Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer’s Bookish Fairy Tales

2017-07-20T17:40:48-04:00

On the outside? Between the Lines is an ordinary, kinda chunky YA novel. But, inside? Some full-colour illustrations and a generous amount of silhouette artwork are scattered throughout the text, which is printed in three different colours. Simon Pulse, 2012 It begins with "The Beginning", in black text, and a once-upon-a-time

Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer’s Bookish Fairy Tales2017-07-20T17:40:48-04:00

Tessa McWatt’s Higher Ed (2015)

2017-07-20T17:56:01-04:00

The story of how the cover for Higher Ed evolved provides readers with clues as to the novel's preoccupation with perspective; from a close-up of a clown fish to a human hand, Tessa McWatt's story covers the gamut. Random House Canada, 2015 It begins with a cast of characters,

Tessa McWatt’s Higher Ed (2015)2017-07-20T17:56:01-04:00

June 2015, In My Stacks

2017-07-24T15:25:24-04:00

My progress through Gabrielle Roy's works has been slow but steady, and this month I requested one of the children's books, which I held out for myself as a reward for finishing six of her novels. My treat was to be Cliptail, but the only copy available in the public

June 2015, In My Stacks2017-07-24T15:25:24-04:00

Summer 2015, In My Bookbag

2017-07-24T15:25:58-04:00

Tomorrow, I will be on the move. So many of the books currently occupying a position in my stacks are bulky and heavy, that it was easy to choose amongst the skinny residents. I have one more story to read in Gabrielle Roy's The Road Past Altamont. There are only three in

Summer 2015, In My Bookbag2017-07-24T15:25:58-04:00

Neil Smith’s Boo (2015)

2015-06-23T09:04:44-04:00

There are "ways of making people into ghosts". So Atticus say, to Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird, about Boo (Arthur) Radley. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015 Neil Smith turned Oliver Dalrymple into a ghost in Boo. And, then, he named him Boo and gave him a Casper the Friendly Ghost

Neil Smith’s Boo (2015)2015-06-23T09:04:44-04:00
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