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The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

DreamHaven Posted on 2023.03.15 by Lisa2023.03.15

What? You’ve never heard of the legendary pirate, Amina Al-Sirafi? Whose gold-toothed smile and enormous figure was the last thing seen by who-knows-how-many men? The nakhudha of the infamous ship, the Marawati, which roamed the Indian Ocean, stealing horses from … Continue reading →

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Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

DreamHaven Posted on 2023.03.03 by Lisa2023.03.03

This is another insightful fairytale by one of my current favorite authors. It begins with a poetic but rather dark tale—because it would be terribly uncomfortable to make a dog out of bones or a cloak of nettles — but … Continue reading →

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Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

DreamHaven Posted on 2023.02.10 by Lisa2023.02.10

I’ve been a fan of Francis Hardinge’s wonderful, morally complex novels for young adults since reading The Lie Tree, which won a Costa Book Award for Children’s Book (best novel by an author residing in the UK or Ireland) in … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

DreamHaven Posted on 2023.01.13 by Lisa2023.01.13

This is the story of three kids from Nola—an alternate, post-apocalyptic New Orleans, where music is magic, the dead drive taxis, and graffiti comes alive—who fight a great evil in the form of a devastating Storm. The Storm is Hurricane … Continue reading →

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Two More New Manga Titles for 2023

DreamHaven Posted on 2023.01.04 by Lisa2023.01.04

I couldn’t get the formatting to work, so I divided this post and added another title! Magic Teacher, by Rui Sekai and Kyou KitazawaThe actual title (I Got Fired as a Court Wizard so Now I’m Moving to the Country … Continue reading →

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Two New Manga Titles for 2023

DreamHaven Posted on 2023.01.03 by Lisa2023.01.04

Touring After the Apocalypse, by Sakae Saito Youko, a young girl who is apparently the last living human, is on a motorcycle tour of a ruined Japan, accompanied by her cyborg guardian, Airi. She is oddly cheerful and entirely free … Continue reading →

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Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.11.19 by Lisa2022.11.19

Even after decades of watching every Hayao Miyazaki film that I could get my hands on, I hadn’t realized that he was a peerless artist who began his career as a manga writer and illustrator. Shuna’s Journey, his third manga, … Continue reading →

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Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.11.14 by Lisa2022.11.14

This is Ryka Aoki’s first genre SF/F novel, though she has published one previous novel and two poetry anthologies (both finalists for the Lambda Award). She is a trans woman of Japanese descent, a musician (including violin, of course), a … Continue reading →

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Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.11.01 by Lisa2022.11.01

Babel is an extraordinary book: It is outstanding in its intelligence, precise prose, and undeniably new and creative system of magic. It is the story of the fall of the Tower of Babel at Oxford University and, perhaps, the beginning … Continue reading →

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Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.10.27 by Lisa2022.10.27

On the surface, this book looks like just another rousing adventure for the video game generation. The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, fails to take over the body of twelve-year-old, Chinese immigrant Zack, and instead manifests in his … Continue reading →

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Book of Night by Holly Black

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.08.25 by Lisa2022.08.25

I’ve been a fan of Holly Black since before The Spiderwick Chronicles was made into a movie, which was quite a long time ago. Her books are usually quirky, edgy, occasionally dark fantasy, aimed at a young adults audience. Book … Continue reading →

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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.08.11 by Lisa2022.08.11

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the Mexican Canadian, best-selling author of numerous books and stories. She is a winner of The World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and Locus Award. Her books fall into a gap between mainstream literature, historical romance, and … Continue reading →

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.07.18 by Lisa2022.07.18

Becky Chamber’s books have always had a sort of gentleness about them. In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first book in her Hugo Award winning “Wayfarers” Series, the galactic journey of the Wayfarer spaceship is far … Continue reading →

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We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.07.08 by Lisa2022.07.08

I keep hearing good things about Grady Hendrix, whose novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires was a best-seller and whose guide to ‘70s and ‘80s horror fiction, called Paperbacks from Hell is still a favorite at DreamHaven. … Continue reading →

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A Promising New Manga

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.06.14 by Lisa2022.06.14

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is an ongoing manga series written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe, and has recently won several prestigious awards in Japan. The Japanese title is “Sousou no Furiren,” which translates more directly as “Frieren … Continue reading →

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Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

DreamHaven Posted on 2022.06.07 by Lisa2022.06.07

Iron Widow, by a new Canadian-Chinese author, Xiran Jay Zhao, is one of the nominees for the 2022 Lodestar Award for the best young adult science fiction novel. But there is nothing childish about this book. It burns with the … Continue reading →

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