Dragonfire Books is a literary review podcast for kids! 11-year-old bookworm Allegra chats about the books currently on her shelf, mostly middle rade and YA. Check out the earlier episodes for elementary grade books!
Email Allegra at bookswithallegra@gmail.com to join her as a special guest or to request that she review a specific book!
Hi Fam! Just a quick rundown of this week's happenings. This includes Rowell & Riordan news, a TBR rundown, & bookshelf reorganization. Current new reads: Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Inheritance Games and Holly Black's The Cruel Prince. Current reread which is worth a million rereads: Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles.
4 Nov 2022
Episode 36: Pumpkin Spice Summaries
Soooo. . .most of this latte is tepid/weird/fine. The super tasty whipped cream on top, though, includes Mark Oshiro's You Only Live Once, David Bravo; Mark Oshiro's Anger is a Gift; Will Taylor's The Language of Seabirds; Adib Khorram's Darius the Great duology; and of course, the long-awaited Adam Silvera prequel, The First to Die at the End.
14 Aug 2022
Episode 35: PJax The Musical
Join Allegra & Aurora for a review of Percy Jackson: The Musical, which they recently saw performed by a youth theater company down the road! Also, Allegra gives a tepid review of Spin with Me by Amy Polonsky; continues to immerse herself in the Osemanverse; and is revisiting Laura Amy Schlitz's luminous Amber and Clay. Aurora is getting ready to read C.S. Lewis's Narnia books and Madeleine L'Engle's sequel to a Wrinkle in Time, which she recently loved, and gives high marks to Marjorie Liu and Teny Issakhanian's debut Wingbearer.
7 Jul 2022
Episode 34: Into The Osemanverse
HAPPY (belated) PRIDE MONTH! Allegra celebrates by sharing her thoughts on all of Alice Oseman's novels, graphic novels, and of course the Netflix series Heartstopper. Other books mentioned include The Rest of Us Just Live Here and More Than This by Patrick Ness; Far From the Tree by Robin Benway; A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson; and One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus. And because it all comes back to Uncle Rick, Allegra also talks about Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, and Daniel Older's recent Ballad & Dagger. Oh, and she and her mom are incapable of EVER having a conversation that doesn't reference Benjamin Alire Saenz's Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe or Rainbow Rowell's Simon Snow trilogy.
17 May 2022
Episode 33: Springtime Mélange
Pack a snack for a rundown of what Allegra's been reading this month, along with thoughts about the upcoming Percy Jackson TV series! Books include Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages by Howard Bloom; Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes; Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk; Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk; Life of Pi by Yann Martel; The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; The Crossover by Kwame Alexander; The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz; What if it's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera; Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera; Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green; Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi; Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi; and There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar.
29 Mar 2022
Episode 32: Catchup Episode
Welcome back, bookworms! Allegra makes up for lost time by sharing quick thoughts on a bunch of different books she's been into lately.
They include
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner;
The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow by Emma Steinkellner;
New Kid by Jerry Craft;
Class Act by Jerry Craft;
Stargazing by Jen Wang;
The Odyssey adapted by Gareth Hinds;
Romeo & Juliet adapted by Gareth Hinds;
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version by Philip Pullman;
The Insiders by Mark Oshiro;
Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro;
The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon;
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon;
The League of Seven by Alan Gratz;
Allies by Alan Gratz;
The Simon Snow Trilogy (Carry On, Wayward Son, and Any Way the Wind Blows) by Rainbow Rowell;
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell;
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green;
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera;
Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz; and
Aristotle & Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz.
4 Feb 2022
Episode 31: Warriors-Into the Wild
Kittypets, warriors and two-legs are all invited to this chat with Aurora (Allegra's younger sis) about Erin Hunter's "Warriors" books.
Check them out on Bookshop:
https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=warriors+erin+hunter
27 Jan 2022
Episode 30: The Mysterious Benedict Society
OK, it's time to talk about the Mysterious Benedict Society, on the page and on the small screen. No narcoleptic episodes allowed during this. . .um. .episode!
Find the books on Bookshop at https://bookshop.org/books/the-mysterious-benedict-society/9780316003957
And here's the show on Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-mysterious-benedict-society/5HfolGRtUHpv
18 Jan 2022
Episode 29: Wings of Fire
PODCAST TAKEOVER! Gus takes over the podcast to talk about a Wings of Fire graphic novel.
Find Tui T. Sutherland's original and graphic novels at Bookshop:
https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=wings+of+fire
6 Jan 2022
Episode 28: The Cursed Carnival
Happy New Year! Allegra rings in 2022 with a reading of her favorite short story from the new Riordanverse collection.
Find it on Bookshop:
https://bookshop.org/books/the-cursed-carnival-and-other-calamities-new-stories-about-mythic-heroes-9781432891602/9781368070836
1 Dec 2021
Episode 27: Daughter of the Deep
Back to the Riordanverse! This time, it's a chat about the long-awaited "Daughter of the Deep."
Find it at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/books/daughter-of-the-deep-9781368077927/9781368077927
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