I have been obsessed with French and Parisian things for almost as long as I can remember and it has only gotten more intense as the years have gone by. Amy Thomas’s Paris, My Sweet started me on the Parisian memoirs and I have been reading or listening to any that I can get my hands on for the past year. I think Seven Letters from Paris has been my favorite so far, probably because it starts out really really sad then just gets…
source Well, I just left the whirlwind that was reading the Paradox trilogy. It feels so weird though because I obviously can’t tell you allll about it, not even the good stuff! These books follow Devi Morris, a Paradoxian merc whose dream it is to become a Devastator (part of the King’s guard). In the hopes of gaining the experience she needs to do this, she accepts a position on Brian Caldswell’s ship, The Glorious Fool. Then everything you think…
Polarity is a pretty awesome story with a unique point of view. It follows Tim Woods, a guy in his 20’s living in NYC who is struggling with staying on his bipolar medication. After a few cycles of taking his meds then not, he realizes that when he’s not on his medicine he has actual superpowers. There are plenty of other real-life issues that Tim deals with: girlfriends, friends, hipsters, and how to handle yourself in public. All of these…
(source) Bodies sounded awesome; a twist on the classic Jack the Ripper tale spanning four different eras: 1890, 1940, 2014, and 2050. However, it was very hard for me to follow. There are word and thought bubbles in almost every box, making it hard to follow two lines of thought at the same time. I found the 2050 storyline the most interesting and having the coolest twist at the end. Everyone but one woman has lost their memory and she…
(source) Written by Kate Leth, Art by Drew Rausch. This is such a great read! Drew Rausch did such an amazing job on the artwork- I can’t stop gushing about it and it is so, so perfect for Edward Scissorhands. This story takes place two generations after where the movie leaves off. Meg, Kim’s granddaughter, is struggling to believe that Edward is not real and that her grandmother was lying about him (her mother is adamant about this). She decides to go…
Some Wednesday in May Yes, yes, I skipped a week. Whoopsie! I seem to have been reading things that I didn’t want to/feel like review(ing) here and have been slacking on completing posts. Either I have written the review or taken the pictures but not both. As their summer intern, I have been working on the Urban Craft Uprising blog publishing vendor interviews and organizing giveaways. While I usually only touch those posts once a week, that’s about how often…
For those who enjoyed (or loved, like me) the Kite Runner novel or movie, this is for you! Ever since I read it in college I have loved it, Khaled Hosseini, and learning about the middle east. It even was part of my decision to focus the minor for my BA in middle east studies. This story is about Amir, a boy growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan, and how he and his family are affected by political turmoil in the…
I fell in love with children’s books as an adult in a Children’s Lit class I took in college. The professor was so enthusiastic about the stories we studied that it was hard not to get excited too (My art history teacher was the same, plus some. I wish I could attend a class of hers every day for the rest of my life). We read fairy tales, Harriet the Spy, Alice in Wonderland, several others, and James and the…
source Trees Vol.1 is a slow-moving story in a world similar to ours where “trees” have been put on earth, presumably by extraterrestrial beings. They haven’t done anything or had an effect since landing. Throughout this arc we learn the stories of three different groups of people and how the trees directly or indirectly affect their lives. Relationships develop, people change, discoveries are made. At the end, we finally start to see some action and a good set-up is left…
A witch hunter is exactly what it sounds like; a member of a special force for the king who hunts and captures witches, wizards, demons, and the like. Elizabeth Grey is the only female witch hunter and one of, if not the, best. At sixteen and already having served for a few years, she is found with a pouch of herbs on her and accused of being a witch. She is jailed and awaiting her fate (a public burning) when…