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Shelby Bach
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Shelby Bach

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Born
in Houston, Texas, The United States
August 28, 1986

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Genre
Children's, Fantasy

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Madeleine L'Engle, Gail Carson Levine, Robin McKinley, Tamora Pierce, ...more

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April 2013

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Shelby Bach grew up reading every book she could find and writing stories in battered notebooks. She also rarely came home with a clean shirt and had lots of accidents that ended with a hunt for Band-Aids. Nowadays she writes on her laptop rather than in a notebook, but not much else has changed. She now lives in Portland, OR.

P.S. I tend to only rate books that make my "Best of the Year" roundup blog posts (in other words, prepare yourself for many five star ratings about a year in between). But I may also add a few reviews for titles I really adore. ...more

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Shelby Bach's Blog

The Perspective of a Century

Today is my great-grandmother’s birthday. She passed away in 2012, but she would have been 104.

As a child, I would stay at her house when I visited Texas to see her and my other extended family. She taught me to embroider, to bake, and to make her very creamy, very strong eggnog, telling me to taste test it so many times that I got tipsy (the

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“I would die for my brothers, but I sure as heck wouldn’t do what they told me to. They’re idiots.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Sorcery and Snow
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“Chase nuzzled the carpet with his cheek. “You’re my new best friend.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Giants and Ice
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“You’re awesome,” I whispered to Chase, taking the burger from his hand. I would have never admitted that if I thought he was awake, so I jumped when he mumbled, “I know.”
― Shelby Bach, Of Sorcery and Snow
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Polls

For those who didn't get accepted into Hogwarts, what school/camp is your second choice? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling

Camp Half-Blood The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan Rick Riordan
 
  1081 votes, 29.8%

Screw school--I'm going to Narnia! The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis
 
  424 votes, 11.7%

Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1) by Ally Carter Ally Carter
 
  194 votes, 5.3%

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  192 votes, 5.3%

Shadowhunter Academy Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #1) by Cassandra Clare Cassandra Clare
 
  145 votes, 4.0%

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  82 votes, 2.3%

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  65 votes, 1.8%

Jade Mountain Academy Moon Rising (Wings of Fire, #6) by Tui T. Sutherland Tui T. Sutherland
 
  64 votes, 1.8%

Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) by Trenton Lee Stewart Trenton Lee Stewart
 
  59 votes, 1.6%

Hecate Hall Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) by Rachel Hawkins Rachel Hawkins
 
  52 votes, 1.4%

The House of Night Marked (House of Night, #1) by P.C. Cast P.C. Cast
 
  50 votes, 1.4%

Shadow Falls Born at Midnight (Shadow Falls, #1) by C.C. Hunter C.C. Hunter
 
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Ever After High The Storybook of Legends (Ever After High, #1) by Shannon Hale Shannon Hale
 
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Battle School Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, #1) by Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card
 
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School of America in Paris (SOAP) Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) by Stephanie Perkins Stephanie Perkins
 
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Jedi Academy Star Wars Jedi Academy (Jedi Academy, #1) by Jeffrey Brown Jeffrey Brown
 
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  32 votes, 0.9%

Princess Academy Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1) by Shannon Hale Shannon Hale
 
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  29 votes, 0.8%

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  27 votes, 0.7%

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  27 votes, 0.7%

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  26 votes, 0.7%

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  24 votes, 0.7%

Ever After School Of Giants and Ice (The Ever Afters #1) by Shelby Bach Shelby Bach
 
  24 votes, 0.7%

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  23 votes, 0.6%

Fairy Tale Reform School Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School, #1) by Jen Calonita Jen Calonita
 
  22 votes, 0.6%

Sword & Cross Fallen (Fallen, #1) by Lauren Kate Lauren Kate
 
  21 votes, 0.6%

Princess School If the Shoe Fits (The Princess School, #1) by Jane B. Mason Jane B. Mason
 
  16 votes, 0.4%

Bunson and Lacroix's Boys Polytechnique Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1) by Gail Carriger Gail Carriger
 
  16 votes, 0.4%

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  16 votes, 0.4%

Larwood House Witch Week (Chrestomanci, #3) by Diana Wynne Jones Diana Wynne Jones
 
  15 votes, 0.4%

Axis Institute for World Domination Evil Genius (Genius, #1) by Catherine Jinks Catherine Jinks
 
  15 votes, 0.4%

Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents Ms. Rapscott's Girls by Elise Primavera Elise Primavera
 
  14 votes, 0.4%

Dunwiddle Magic School Upside-Down Magic (Upside-Down Magic, #1) by Sarah Mlynowski Sarah Mlynowski
 
  14 votes, 0.4%

Arkwell Academy The Nightmare Affair (The Arkwell Academy, #1) by Mindee Arnett Mindee Arnett
 
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  13 votes, 0.4%

Stranje House A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House, #1) by Kathleen Baldwin Kathleen Baldwin
 
  12 votes, 0.3%

The Academy Oh. My. Gods. (Oh. My. Gods., #1) by Tera Lynn Childs Tera Lynn Childs
 
  11 votes, 0.3%

Avalon High Avalon High by Meg Cabot Meg Cabot
 
  11 votes, 0.3%

Zetes Institute Dark Visions (Dark Visions, #1-3) by L.J. Smith L.J. Smith
 
  10 votes, 0.3%

Trident Academy Trouble at Trident Academy by Debbie Dadey Debbie Dadey
 
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Dunhammond Conservatory Strange Sweet Song by Adi Rule Adi Rule
 
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  8 votes, 0.2%

Nerine Academy Stray (Four Sisters, #1) by Elissa Sussman Elissa Sussman
 
  8 votes, 0.2%

Greenlaw College A College of Magics (A College of Magics, #1) by Caroline Stevermer Caroline Stevermer
 
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Shelby’s Quotes

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis
tags: age, fairytales, growing-up
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“When my mom was alive, she read me stories every night. ”Use your imagination, Lorelei,” she’d say, “and your whole life can be a fairy tale.” I wanted that to be true. But I should have paid more attention to the fairy tales.”
― Nikki Loftin, The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy
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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
tags: books, magic, reading
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl
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150150 Characters-The Ever Afters — 10 members — last activity Nov 13, 2014 12:04AM
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134216 Summer Reading Book Club — 576 members — last activity Nov 04, 2015 03:19PM
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