Book Description: During a pilgrimage to the oracle Taitsukun, Miaka is trapped inside a cursed mirror while her evil reflection goes free! Can Tamahome, Hotohori, and Nuriko save the real Miaka? Can Yui, now back in the real world, help her missing friend come home? When Miaka does make her way back to Tokyo, things are not as expected. Review: There once was a twit named … [Read more...] about Fushigi Yûgi 2 by Yuu Watase: B
Fantasy
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner: A+
From the front flap: There is a new king in Attolia. Attolia's barons seethe with resentment, the Mede emperor is returning to the attack, and the king is surrounded by the subtle and dangerous intrigue of the Attolian court. When a naive young guard expresses his contempt for the king in no uncertain terms, he is dragged into the center of the political maelstrom. Like the … [Read more...] about The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner: A+
Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede: B+
From the back cover: The cast: an un-ordinary king, and an extraordinary princess, a couple of kooky giants, an overzealous magician, a loyal and helpful witch, and a host of evil and dangerous wizards. The instruments: a broken-down magic carpet, a leaking magical sword, and a few buckets of soapy lemon water. The problem: dragon-napping and magic-stealing. And so the story … [Read more...] about Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede: B+
Fushigi Yûgi 1 by Yuu Watase: B+
Book description: Miaka Yuuki is an ordinary junior-high student who is suddenly whisked away into the world of a book, The Universe of the Four Gods. In a land reminiscent of ancient China, she becomes the priestess of the god Suzaku, and is charged with finding all seven of her Celestial-Warrior protectors, including dashing mercenary Tamahome and wannabe empress Nuriko. … [Read more...] about Fushigi Yûgi 1 by Yuu Watase: B+
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede: A
From the back cover: Take one bored princess. Make her the seventh daughter in a very proper royal family. Have her run away. Add one powerful, fascinating, dangerous dragon. Princess Cimorene has never met anyone (or anything) like the dragon Kazul. But then, she's never met a witch, a jinn, a death-dealing talking bird, or a stone prince either. Princess Cimorene ran … [Read more...] about Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede: A