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11/07/10

Books I’ve Reviewed

I’ve updated the Books Reviewed list (not including Young Teens books, for now). You can zoom-in, download and print, or hyperlink to the review. A reminder about the ratings: RL = Reading Level Ink = Ink Spells recommended age rating Rating = My personal rating Content = My comments var docstoc_docid=”60201759″;var docstoc_title=”reviewed books 11/7/10 p2″;var docstoc_urltitle=”reviewed books 11/7/10 p2″; reviewed… Read More

11/05/10

Ink Spells talks Behemoth

Behemoth, by Scott Westerfeld, is even more brilliant than the first book, Leviathan. There. I said it. I’m an unabashed Westerfeld fan, but I seriously believe the second book in this series outdoes the first, partly because this trilogy is smartly unfolding, and partly because we are already entrenched in Westerfeld’s world of Darwinists vs. Clankers, a rich alternate version… Read More

11/04/10

Ink Spells talks The Dark Deeps

The Dark Deeps, by Arthur Slade, is a great steampunk adventure appropriate for the new category Ink Spells will be reviewing: young teens ages 12-14. The Dark Deeps is the second book in The Hunchback Assignments series, featuring Modo, a hunchback who can shift his features to serve as a spy for the Permanent Association in defense of Victorian Britain,… Read More

11/03/10

Ink Spells gets a new Feature: Young Teens

When I first started Ink Spells a year ago, I drew upon many years of searching for appropriate reads for my advanced-reading sons, ages 6, 8 and 10 at the time. Well, Dark Omen will be turning twelve this week, and while he still enjoys middle grade books, he is quickly gravitating toward (and able to handle) books with darker… Read More

11/02/10

Guest Post: Jon S. Lewis, Author of The Brimstone Key

Today’s guest post comes from Jon S. Lewis, author of The Brimstone Key, as well as three other Grey Griffins books. Jon was kind enough to write a guest post about reluctant boy readers, a topic near and dear to Ink Spells’ heart. Relucant Boy Readers by Jon S. Lewis I am a reluctant reader. Okay, so I might be… Read More

11/01/10

Ink Spells talks The Brimstone Key

The Brimstone Key by Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis is the first book of a new Grey Griffins series called The Clockwork Chronicles. This is the second middle grade steampunk book that I’ve read (Leviathan being the first), but The Brimstone Key doesn’t take place in a mythical past, but rather in an altered-present version of Avalon, Minnesota. This small town is… Read More