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Tag: recommended reading

  • Recommended reading: Mary HK Choi, Jaime Questell, Catherynne M. Valente

      Emergecy Contact by Mary H.K. Choi  Emergecy Contact by Mary H.K. Choi is an absolute joy. Calling it a love story seems wrong, it’s more like a friendship story of two people who fall in love. And I enjoyed it so very much. Penny is an aspiring writer in her first year of college…

  • Recommended Reads: Frances Hardinge, Seanan Maguire, Joanne M Harris

    A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge Following on from the success of The Lie Tree, A Skinful of Shadows is Frances Hardinge’s next big hit. A Skinful of Shadows is a dark YA historical fantasy set in the early part of the English Civil War. Makepeace is an illegitimate daughter of the aristocratic Fellmotte…

  • Happy International Women’s Day! Cinders Reading List

    Happy International Women’s Day! Cinders Reading List

    Happy international women’s day to all of the friends, mothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, co-workers, inspirations and activists out there! You all inspire us daily and make us take pride in who we are and make us choose who we want to be. This year our thanks go out to all of the brave women…

  • Recommended Reads: JK Rowling, Aline Brosh McKenna, Anna Marie McLemore

    First published in Cinders Magazine Volume one Issue Six Cormoran Strike Series What with the BBC’s recent release of Strike: The Cuckcoo’s Calling and Strike: The Silkworm, we decided to revisit JK Rowling’s fantastic detective series. Writing as Robert Galbraith the series follows veteran private detective Cormoran Strike and his intelligent partner, Robin Ellacott. Rowling’s…

  • Recommended reads: Laini Taylor, Sarah J. Maas and Meg Grehan

    First published in Volume One Issue Three Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Strange the Dreamer is pure magic. that’s no surprise because it’s written by Laini Taylor, who writes only beautiful things. Her Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is a thing of pure beauty and her Dreamdark series are the badass fairytales that…