Blogs about: Sara Zaske

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New Free Short Story: The Last Zoo

Just wanted to let you all know I’ve posted a free short story, The Last Zoo, on Smashwords. It’s about a mildly dystopian zoo, a half-blind polar bear, and a post-modernist wing nut. What… more →

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New Free Short Story: The Last Zoo

sarazaske wrote 6 days ago: Just wanted to let you all know I’ve posted a free short story, The Last Zoo, on Smashwords. I … more →

Tags: Free books, SmashWords, Free, Dystopia, Short Story, last zoo, Postmodernism

The First is out in paperback — 1 comment

sarazaske wrote 7 months ago: The First is now available in good old traditional paperback! Not sure how Grandpa Baumler would fee … more →

Tags: Young-Adult, ya, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, The First, book

Climate changing lit? — 1 comment

sarazaske wrote 8 months ago: A recent  Guardian post complained that there aren’t many novels that deal with climate change … more →

Tags: Young-Adult, Fantasy, Novels, The First, Green, Science Fiction, climate change, Environmental, Literature

Top 10 Most Influential YA Novels of 20th Century

sarazaske wrote 9 months ago: Think the whole YA thing came after Harry Potter? Think again. Check out my guest blog for the books … more →

Tags: Book Review, Top Ten, ya, LeGuin, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter, Novels, YA Fantastic Book Review, 20th Century

Just Finished...The First by Sara Zaske

mel wrote 9 months ago:    What a great and unexpected book! I’d read – I think – that The First was a dys … more →

Tags: Reviews, ya, 4, The First, adventure, First People, powers, Nature, Environmental

The Book Thief's stolen hype — 4 comments

sarazaske wrote 10 months ago: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak “Here is a small fact: You are going to die.” This is not … more →

Tags: Book Review, Top Ten, Young-Adult, ya, Fantasy, YA Fantastic Book Review, The Book Thief, markus zusak, Teen Reads

Free story: GREEN

sarazaske wrote 10 months ago: My sci-fi story, Green, was shortlisted for The Reader’s 2012 Short Story Competition. It is c … more →

Tags: Free books, SmashWords, Short Story, Green, "the reader", short story competition, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi

The Giver and its dystopian descendants — 7 comments

sarazaske wrote 10 months ago: The Giver by Lois Lowry Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a very orderly community. Everything happens … more →

Tags: Book Review, Young-Adult, ya, YA Fantastic Book Review, divergent, Veronica Roth, Dystopia, the giver, Louis Lowry

Life's a circus

sarazaske wrote 10 months ago: Between the Bind, the latest  stop on The First Blog Tour, has something special in store for you. A … more →

Tags: Free books, YA Fantastic Book Review, The First, between the bind, Blog Tour

It's a Hardcover Life

sarazaske wrote 11 months ago: Check out this lovely blog: It’s a Hardcover Life. I’m on there talking about how amazing I am … more →

Tags: Young-Adult, ya, Fantasy, YA Fantastic Book Review, The First, eco-thriller, Blog Tour, it's a hardcover life, writing

The First Blog Tour has begun!

sarazaske wrote 11 months ago: Come on by Bound2Astound for some witty repartee and some virtual sparkling cider and cheese (that … more →

Tags: Free books, interviews, Young-Adult, ya, Fantasy, SmashWords, The First, bound2astound, Blog Tour

The First is out on Smashwords — 2 comments

sarazaske wrote 11 months ago: My awesome  YA fantasy novel, The First, is now out on Smashwords! That means if you have a Nook, iP … more →

Tags: Free books, interviews, Young-Adult, ya, Fantasy, eBook, SmashWords, Urban Fantasy, The First

Fantastic Recommends: Anna Dressed in Blood

sarazaske wrote 11 months ago: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Cas Lowood is a ghost hunter. He’s got a knife and an i … more →

Tags: Young-Adult, ya, Book, YA Fantastic Book Review, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Anna Dressed in Blood, Kendare Blake, ghost

The First is Going on Tour!

sarazaske wrote 11 months ago: ANNOUNCING: As of July 16, The First is now available on Smashwords! And will soon be available Barn … more →

Tags: Free books, interviews, Young-Adult, ya, Amazon, SmashWords, goodreads, Books, Urban Fantasy

Fantastic Recommends: Divergent — 6 comments

sarazaske wrote 11 months ago: Divergent by Veronica Roth Beatrice lives in a dystopian Chicago where everybody is assigned to a fa … more →

Tags: Book Review, Book, young adult fantasy novel, Dystopian, hunger games, War, YA Fantastic Book Review, bad ass heroines, divergent

Graceling and Bad Ass, Killer Girls — 2 comments

sarazaske wrote 12 months ago: Graceling by Kim Cashore Katsa has a talent for killing people, and she’s not an evil witch or … more →

Tags: Book Review, Fantasy, Book, young adult fantasy novel, YA Fantastic Book Review, Graceling, kim cashore, bad ass heroines, killer girls

Psyched out

sarazaske wrote 1 year ago: So I was interviewed recently on damosays.com. Horror author and blogger Damien Kelly somehow manage … more →

Tags: interviews, ya, Fantasy, YA Fantastic Book Review, The First, Damien Kelly, psych eval, hippie, Horror

Fantastic Recommends: The Wrong Sword

sarazaske wrote 1 year ago: The Wrong Sword by Ted Mendelssohn Henry is a faker. He helps trick Parisian nobles into buying fake … more →

Tags: Book Review, Young-Adult, ya, Fantasy, Book, eBook, young adult fantasy novel, Amazon, YA Fantastic Book Review

Neil Gaiman's Coraline and the adult "children's book" — 9 comments

sarazaske wrote 1 year ago: Wow. This is one terrific, terrible book! Let me explain… Coraline is about a young girl who l … more →

Tags: Book Review, Young-Adult, Fantasy, Book, YA Fantastic Book Review, Coraline, Neil Gaiman, Joel Stein, Children's Books


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