Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The Ones We're Meant to Find

By Joan He
Hardback
Scifi
Owlcrate 
371 pages

I zipped through this book today. 

It was sad, and beautiful, and intriguing. 

It sounds like it would be very tech heavy, very classic dystopia. But it reads poetically and emotionally. 

Author info - also, take a peep at those beautiful end papers!

author letter 

Seriously wonderful book. Stand alone novel (Yay, I don't have to wait for a part 2!)

The Gilded Ones

By Namina Forna
Hardback
Fantasy
Owlcrate 

Yay, it's a stand alone novel! 

Beautiful, right?

synopsis

signed edition

letter from the author

author 

The first page of the story

So, this book is full of surprises. Like ad early as chapter 2. I really enjoyed reading it! Great characters, satisfying ending, interesting world. 


Saturday, July 10, 2021

Wonder Woman: Rise of the Olympian

Gail Simone, Aaron Lopresti, Bernard Chang
Comic
Hardback
204 pages

I impulsively picked this up at McKay's Used Books last time I went. 

I have not, in any way, kept up with the comics, so I had to look up a bunch of characters. 

like, almost everyone on this spread. 

But, I enjoyed reading it, and I loved the art. I think I'll keep my eye out for other compilations of the comics. 

creator info

Mister Impossible

By Maggie Stiefvater 
Hardback
Owlcrate
340 pages
YA Fantasy 
Book 2 of the Dreamer Trilogy 

I think second books are always hard. I often don't like them too much. They often feel like stepping stones rather than a thing that stands on its own. 

But I loved this one. It advanced the overarching storyline while still being its own thing. 

I don't know how legible this is, but: synopsis.

Of course, I had to do the refresher and read Call Down the Hawk first. I got both of these editions through Owlcrate, and they have the most beautiful art on the reverse of the covers. Left: Call Down the Hawk. Right: Mister Impossible. 

And, because I'm a total fan girl, I also bought the special edition from One More Page Books, which I got to have personalized and which came with a beautiful book wrap.

Taking off the book wrap reminded me that the Owlcrate cover wad also different colors. 

I am super curious how the whole trilogy will wrap up! I didn't predict the ending of Mister Impossible, and I have no clue what will happen next. 

Exciting!