my heart. Part of it is the books themselves. I’m a sucker for paranormals. Smith’s first books came out in the 90s, back before urban fantasy and paranormal romance were the genres they are today. To invoke […]
Interview with Steven Roman, author of Blood Feud
January 6, 2012Steven A. Roman is the bestselling author of X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy and Final Destination: Dead Man’s Hand. His latest work is the dark-urban-fantasy adventure Blood Feud: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 1. Blood Feud is about Pandora, a young woman who discovers monsters are real in NYC and only she can see […]
Top Reads for 2011
January 5, 2012Every year for fun the MonsterLibrarian crew picks their favorite reads of the year (from the books we read, not necessarily the ones published in that year). Here are our picks for top YA reads. What are yours? The Monster Librarian’s Top Picks for Young Adults, 2011 A special mention goes to Miss Peregrine’s Home […]