1/5: Harry Potter’s massive cultural impact means that we haven’t seen the last of magic schools set in Britain, and we probably won’t for a long while. In some ways, the fantasy genre’s response to Rowling’s work is tiresome. In others, it’s exciting—because a generation of readers and writers have grown up to bring their own perspective to the limits of Rowling’s work and push it beyond the limits of its author. However, if you’re looking for a transgressive magic academy ...| www.goodreads.com
A Deadly Education (2020) by Naomi Novik I decided that Orion needed to die after the second time he saved my life. I am a fan of Naomi Novik from the very beginning. To date, I’ve read each …| A Naga of the Nusantara
It’s time for another top ten books of the year list! (You can find my 2019 post here, my 2018 post here, my 2017 post here, my 2016 post here, my 2015 post here, and my 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 p…| Laura Tisdall
Miryem is the daughter of a Jewish moneylender, viewed with suspicion by her tiny community because of her faith and her father’s profession, even though her father is so kind-hearted he rare…| Laura Tisdall
The back cover copy for Uprooted is, very unusually, a beautiful piece of prose in its own right: Agnieszka loves her village, set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a…| Laura Tisdall
