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”
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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”
Funky Cover Friday
Welcome to Funky Cover Friday. To those of you who come around every week, welcome back! It’s wonderful to see you again! To those new visitors, I like to explore the world of book covers on Fridays to see what’s great. What is the face of literature today? I find covers both new and oldContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”
Top Ten Tuesday
Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by Broke and Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Authors I’ve Only Read One Book From but NEED to Read More! 5. Lisa Jewell – I so enjoyed reading The House We Grew Up In . Jewell’s writing style is so real and sucks you right into herContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”
Review: Fables Series
Title: Fables Series Created by: Bill Willingham Publisher: Vertigo I have spent my my summer reading the Fables series. For those of you who have never heard of this series, or perhaps you’ve heard of it but you’ve never really checked it out, Fables takes all our beloved fairy tales and turns them on theirContinue reading “Review: Fables Series”
Review: The 100-Year-Old Man
Title: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Author: Jonas Jonasson Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication Date: 2012 ISBN: 9781443419109 Synopsis from Goodreads: After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still inContinue reading “Review: The 100-Year-Old Man”
Funky Cover Friday
It’s Funky Cover Friday! Welcome, welcome, everyone. I’ve been thinking long and hard this week about both this week’s and the upcoming weeks’ covers. I’ve decided to pull from books that I haven’t read yet, are recently out, or are coming out in the near future. I’ve been adding so many new books toContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”
Review: Petty Theft by Pascal Girard
Title: Petty Theft Author : Pascal Girard Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Publication Date: May 2014 ISBN: 9781770461529 Synopsis from Goodreads: Pascal is in a bad place. He’s out of work, he and his longtime girlfriend have just broken up, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls andContinue reading “Review: Petty Theft by Pascal Girard”
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