Tag: bitterblue

• More Earthsea Goodness in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan

  Another day, another Earthsea tale! I have adjusted my post schedule for these novels to better align with the number of library books I have out (currently sitting at 28), and so that I can enjoy them over most of the summer rather than rushing through them all before the year’s end. The Tombs of…

  annafromuni

  November 21, 2025

  Classic Fiction, YA Fantasy

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• Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue – One of The Darkest YA Books I Have Read

  Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue is like nothing I have read before because of its unabashed confrontation of abuse and trauma. It’s heavy-hitting in its detail, in the way characters interact with each other or react to triggers, and it creates such a complex world and multi-layered situation to unravel. Before you decide to read it, I…

  annafromuni

  January 6, 2024

  YA Fantasy

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