Like most other readers, I was drawn to this little book by the format: an accordion book with the same story from two different perspectives printed on either side of the pages, so that you can start from either direction and get a different version. How cool is that? Answer: very cool. The story...
I was expecting more illustrations & to understand the book. I may be dense. I had a hard time understanding the logic of quite a bit. However; I have never read the story before & watched the new movie 1st. My opinion could be tainted as I understood the movie.
I had a hankering to take a break from all the GRRM fantasy and read the Swiss Family Robinson. And, for once, I remembered to update my reading list. While marking the star rating - very high, it's one of my fave casual quick reads from childhood - I happened to see the top half of the first review...
Let me start by saying that I love Quirk Books. They do a lot of unique and interesting things with the books they choose to publish. I've long said that working at Quirk would be my dream job, especially after I got to meet a few members of their tiny staff during grad school. Unfortunately, that s...
I like the idea, but the execution is pretty superficial. In ebook format, the novelty element of the print book is missing, leaving just bare bones of a story.
One cannot discuss The Thorn and the Blossom and not discuss the book’s format. Reading it takes some adjustments, as without a traditional spine, it is all too easy to let the book open up completely, exposing all of its accordion pages. Once a reader gets the hang of holding the book and reading i...
Originally posted at Paperback Wonderland.Never judge a book by its cover. I already knew this and yet, here I am.This is, quite easily, one of the prettiest books I own. The book itself, as an object, is worth a whole star (perhaps even more...).Now the story...First of all, and this is important, ...
It can be a bit weird going in to classics you've never read before as an adult. I'm familiar with the tale of course. There used to be this incredible cartoon series when I was younger that played both in English and in French. ''Alice...in wonderland'' or ''Alice...au pays des merveilles'' and...
I received this book courtesy of Quirk Books in exchange for an honest review.Have patience, love, and we shall meet againAs surely as wild roses have their thornsFor weary years eventually pass.The 'Thorn and the Blossom' is quite literally a "two-sided love story" about Brendan Thorne and Evelyn M...
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