Recommended for Book Club month to Steph by Yash. From the cover and the back copy I knew what I was in for – and honestly, it serves me right for giving Yash the equally challenging and groundbreaking When Everything Feels Like the Movies (look for her review of that Canadian …
Hardcover, 272 pages Published March 31st 2015 by Chronicle Books Source: ARC from Raincoast Books Shhh, I told Maggie. Listen. Because somebody was high up, above our heads, singing this sad gospel song. Somebody was there in the garden of the dead besides the two of us. We saw the laces …
I realized that we Book Warriors hadn’t yet done a review of Maleficent, Disney’s newest Sleeping Beauty retelling from the perspective of the antagonist – Maleficent. Now, Sleeping Beauty was always one of my favourite movies as a little girl. I remember arguing fervently with my little sister that the blue dress was way prettier than …
We here at The Book Wars work by monthly themes because it keeps our reading and reviewing somewhat in focus (unless powerful forces like Publishing Houses request our attention and then… we sell out because we love them). This generally allows us to delve into some interesting niche topics and …
As a dystopia and speculative literature lover and critic I get asked a lot why kids like these kinds of incredibly bleak books (which I don’t really think are all that bleak, but that is not the general perception). Thinking about this month’s theme a potential reason (among so many) dawned on …
I, like so many out there, am a huge fan of Lois Lowry’s classic The Giver. Made to read it in school, I have since reread it and studied it multiple times. It is, for all intents and purposes, one of the first dystopias written for folks under the age …
This month, short story month, has been a new and intriguing experience for me. I, like many of our readers (we have noticed the lower hits!), have never really been that into short stories. Sure, I like fairy tales and myth, but they aren’t quite the same as a whole anthology of …
Hello! Yash and Steph here. We haven’t done “buddy reads” yet, so forgive us if it feels a little clunky (we’re still working on it!). We thought we should give buddy posts a try before we reach our one year anniversary! Expect a few more of these and hopefully up to …
Before I begin this article, let me state that all the regular contributors and writers at The Book Wars are either children’s literature specialists or are working towards becoming children’s literature specialists. In other words, we either have our Masters degrees in children’s literature or are working towards getting one. …
Today I get to introduce and present to you an interview with the hilarious and illustrious Christopher Healy! He is the author of the Hero’s Guide trilogy: The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle, and coming in spring 2014, The Hero’s Guide to Being …
