What would 2019 be without some Neil Gaiman? The edition I chose to read is illustrated by Chris Riddell, who sometimes provides illustrations for Gaiman’s works as well as writes and illustrates his own books. He and Gaiman have worked together on editions of Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, The Sleeper and the Spindle, and Fortunately,…
Here’s another edition review instead of book review. I’ve been busy as the school semester comes to a close, and I haven’t had a lot of time for reading. Also, I am in a bit of reading slump. I read some fantastic books recently, and now everything I pick up feels bland in comparison. Anyone…
Before the new live-action Jungle Book came out I decided I wanted to read the book, but I also decided I wanted a nice edition to read from. I found this edition by Harper Design and fell in love. This is going to be another lazy review that mostly talks about the physical book and…
I fell in love with this book the moment I saw the cover. It is difficult to review a collection of old fairy tales for its content so I will try to focus on the more physicals aspects of the book since this is probably more of a collector’s piece. This is, as the title…
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote his children letters from Father Christmas every year for about 20 years. Each letter was addressed to the children, written in beautiful inks and calligraphy, and often a painted picture of the North Pole’s year of events came along with it. The letters detailed the adventures of Father Christmas and his friend…
It’s finals time and I’m wrapping up my first year of grad school and I am a bit stressed. I picked this up because look at that little cat face! I had heard of Chi’s Sweet Home before, but I put it on the list of things I will get to eventually. However, I saw…
Like many children I saw the Disney version of Peter Pan. I don’t remember having strong feelings toward the movie one way or the other, but lately I’ve been curious about reading children’s classics so I picked up Peter Pan. Most of us probably know the story by now. Peter is a boy who never…
