Saturday, April 24, 2021

Spring is in the air

 Hello my fellow bookworms!

Happy Earth Day! I hope you celebrated by doing something for our planet, reading a good book about recycling, or even creating a bookmark out of items you already had on hand (a craft project that I want to try out soon).

(c) IndieBound 2021
Today is Independent Bookstore Day! IndieBound, an initiative of the American Booksellers Association, is hosting a contest for book lovers to go and visit their local independent bookstore and post a photo on Instagram or Twitter using #IndieBookstoreDay. Random winners can win a tote bag, a credit for free audiobooks from Libro.fm, and an Independent Bookstores of the United States map (from Pop-Chart). Go out and support your local bookstore tomorrow!

What have you guys been reading lately? 

I am still in the middle of Hope City by Neil Perry Gordon, so please continue to look out for that review!

A book on hold from my local library came in finally, and I must give you a short review! The book is Dearest Josephine by Caroline George. I have to say that I really enjoyed the book! It had romance, drama, mystery, and letters from the past titled to our present-day heroine. It examines what it means to be in love, and while I thought there may be some time-traveling going on (there was not), I loved the real-life happy ending our heroine had. I have a tendency to take photos of my favorite quotes from a book so that I can read them later on in life, and I did this many times with Dearest Josephine! I highly recommend giving this new book (released February 2, 2021) a read! 

(c) Pixabay, received from Pexels
I have also been keeping up on a webcomic titled Stagtown, from the author and illustrator of Bizenghast, Punko (a.k.a. M. Alice Legrow). I am a fan of the gothic, haunted tones of both the drawings and the story line. Lately, it seems there is something going on in Stagtown, as you can see from their official town website. I wonder what it is now... There are many fan speculations, but join in the fun, which includes a creepy video, hints to a phone number to call and find out information about a character in the comic, and more. This is a very interactive, fun, creepy, comic!

 

Until next time! Happy reading!