book reviews new books The Galaxy Game, by Karen Lord March 24, 2015 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment I just reviewed this on Netgalley, as I read this in ARC (advanced reading copy) form before it was published, but it’s out now, and we have it in the store. I can’t recommend it highly enough: it blew me away. Fabulous SF, fabulous YA (or adult) — it’s just plain fantastic. I couldn’t put […] Read more » book review science fiction YA books
new books And yet more books! Fiction & nonfiction, just in time for the holidays… December 6, 2014 / August 17, 2015 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment Now to the fiction & nonfiction we just received that have me particularly delighted! THE ART OF ASKING by Amanda Palmer. Bestselling author, musician, performance artist—and TED talker. Amanda Palmer asked her base online followers to help fund an independently produced album via Kickstarter, and ended up making history with a million-dollar-plus funding and write-ups […] Read more » book review new books
book reviews new books New YA and science fiction books! December 6, 2014 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment MORE BOOKS, this time our YOUNG ADULT & SCIENCE FICTION acquisitions that just came in. STEELHEART, by Brandon Sanderson (trade paperback) From the jacket: “Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no […] Read more » book review new books science fiction YA books
book reviews new books New children’s books! December 6, 2014 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment NEW BOOKS AT STAR CAT BOOKS! I’m so excited about some of these new books we just got in in time for you to snap them up for Christmas. We have limited copies right now, so get in here while we have them! I’ll start with a post about our new children’s books: THE MOUSE […] Read more » book review children's books new books
book reviews new books Engines of War, by George Mann September 6, 2014 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment Just finished reading Engines of War, the new Doctor Who novel that’s being released on Sept 9, 2014. This is apparently going to be the one and only “War Doctor” novel, and while it has some overblown scenes and descriptions that seem to plague all Doctor Who books, overall I thought it was rather good […] Read more » book review new books science fiction
book reviews new books Review: H2O by Virginia Bergin (Oct. 2014) August 28, 2014 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment H2O, by Virginia Bergin 978-1-4926-0654-3 $16.99, SourceBooks 336 pages, HC October 2014 Age 14+ Edited to add: The review, which you will find below, was written a few days ago. Days during which I found myself looking at the sky. At the clouds. All the time. Through my windshield as I was driving, above my […] Read more » book review new books review science fiction YA books
