Pretty Deadly is Finally Here!

It’s arrived! I picked up my pre-ordered copy Pretty Deadly from Chapters today and I cannot WAIT to read it. Here it is, all nice and new:   For those of you who don’t know what this comic is about, here’s the synopsis from Goodreads: KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and EMMA RÍOSContinue reading “Pretty Deadly is Finally Here!”

Cover Reveal: Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Have you guys seen the cover for Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater? The cover for the 3rd book in The Raven Cycle is absolutely beautiful! Check it out: Release date isn’t until October of this year, but I’m dying to get a copy of this book and I’m still working on the second one.Continue reading “Cover Reveal: Blue Lily, Lily Blue”

Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: The Raven Boys Author: Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Published: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-545-42492-9 Synopsis from Goodreads: Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.His name isContinue reading “Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater”

Review: The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

Title: The Enchanted Author: Rene Denfeld Published by: HarperCollins Published: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-06-232333-0 Summary from Goodreads: The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape in his books and in re-imagining life around him, weaving a fantastical story of the people he observes andContinue reading “Review: The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld”

Review: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

Title: Days of Blood and Starlight Author: Laini Taylor Publisher: Little, Brown and Company a division of Hachette Book Group Published: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-316-13397-5   Art student and monster’s apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would giveContinue reading “Review: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor”

Worn Pages and Ink nominated for a Liebster Award!

Thanks to Karen at One More Page… for the nomination for a Liebster Award. Karen and I met through Twitter and our love of books. This is a great way for me to start off my day! Karen has given me 11 questions to answer so you guys can get to know me a bitContinue reading “Worn Pages and Ink nominated for a Liebster Award!”

Thoughts on Days of Blood and Starlight

I’m about 200 pages into Laini Taylor’s Days of Blood and Starlight and I thought I’d post my feelings about the book thus far. Making my way through this 500+ page novel, I’m struck by her talent as a captivating storyteller. This book presents a huge contrast from Daughter of Smoke and Bone in both tone and plot. Whereas bookContinue reading “Thoughts on Days of Blood and Starlight”

Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Title: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Author: Laini Taylor Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, division of Hachette Book Group Published: 2011 ISBN:  978-0-316-13399-9   Description from Goodreads: Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.In a dark and dusty shop, aContinue reading “Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor”

Review: A House in the Sky

Title: A House in the Sky Author: Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett Publisher: Scribner Published: 2013 ISBN: 978-1-4516-4560-6   A House in the Sky is the profound and incredibly moving memoir of Amanda Lindhout, a young woman, born and raised in Alberta, Canada and driven by a desire to always travel and discover the worldContinue reading “Review: A House in the Sky”