Month: April 2017

Gutenberg’s Fingerprint – “Papers, Pixels, and the Lasting Impression of Books”

10 April 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Gutenberg’s Fingerprint – “Papers, Pixels, and the Lasting Impression of Books”

Gutenberg’s Fingerprint by Merilyn Simonds Format/Source: Hardcover/Publisher Published: 11 April 2017 Publisher: ECW Press Length: 380 pages Genre: Non-fiction/memoir Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Four seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the […]

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Sputnik’s Children by Terri Favro

8 April 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Sputnik’s Children by Terri Favro

Author: Terri Favro Title: Sputnik’s Children Format/Source: Paperback/Publisher Published: 11 April 2017 Publisher: ECW Press Length: 348 pages Genre: Science fiction in literary clothes Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Cult comic book creator Debbie Reynolds Biondi has been riding the success of her Cold War era–inspired superhero series, Sputnik Chick: Girl with No Past, for more than 25 […]

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Mad Richard by Lesley Krueger

5 April 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Mad Richard by Lesley Krueger

Author: Lesley Krueger Title: Mad Richard Format/Source: Paperback/Publisher Published: 14 March 2017 Publisher: ECW Press Length: 326 pages Genre: Historical fiction Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Called the most promising artist of his generation, handsome, modest, and affectionate, Richard Dadd rubbed shoulders with the great luminaries of the Victorian Age. He grew up along the Medway with Charles […]

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March 2017 Month in Review

3 April 2017 / month in review / 17 Comments
March 2017 Month in Review

This post is linked up at the Monthly Round-Up Wrap-Up @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction. So happy to share – I’ve been accepted to @UBCiSchool to pursue an MLIS ??? (I can finally put future librarian in my bio!!) — Jenna (@fallingletters) March 13, 2017 March was a much more consistent month for me than February. Although I still ended up travelling for four days! I snagged some last minute […]

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