Funky Cover Friday

Happy Funky Cover Friday! What covers are you jonesing for this week? My favourite cover of the week is on Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon’s Daytripper. This is such an attention grabbing image. The use of whitespace in contrast to the colour is a genius design. It suggests a vibrancy that exists within memory and imaginationContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”

Top Ten Tuesday

It’s been a busy week so far and it’s been difficult to find time to sit down and write. That means I’ll be limiting this week’s list to five. The topic is: Top ten (ahem…five) authors I own the most books from. I’m keeping things short this week, so it’ll be a quick read today!Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

Title: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street Author: Susan Jane Gilman Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: June 2014 ISBN: 9780446578936  Synopsis from Goodreads: In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do theyContinue reading “The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street”

Funky Cover Fridays

It’s Friday again! Here’s another cover for you to kick off your weekend. One of my favourite covers of all time is the censorship cover for George Orwell’s 1984. Covered in black censorship bars but debossed, the title Nineteen Eighty-Four is barely visible, but it makes such a huge statement about the books message. It’s anContinue reading “Funky Cover Fridays”

Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

Title: The House We Grew Up In Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: August 12, 2014 ISBN: 9781476702995  Synopsis from Goodreads: Meet the Bird family. They live in a honey-colored house in a picture-perfect Cotswolds village, with rambling, unkempt gardens stretching beyond. Pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and tow-headed twins Rory and Rhys all attend theContinue reading “Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell”

Funky Cover Fridays

Hello again! I’ve decided to add this short weekly post to highlight different book covers that I think are pretty awesome. Feel free to tell me what you think about them or to share your favourite covers as well! I always welcome your thoughts. 🙂 I want to start off this week with a bookContinue reading “Funky Cover Fridays”

Review: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

Title: The Book of Unknown Americans Author: Cristina Henriquez Publisher: Bond Street Books, a division of Random House of Canada Date Published: June 2014 ISBN: 9780385680738  Synopsis from Goodreads: After their daughter Maribel suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras leave México and come to America. But upon settling at Redwood Apartments, a two-story cinderblock complexContinue reading “Review: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez”

Review: The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness

 Title: The Crane Wife Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Publication Date: ISBN: 9781443420129 Synopsis from Goodreads: George Duncan is an American living and working in London.  At forty-eight, he owns a small print shop, is divorced, and lonelier than he realizes.  All of the women with whom he has relationships eventually leave him forContinue reading “Review: The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness”

Top Ten Tuesday

This week, we’re changing things up a bit! The topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: top ten favourite movies/TV shows. I’m going to have to go the route of movies, but I’m going to make it a little more specific. Here’s a list of my top 10 favourite animated movies. I’m a huge fanContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”