Jennifer Mo has been vigorously expressing herself since age 2, when "no" was her favorite and most frequently used word. Two decades later, she still likes it, though if pressed at swordspoint she might admit that she now prefers sesquipedalian terms like "phantasmagorical" and, well, "sesquipedalian."

A former English major and current graduate student of children's literature, Jennifer enjoys reading fantasy and children's fiction, fairy tales, 19th-century British literature and a smattering of nonfiction in topics as diverse (and yet potentially related) as fashion history, poison and etiquette. When she is not reading, reviewing or studying, Jennifer enjoys sketching, talking to cats, writing what may eventually become a novel, costuming, scouring used bookstores and wondering exactly how one goes about swashbuckling.

Reviews by Jennifer include:

CDs:

Achillea
• Amadas Estrellas

Erik Ask-Upmark
• Himlens Polska

Evan Bartholomew
• Borderlands

Kerstin Blodig
• Nordic Soul/Nordisk Sjel

Richard Burgess, Anders Adin & Patrik Wingard
• Doggerland

Camille
• Le Fil

Deuter
• East of the Full Moon

Ludovico Einaudi
• Divenire

Estampie
• Signum

Hilary Field & Patrice O'Neill
• Siente: Night Songs from Around the World

James Filkins
• Borderline Normal

David & Steve Gordon
• Earth Drum: The 25th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 1

Govi
• Jewel Box

Guarneri Underground
• Wander This World

Hands on Strings
• Offroad

Hesperus
• Neo-Medieval: Medieval Improvisations for a Postmodern Age

Iona
• A Celebration of Twenty

Ed Johnson & Novo Tempo
• Movimento

Jonsson, Carr & Marin
• Timber!

Anwyn & George Leverett
• Altar Wind

Dario Marianelli & Jean-Yves Thibaudet
• Pride & Prejudice

Jody Marshall
• Cottage in the Glen

Loreena McKennitt
• Lost Souls

Sarah McLachlan
• Wintersong

Michael Mucklow
• Clearly

Sharham & Hafez Nazeri
• The Passion of Rumi

Thomas Newman
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Joanna Newsom
• The Milk-Eyed Mender

Niamh Ni Charra
• On Da Thaobh (From Both Sides)

Panoramic
• Rhythm Through the Unobstructed View

Al Petteway & Amy White
• Land of the Sky
• Winter Tidings

Emily Portman
• The Glamoury

Anne Roos
• A Light in the Forest
• Mermaids & Mariners

Michel Sajrawy
• Yathrib

Victor Saumarez
• Swing Strings

Ravi Shankar
• Flute & Sitar Music of India

Jonas Simonson
• Crane Dance

Heidi Talbot
• In Love & Light

various artists
• Celtic Crossroads
• The Celtic Lounge II
• Israel
• Latin Jazz
• Prophecy 2: A Hearts of Space Native American Collection
• Women of the World: Acoustic

Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner & Martin Tillman
• The Ring
• The Ring II


Books:

Joan Aiken
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #1: Go Saddle the Sea
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #2: Bridle the Wind
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #3: The Teeth of the Gale

Lloyd Alexander
• The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
• Vesper Holly #6: The Xanadu Adventure

Len Bailey
• Fantasms

E.D. Baker
• The Frog Princess

Lynne Reid Banks
• The Adventures of King Midas

Clive Barker
• Mister B. Gone

Aiden Beaverson
• The Hidden Arrow of Maether

Hilari Bell
• The Farsala Trilogy #2: Rise of a Hero
• The Farsala Trilogy #3: Forging the Sword

K.M. Briggs
• Kate Crackernuts

Michael Buckley
• The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Book 1

Michael Cadnum
• In a Dark Wood

Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin
• The Taker & the Keeper

Kate Constable
• Chanters of Tremaris #1: The Singer of All Songs

Bruce Coville
• Oddly Enough

Dalai Lama
• Beyond Religion

Kara Dalkey
• The Nightingale

Joseph Delaney
• The Last Apprentice #1: Revenge of the Witch

Cameron Dokey
• Golden

Frederic S. Durbin
• The Star Shard

Bruce Edwards
• Further Up & Further In: Understanding C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

