C.J. Milbrandt's Blog, page 59
July 27, 2017
#amreading Like Crazy
Here are more books I read in July…
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The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom is a grin- and giggle-inducing adventure with a fairy tale twist. In the songs of the bards, every princess is known by name, but the princes are simply called … charming. Four prince charmings band together to save the kingdom. There are currently two other books in the series.
Jinx kicks off a fantasy trilogy. The Urwald is a vast forest with an abundance of dangers: tolls, werebears, elves, witches, and evil wizar...
ART: Haimish
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July 26, 2017
GAME: Name that Book Cover
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July 25, 2017
BYWAYS: Release Day
Celebrate everything! A quick post to mark the release of Byways #12, In the Middle: A Zane Johns Adventure.
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If you’ve been following the series, you know that every Byways Book incorporates details from one of the fifty states—places, icons, landmarks, etc. Zane’s new adventure takes its cues from the twelfth state, North Carolina.
Which is nicknamed, “First in Flight.”
Because of famous stuff that happened in Kittyhawk.
The cover makes so much sense now … doesn’t it? : ]
July 24, 2017
BYWAYS: Illustrations
Every one of the Byways Books includes beautiful full-color art by my illustrator, Hannah Christenson. Here’s a sampling from Book #9, Through the Notches: A Zane Johns Adventure.
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July 21, 2017
COVER REVEAL: In the Middle
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“If this is a Wild place, shouldn’t it be more obvious? You could say that these are magic trees, covered in magic moss, growing out of magic dirt, and it’s all the same to me.” Bree asked, “Can’t you conjure up a pixie or a dragon, or at least a wisp of foxfire?”
“I’m afraid not, but we’re definitely in the Wilds,” said Jovan. “Since there’s a town nearby, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is a wake forest.”
“Awake?”
“Wake,” Jovan corrected. “Like a ship’s wake. When colonists enter the land...
July 20, 2017
July 19, 2017
GAME: Name that Book Cover
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July 15, 2017
#amreading All Summer
I’ve been reading and reviewing more middlegrade books on my GoodReads account, adding to my accumulation of titles for both the 2017 Reading Challenge and for the Great Middle Grade Reads 2017 A-Z Challenge. What’s middlegrade, you may ask? Usually, they’re designated as books for readers aged 8-12. And the category is often divided into lower middlegrade (8-10) and upper middlegrade (12-14). Here are some of the books I read in June:
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The Mark of the Dragonfly is a mystery/adventure set in...
July 13, 2017
ART: Tupper Meadowsweet
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