March 4, 2018
Welcome to another first at Speculative Chic! Yes, we’re doing another excerpt from Entangled Teen, but obviously, that’s not the first. The first is Speculative Chic’s first Sunday post! So kick back and take a sneak peak at an excerpt from Jus Accardo’s The Big Bad Wolf, out tomorrow, March 5th! What’s it about? Let’s take a peak…. Kensey Deaton comes…
March 1, 2018
A Thousand Nights (2015) Written By: E. K. Johnston Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Pages: 325 (Hardcover) Series: A Thousand Nights Book 1 Publisher: Hyperion Why I Chose It: I was browsing the young adult section of the library, and the cover and title of this struck me. I love when you can tell immediately what flavor of book you’re getting…
February 12, 2018
Happy Monday to all! We’re doing something a little different this afternoon. I’m sure you’re used to the My Favorite Things column we publish every Monday morning, but we got to thinking: why not invite authors to share excerpts from their latest releases? We reached out to Entangled Teen, and they were more than happy to hook us up with…
February 6, 2018
I love whimsical fantasy that’s coated in glitter and smells like popcorn and sugar. I made a display at work featuring as many of these sort of books as I could find: Caraval, The Night Circus, Daughter of a Burning City. Circuses and carnivals are magical places — even if they happen to be the cheap traveling kind with rides…
January 30, 2018
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, stop running and discuss Maze Runner: The Death Cure, which premiered in the United States on Friday, January 26, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
January 23, 2018
A Wrinkle in Time (1962) Written by: Madeleine L’Engle Genre: Science Fantasy/Young Adult Pages: 228 (Paperback) Publisher: Macmillan Why I Chose This: I missed out on this classic while growing up, so my 2018 Resolution Project was to read the book before the movie is released in March. Success! The premise: It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her…
January 23, 2018
If 2000 was the year X-Men launched a wave of superhero films, then 2018 is set to be the year of the superhero blockbuster. Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, New Mutants, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Ant-Man 2, Deadpool 2, The Incredibles 2, and even Venom will hit theaters, in addition to an animated Spider-Man movie starring Miles Morales. That’s a lot.…
January 18, 2018
Pegasus (2010) Written By: Robin McKinley Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Pages: 416 (Hardcover) Series: Pegasus Book 1 Publisher: Putnam Why I Chose It: Robin McKinley has been one of my all time favorite authors since I read The Blue Sword back when I was a kid. I haven’t absolutely loved everything she’s ever written (Deerskin, I’m looking at you). But…
November 17, 2017
Tortall: A Spy’s Guide (2017) Written By: Tamora Pierce Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Pages: 320 pages (Hardcover) Series: Tortall Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Why I Chose It: Anything by Tamora Pierce is an instabuy for me. I even dragged my husband and child to the bookstore at dinner time because two-day shipping wasn’t quick enough. The Premise:…
November 16, 2017
In Other Lands (2017) Written by: Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: YA Fantasy Pages: 441 (Hardcover) Publisher: Small Beer Press Why I Chose It: It’s Sarah Rees Brennan and I’m a fan of her writing, though not of all of her books. My understanding from her blog is that this was a book she wrote and posted on the internet as…