P Zoraida Córdova was born in Ecuador and raised in Queens, New York. She is the author of the Vicious Deep trilogy, the On the Verge series, and the Brooklyn Brujas series. She loves black coffee, snark, and still believes in magic. Send her a tweet @Zlikeinzorro or visit her at zoraidacordova.com. Social Media Links: Author Website:http://www.zoraidacordova.com/ […]
Month: September 2016
Spotlight: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Labyrinth Lost By Zoraida Córdova Released September 6, 2016; Hardcover, ISBN 9781492620945 Praise for Labyrinth Lost “This work is a magical journey from start to finish… A compelling must-have for teens” –School Library Journal, STARRED review “Córdova’s (the Vicious Deep series) magic-infused, delightfully dark story introduces readers to an engrossing, Latin American–inspired fantasy setting […]
Book Review: Skeleton Keys by John Klann
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Do the dead still walk amongst us, sharing their old homes, or jobs, with coworkers. John Klann has set about to explore that very question. Skeleton Keys is a collection of terrifying, true tales of workplace hauntings. Most are recounted from the person to whom they happened. […]
Book Review: Animal Planet’s Dinosaurs! by Lori Stein
Animal Planet’s Dinosaurs! by Lori Stein is a great way to teach kids all about dinosaurs, not that you really need too. Kids often know more about the titanic dragons of yester-millenia better than adults. Sadly, a love for dinosaurs seems to lose its lustre as we grow older. Not me, thankfully, and I’ve […]
Book Review: Blood Transparencies by Randy White
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Blood Transparencies, an autobiographical poetry collection by Randy White, is an eloquent and poignant look at a life via verbal snapshots. These precious pearls shaped in words are beautiful, drawing forth emotion and resonant memory from the reader. There were several times I had […]
Book Review: Animal Planet: Strange, Unusual, Gross, and Cool Animals by Charles Gingha
Animal Planet’s Strange, Unusual, Gross, and Cool Animals by Charles Gingha is nifty collection of some of the wildest critters on our wonderful, wonderful planet. I read this book with my cublings, and we all learned tons of new and fascinating facts. The girls and I loved the little poems at the beginning of each […]
Book Review: Mudman by James Hunter
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Hunter’s Mudman is a timeless tale of striving against evil. Levi is a mudman- a golem- who was created in the death camps of Nazi Germany, infused with the desire to kill those who torment and torture the innocent. Sixty years on, Levi still lives, continuing to […]
Book Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
This book was purchased for my own pleasure, with no expectation of a review Brown’s Golden Son is a breathtaking followup to Red Rising., book one of the Red Rising trilogy. The second installment takes us two years into Darrow’s future, where he has moved from the Institute to the […]