HAVEN'T READ IT

As a child, my family would often drive entire days to reach vacation destinations. I'd invariably bring a stack of print books with me. One trip, we investigated the Harry Potter audiobooks, and the entire car was hooked. My dad still quotes them to this day, attempting his best approximation of Jim Dale's Gilderoy Lockhart or Professor Quirrell. Beyond that, I don't have a lot of personal experience with audiobooks or e-books. If I listen to spoken word, it's usually a podcast. I have an iPad, which I hear is great for graphic novels, but I haven't tried it out for that purpose yet, preferring to restrict its use to schoolwork for now. This is one area where I know I need to do a little research and exploration. (Maybe I'll get a chance as this quarantine situation stretches on.) I've gotten as far as downloading Libby, OverDrive, and RBdigital to my phone. I'll be honest, it's a daunting process, and I consider myself reasonably tech-savvy. The ...

Summary: Kell is an Antari --a blood magician, one of the last--and thus he possesses the power to open doors and travel to and from three different worlds: Grey London, where magic is unheard of, Red London, which reveres magic, and White London, which threatens to destroy itself, like the fallen Black London, in its attempts to control magic lest it be controlled by magic. Kell carries official correspondence between Kings and Queens, but it is forbidden to bring anything else to a world it doesn't belong to. Unfortunately, Kell has a habit of picking up trinkets and trading them. One night, he is tricked into taking a curious black stone across the border of Grey and Red. Then, he gets his pocket picked by Lila Bard, a petty thief from Grey London who dreams of adventure and gets more than she bargained for. Kell and Lila have to team up to keep the black stone from falling into White hands. Fantasy Characteristics: Detailed settings depict another world, often located o...