As an adult reader, I found the ending rather abrupt. The book has a beautiful final scene, and perhaps for the book’s target middle grade audience, that will be perfectly satisfying. For me, though, I couldn’t shut out the “and then what?” that immediately came to mind. I liked...
Last time this topic came up for a TTT post, I went with books on the cover… and this time I’m doing books with bookstores on the cover. So, yeah, I’m not particularly thinking outside the box here! Without further ado, my bookstore book covers are: Midnight at the Christmas B...
I suppose this is to make them seem more interesting, with the hopes that people browsing at bookstores to read the blurb on the back and be enticed to purchase the book. Page numbering appears to be completely arbitrary. When I could I used the last page of each book which had a ...
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So there’s a small sample of the books available at my local book store. Obviously I can only speak for my store, not other ones around the country. Although something tells me that nationwide, it may be the same more or less. The point is that there is no order to the books, no...
(and it needs to be said:Metal Hurlantis just the best). You can’t talk about the 90s grim and gritty trend, or the explosion of female readership, and the push into bookstores without talking about the “British invasion” of creators like Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Warren Ellis. ...
There was a time when I’d visit bookstores several times a week to assess their new manga acquisitions, and I vividly remember spotting early volumes ofWild Adapterlurking on the bottom shelf. It wasn’t until 2009, though, that I was sufficiently swayed by public opinion and actually read...
“What kept You from coming to call on me / For I wanted so much Your face to see.” Out of the silence comes a voice: “Lift up your head, for I kept My word / Three times My shadow crossed your floor / Three times I came to your lonely door / For I was the beggar with ...
BothIn The FleshandEve of Darknessare back in all U.S. Borders stores on special Readers’ Crown end cap displays through the end of September. If you missed either of these books last summer, this is an opportunity to pick them up in any Borders store near you. ...
I’d also love to see X/1999 re-issued in omnibus format, as many of the early volumes are exceptionally difficult to find in stores. And it goes without saying that I’d love to see Viz re-issue No. 5 in any format, though I realize I’m more likely to see a woman in the ...