Simon & Schuster, 2011 Who wouldn't fall for a guy with the "finest collection of books and manuscripts outside the Church in Europe"? Mind you, this is a time when a bookworm can't necessarily slip a bound volume into her purse or pocket. A work is as likely
If you have a thing for epistolary tales, you probably already know and love this series; but, if you don't, you will want to. Start with the first volume, Griffin & Sabine, which introduces our hero and heroine via postcard. The postcards are one of the most beautiful aspects of
Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie's Aya de Yopougon Trans. Helge Dascher Gallimard, 2005 978-2-07-057311-7 (Available as Aya in English) Over the past summer, I was exploring library branches that I had never visited before and it was at one of those that I made Aya’s acquaintance.This new bookish territory not only took
Crown of Horns (2003, Book Nine, Conclusion) Tall Tales (2010, Stories to be read afterwards) Bone Handbook (2010, Bonus materials) Book Nine: Crown of Horns At the heart of this volume is the story’s resolution. Readers have waited for eight volumes (nine, if they started to read the series after
Old Man’s Cave (1998, Book 6) Ghost Circles (2000, Book 7) The Treasure Hunters (2001, Book 8 ) Earlier this week I chatted about the the first three books in Jeff Smith’s Bone series (beginning with the wonderful prequel, Rose here) with chat of volumes 3 through 5 here, in
