Category Archives: YA

The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Posted on August 29, 2025 by bseat

I sometimes find the book designation “YA” or “Young Adult” a bit confusing and limiting. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was a breakout YA novel as was Twilight by Stephanie Meyer and more recently Leigh Bardugos’s Shadow and Bone series … Continue reading →

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The Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Posted on March 29, 2024 by bseat

I had been looking for a good fantasy series for awhile now and then I stumbled onto this series by Yarros. I put them on hold at the library since they were labelled YA and sometimes something labeled Young Adult … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

Posted on October 20, 2023 by bseat

Books, libraries, magic, and travel to alternative realities are all a part of this wonderful series by Cogman. It is all of my favorite things wrapped up together including interesting characters, smart dialogue and some twisty plot lines! So fun! … Continue reading →

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A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Posted on May 12, 2023 by bseat

El Higgins is the last person you would think would be a hero. Orion Lake is much more the hero type. Bold and decisive, Orion wants to save everyone at School of the Wind University, a school of magical arts. … Continue reading →

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Posted on August 12, 2022 by bseat

Five years ago, Andie Bell, a pretty, popular high school senior was murdered. Her boyfriend, Sal Singh, was a prime suspect and when he committed suicide everyone felt that confirmed their suspicions and the town and the police moved on. … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 57)

Posted on April 30, 2021 by bseat

The year is 2045. All the things that humanity worried about; climate change, eco destruction and gross inequalities between the haves and have nots, have come to fruition. Earth is a dying planet and the only escape is OASIS, a … Continue reading →

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The Ten thousand Doors of January by Alix L. Harrow (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 32)

Posted on October 30, 2020 by bseat

I have always loved doors. Whenever I travel, I end up taking pictures of doors and doorways. For me they are evocative, mysterious, and inviting. So a book about doors was a fascinating concept to me and this book quickly … Continue reading →

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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 30)

Posted on October 16, 2020 by bseat

I first met Leigh Bardugo when I read her Grisha trilogy beginning with Shadow and Bone. She is clearly a new and exciting voice in the fantasy genre, so when I saw that she had written another novel set in … Continue reading →

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The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 22)

Posted on August 21, 2020 by bseat

There is nothing like reading a really good fantasy series to give you a break from the tedium and anxiety of living through a pandemic. Opening up another world, meeting new characters and learning how they confront their fears and … Continue reading →

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His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman

Posted on January 31, 2020 by bseat

I did not read Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy when they were first published starting in 1995.  It wasn’t until HBO recently started advertising its new series based on the books that I became interested. Although marketed as young adult … Continue reading →

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