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Review: The Missing Place

*I received a digital copy on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Missing Place Author: Sophie Littlefield Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9781476757827 Synopsis from Goodreads: Twenty-year-old Taylor Jarvis and Paul Carroll go missing in Weir, North Dakota, where they have been working on rigs owned by Oasis Energy. TheContinue reading “Review: The Missing Place”

Review: Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Title: Dreams of Gods and Monsters Author: Laini Taylor Publisher: Little, Brown Books Publication Date: April 2014 ISBN: 9780316134071 Synopsis from Goodreads: By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can evenContinue reading “Review: Dreams of Gods and Monsters”

Funky Cover Friday

Welcome to Funky Cover Friday! Each week I choose a cover or series of covers that I love and have influenced my decision to read (or in some cases, not to read) a book and/or series. This week I’d like to showcase Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I recently finished reading Dreams ofContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”

Review: Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future

*I received my copy of Glory O’Brien on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. * Title: Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future Author: A. S. King Publisher: Little, Brown Books Date Published: October 2014 ISBN: 9780316222723 Synopsis from Goodreads: Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities–but not for Glory, who has no planContinue reading “Review: Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future”

Review: Deogratias by Jean-Philippe Stassen

Title: Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda Author: Jean-Philippe Stassen Publisher: First Second Publication Date: 2006 ISBN: 9781596431034 Synopsis from Goodreads: The 2000 winner of the Goscinny Prize for outstanding graphic novel script, this is the harrowing tale of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, as seen through the eyes of a boy named Deogratias. He is anContinue reading “Review: Deogratias by Jean-Philippe Stassen”

Funky Cover Friday

Hello and welcome to Worn Pages and Ink! Happy Funky Cover Friday! Have you found any new covers recently that you’d like to share? This week, I’ve chosen a cover that I find very visually peaceful. Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven brings you right into the starts. The constellations and star clusters are brilliant inContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”

Review: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Title: The Bone Clocks Author: David Mitchell Publisher: Knopf Canada, a division of Random House Canada Publication Date: September 2014 ISBN: 9781400065677 Synopsis from Goodreads: Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voicesContinue reading “Review: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell”

Review: The Silent History

Title: The Silent History Authors: Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby, and Kevin Moffett Publisher: HarperCollins Canada Publication Date: July 2014 (originally 2012) ISBN: 9781443430593 Synopsis from Goodreads: Sometime right around now, doctors, nurses and-most of all-parents begin to notice an epidemic spreading among newborn children, children who are physically normal in every way except that theyContinue reading “Review: The Silent History”