As a modern story written with a 19th century flair, Darker Still is the perfect fodder for taking a new YA novel and bringing it into the classroom ... especially because author Leanna Renee Hieber drew upon the classic novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde! So first things first ... we share... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite parts of reading This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel was spotting the references & nods to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- since This Dark Endeavor is written as a prequel to that book. So in case you missed them or want more insight, here's a look at some of the major references:... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite parts of reading This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel was spotting the references & nods to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- since This Dark Endeavor is written as a prequel to that book. So in case you missed them or want more insight, here's a look at some of the major references:... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, we shared more about the original classic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -- as part of our feature on This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel, which is a new prequel to the original book. So today, we want to talk a bit more about the original creator of Victor Frankenstein: Mary Shelley herself! Mary... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, we shared more about the original classic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -- as part of our feature on This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel, which is a new prequel to the original book. So today, we want to talk a bit more about the original creator of Victor Frankenstein: Mary Shelley herself! Mary... Continue Reading →
One of the things I enjoyed most about This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel is the new layers of context it gave to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- even giving me new appreciation for a book I hadn't really liked much before. Reading This Dark Endeavor actually got me digging out my old copy of Frankenstein... Continue Reading →
One of the things I enjoyed most about This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel is the new layers of context it gave to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- even giving me new appreciation for a book I hadn't really liked much before. Reading This Dark Endeavor actually got me digging out my old copy of Frankenstein... Continue Reading →
We've talked a lot these last two weeks about various aspects of history and folklore that are incorporated into Fateful by Claudia Gray, but one detail that plays a key role in the book is the idea of social classes and their different roles on the Titanic. In Fateful, our narrator Tess is a third-class... Continue Reading →
We've talked a lot these last two weeks about various aspects of history and folklore that are incorporated into Fateful by Claudia Gray, but one detail that plays a key role in the book is the idea of social classes and their different roles on the Titanic. In Fateful, our narrator Tess is a third-class... Continue Reading →
I had a sort of fortuitous, unexpected meeting with Scott Westerfeld earlier this year at BEA in New York City. I'd missed getting a ticket to his signing for ARCs of Goliath, so I didn't expect to see him. Later that day, I swung by the S&S booth to meet with some of their marketing... Continue Reading →
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