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Beaches and Books by Esther Nelson

By Esther Nelson on July 20, 2019 • ( 10 )

Even though I’ve traveled and lived throughout much of the world, I’ve never thought of any one place or geographic location as home. I have always felt a little envious of people who claim to have a strong, visceral connection… Read More ›

Part Three: Magic, Destiny, and Acceptance by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on January 22, 2017 • ( 1 )

The last young adult fantasy book series I will be looking at is Sarah Maas’s Throne of Glass. Sarah Maas’s Throne of Glass is a combination of all the elements which we have looked at in the previous two series,… Read More ›

Part Two: Hope has Power by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on December 25, 2016 • ( 2 )

Journeying into the worlds of young adult fantasy enters another dimension with the second series I will be looking at: Laini Taylor’s series Daughter of Smoke and Bone. The series premiered in 2011 and contains three books. Both Daughter of… Read More ›

Part One: Young Adult Fantasy is on Fire by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on November 27, 2016 • ( 10 )

As per my last month’s FAR post, I will be looking at book series from the Young Adult Fantasy genre. The first series of young adult fantasy that I will be looking at is Rae Carson’s trilogy The Girl of… Read More ›

Entering the World of Young Adult Literature by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on October 17, 2016 • ( 7 )

Young Adult Fantasy provides a new realm for exploring feminism and religion. It provides an avenue to which female characters can achieve and influence change. What is Young Adult Fantasy within literature? YA fantasy is a sub-genre of Young Adult… Read More ›

Reading for Fun and Compromise—My Ongoing Search for Feminist Literature by Sara Frykenberg

By Sara Frykenberg on July 5, 2016 • ( 23 )

What I mean to say is, what if, when I wanted to read for fun or simply for the pleasure of reading, I were to put down any book that demonstrated buy-in to kyriarchal ideas, overtly or even in micro-aggressive ways? I have flippantly responded to this question, “then, I may never read any piece of fantasy literature again.”