Vicious V.E. Schwab Tor Books Publish date: September 24, 2013 ISBN 978-0-7653-3534-0 Comic books sales have held somewhat steady in the past 15 years, waxing and waning little from year to year, with a few sudden jumps (last year) and slumps (2010). But super heroes? They are virtually everywhere. From movies to TV shows, in [….]
The Storyteller Jodi Picoult Emily Bestler Books First Edition: February 26, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4391-0276-3 What is the point of trying to put down on paper emotions that are too complex, too huge, too overwhelming to be confined by an alphabet? Love isn’t the only word that fails. Hate does, too. Love. Hate. Life. Death. Survival. [….]
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman William Morrow/Harper Collins First Edition: June 18, 2013 ISBN 978-0-06-225565-5 It might be easy to mistake Neil Gaiman‘s latest novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, as a children’s book. It’s a slender volume, quickly read, and told mostly from the viewpoint of [….]
As promised, this Gimbling will take on two specific titles. They have to do with my recommendations on books for winter reading. Both are fantastic books. One of them is my absolute favorite book to read when it’s cold and wintery outside. The other one is a book that is so intense with snow and [….]