Patricia Elliott
• Murkmere

Sylvia Louise Engdahl
• Journey Between Worlds
• Stewards of the Flame

Catherine Fisher
• Darkhenge

Monica Furlong
• Colman
• Robin's Country

Jessica Day George
• Princess of the Midnight Ball
• Tuesdays at the Castle

Adele Geras
• Egerton Hall, Book 1: The Tower Room

Margaret Gray
• The Ugly Princess & the Wise Fool

Lia Habel
• Dearly, Departed

Shannon Hale
• Book of a Thousand Days

Mette Ivie Harrison
• The Princess & the Hound

Christopher Hart
• Drawing Dragons & Those Who Hunt Them

Rachel Hartman
• Seraphina

Merrie Haskell
• The Princess Curse

Bernd Heinrich
• Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death

Beth Hilgartner
• A Necklace of Fallen Stars

Nancy Holder
• Spirited

Patrice Kindl
• Lost in the Labyrinth

Jackie French Koller
• The Keepers #1: A Wizard Named Nell

Mercedes Lackey
• The Black Swan
• The Firebird
• The River's Gift

Mercedes Lackey & Ellen Guon
• Knight of Ghosts & Shadows

Margo Lanagan
• Tender Morsels

Tanith Lee
• The Claidi Journals #1: Wolf Tower
• Dark Castle, White Horse
• Gold Unicorn

Vicki Leon
• Uppity Women of Ancient Times

Gail Carson Levine
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre

Kathryn Littlewood
• Bliss

Wendy Loggia
• Ever After: A Cinderella Story

Gene Logsdon
• A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats & Benedictions

D.J. MacHale
• Pendragon #5: Black Water

Simone Maroney
• Moon Child

Rafe Martin
• Birdwing

Diane Matchek
• The Sacrifice

Ellen Kindt McKenzie
• The Golden Band of Eddris

Patricia McKillip
• Solstice Wood

Catherine E. McKinley
• Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

Janet McNaughton
• An Earthly Knight

Colin Meloy
• The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I: Wildwood

Kai Meyer
• Dark Reflections #1: The Water Mirror
• Dark Reflections #2: The Stone Light
• The Wave Walkers #2: Pirate Emperor

John Morressy
• The Juggler

Catherine Gilbert Murdock
• Wisdom's Kiss

C.E. Murphy
• Urban Shaman #6: Spirit Dances

Donna Jo Napoli
• Bound
• Crazy Jack
• Hush

Robert Newman
• Merlin's Mistake

HP Newquist
• The Book of Blood: From Legends & Leeches to Vampires & Veins

Garth Nix
• A Confusion of Princes

Andre Norton
• The Opal-Eyed Fan

Kenneth Oppel
• Skybreaker
• This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein

Meredith Ann Pierce
• Waters Luminous & Deep

Tamora Pierce
• The Circle Opens #1: Magic Steps

Paul Raffaele
• Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man's Darkest Ritual

David Randall
• In the Shadow of the Bear, #2: Chandlefort

Katya Reimann
• The Tielmaran Chronicles, Book 1: Wind from a Foreign Sky

Matt Ritter
• A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us

Jim Robbins
• The Man Who Planted Trees

Frank Ryan
• The Mystery of Metamorphosis: A Scientific Detective Story

SF Said
• Varjak Paw, illustrated by Dave McKean

Josh Schonwald
• The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food

Josepha Sherman
• The Horse of Flame
• Windleaf

Sharon Shinn
• Samaria Trilogy, Book 1: Archangel

Sherwood Smith
• A Posse of Princesses
• Wren to the Rescue

Lemony Snicket
• The Beatrice Letters

Maria V. Snyder
• Poison Study

Justin Somper
• Vampirates #1: Demons of the Ocean

John Stephens
• Books of Beginning: The Emerald Atlas

Laura L. Sullivan
• Ladies in Waiting

Judith Tarr
• His Majesty's Elephant

Beth Terry
• Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit & How You Can Too

Heather Tomlinson
• The Swan Maiden

Carolyn Turgeon
• Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale

Anne Ursu
• Breadcrumbs

Chris Van Allsburg
• The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales

Vivian Vande Velde
• A Coming Evil
• Curses Inc. & Other Stories
• Heir Apparent
• Once Upon a Test: Three Light Tales of Love
• Remembering Raquel
• Spellbound
• Tales from the Brothers Grimm & the Sisters Weird

Paula Volsky
• The Sorcerer's Lady

G. Willow Wilson
• Alif the Unseen

Chris Wooding
• Storm Thief

Patricia C. Wrede
• Snow White & Rose Red


Castle Waiting


Lloyd Alexander: A Tribute to the High King of Children's Fantasy.