Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
Fire & Blood, by George R R Martin, provides the background history for the Game of Thrones series. Purportedly, the narrative is the piecing together of the various histories of the Targaryen royal family’s uniting of the seven kingdoms and rule of Westeros, so as to present the most accurate account possible. The switching between …
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Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
According to the author Gail Levine, inspiration to write this book came from her father who was an orphan at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the real life counterpart for the story’s fictional Hebrew Home for Boys. When Dave Caros’ father dies in an accident, his stepmother places him in the Hebrew Home for Boys; an orphanage …
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is known for his creative and unique writing styles when it comes to children’s literature. This book is no exception. It is written as a screenplay complete with directions for the camera shots. While listening to the full cast audiobook with sound effects and music, I felt like I was “watching” the …
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi is a pretty amazing book. It is a story that takes place in a dystonian future and is about Juliette, who has survived alone in prison without seeing another person. This isn’t a story of someone wrongly accused. Juliette is in for murder and she believes she deserves to be there and …
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater is a young adult paranormal story about Blue, her family, and some boys from a nearby private school. Everyone in Blue’s family is psychic … except for her. Blue does have a gift, she acts as an amplifier for other psychics. Blue has had a number of readings over …
The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker
The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker continues the story that began in the Half-Drowned King. Ragnvald has sworn to King Harald, who wants to unite all of Norway under his rule. The first book focused on Ragnvald’s rise as a warrior, and his sister Svanhild played a more minor part. In The Sea Queen Svanhild has grown …