Ahhh the Holidays! Synonymous with gleefulness, joy, home and anxiety. One of these does not fit with the others, does it? Well, that’s because it shouldn’t! The holidays can be a nerve-wracking time, but I still stand firm in my conviction books are the best gift for everyone. They open the mind and trigger the curiosity in all of us. Whether the person is into history, sci-fi or not into books at all, I got the perfect pick for you. Using the same categories as last year, and adding some new ones, you’ll find a little something for everyone. Libellus wishes you all a safe and merry Holiday season, one filled with friends, family and not too much small talk. 1. Your significant other My pick: Wolf by Wolf #1 Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin Français: Je suis Adèle Wolfe Awards: Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2018), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2017), Lincoln Award Nominee (2019) Summary Her story begins on a train. The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule. To commemorate their Great Victory, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor’s Ball in Tokyo. Yael, a former death camp prisoner, has witnessed too much suffering, and the five wolves tattooed on her arm are a constant reminder of the loved ones she lost. The resistance has given Yael one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler. A survivor of painful human experimentation, Yael has the power to skinshift and must complete her mission by impersonating last year’s only female racer, Adele Wolfe. This deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele twin’s brother, and Luka, her former love interest, enter the race and watch Yael’s every move. But as Yael grows closer to the other competitors, can she bring herself to be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and complete her mission? My thoughts Click here for full review Just when I thought that my love for teenage dystopia had vanished, I stumble upon a book that made me fall in love with it all over again. Wolf by Wolf is the first novel in the eponymous duology which asks the famous question: “what if the Nazis had won the war?” While I don’t like asking “what ifs” in an academic context, for a creative literary exercise I think it was perfectly accurate and definitely entertaining. I almost missed my train stop twice because I was so entranced, flipping through the pages like a madwoman. There is just something about the drama and the accessibility of the writing style that draws you in and doesn’t let go until the final page, especially if the novel is nicely constructed. This is just perfect for your significant other because it combines a little bit of everything: action, romance, history and suspense. 2. Your mother My pick: Careers for Women by Joanna Scott Français: Aucune traduction n’a été annoncée. Summary Maggie Gleason is looking toward the future. Part of a midcentury wave of young women seeking new lives in New York City, Maggie works for legendary Port Authority public relations maven Lee K. Jaffe--affectionately known to her loyal staff as Mrs. J. Having left Cleveland, Maggie has come to believe that she can write any story for herself that she imagines. Pauline Moreau is running from the past--and a shameful secret. She arrives in the city on the brink of despair, saddled with a young daughter who needs more love, attention, and resources than Pauline can ever hope to provide. Seeing that Pauline needs a helping hand, Mrs. J tasks Maggie with befriending, and looking after, Pauline. As the old New York gives way to the new, and Mrs. J's dream of the world's largest skyscraper begins to rise from the streets of lower Manhattan, Pauline--with the aid of Maggie and Mrs. J--also remakes herself. But when she reignites the scandal that drove her to New York, none of their lives will ever be the same. Maggie must question everything she thought she knew about love, work, ambition, and family to discover the truth about the enigmatic, strong woman she thought she had rescued. My thoughts Click here for full review. My mother is picky. She has a very precise type of novel that she likes, and when she has a connection with an author, she will read everything from them. She has read every single Margaret Atwood novel. She adores Louise Penny and Joyce Carol Oates. From this short list, you can tell that she likes mysteries, creepy stories but also books with strong female protagonists, Careers for Women is not an exception. There is a very polished quality about Careers for Women.Every single detail feels thought-out but without any awkward foreshadowing. It seems like Scott embodied the expectations of women in the 50s: classy, refined and collected. Except she adds a good dose of honesty and frankness to the mix which makes Careers for Womendiary-like. Everything shines, from the windows of Downtown NYC to the glitter in Sonia’s eyes. It is not a poetic novel, in fact, Scott writes in a very straight-forward manner. The simplicity of its content is in symbiosis with the richness of the form, like a rock made of simple minerals or mineraloids who would be nothing if they were not arranged together by an elaborate assemblage of chemical bonds or by years of underground pressure. 3. Your father My pick: Villains #1 Vicious by V.E. Schwab Français: Aucune traduction n’a été annoncée. Award: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Fantasy (2013) Summary Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end? My thoughts Click here for full review. My dad loves superhero movies. Vicious is both of those things in book format. Vicious pretty much revolves around the characters’ intertwined storylines. Against popular opinion, I loved Eli the most. His twisted ways and his egotistical madness were so fun to read. He lacked any sense of morals and was probably one of the best literary villains I have ever encountered. I will agree with the crowd and say that his religious fanaticism came out of nowhere, but it was so well-written that it does not matter. Victor, the main character, is the villain you love to love/hate. The plot follows a strong flashback structure with multiple points of view which is not an easy thing to master but Schwab did it magnificently! It made the novel ultra-addictive. There we some cliché moments, but I think that was to be expected considering the novel is about ExtraOrdinaries, basically superheroes. Vicious distances itself from the crowd by the nature of the good and evil dilemma that is not usually present amongst Adult lit or in Marvel/DC movies and comic books. 4. Your sibling My pick: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Français: Fangirl Awards: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2013), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera independiente (2014), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2015), The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2015), Lincoln Award Nominee (2016) Summary Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan... But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to. Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone. For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind? My thoughts Click here for longer review It is no secret that I am a Rainbow Rowell fan, but Fangirl remains my favorite novel of hers, and probably one of my favorite books of all time. It is all about coming of age with a strong family element and a dash of adorable romance like Rowell does best. This is perfect for your sibling because it shows all the ups and downs of sisterhood in a quite realistic manner. It is cute, touching and deeply emotional. Your sibling is sure to go “aww” when they read it. 5. Your cousin that you haven’t seen in 5 years and is coming over for Christmas dinner My pick: The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Français: Dossier Alexander Awards: Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2015), Australian Book Industry Award (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015), The Inky Awards Nominee for Gold Inky (2016), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extrangera perteneciente a saga (2016), Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2017), Evergreen Teen Book Award Nominee (2018), Lincoln Award Nominee (2019) Summary This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit. But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again. My thoughts Click here for full review Here’s the thing, you don’t really know if that person likes to read so why not give them a book with the coolest format that will keep them highly entertained even if they are not a fan of reading, and, if they are, provides an amazing story? The story is not narrated through the usual prose, it is told entirely in security camera transcripts, chatroom exchanges, emails, post-it notes… basically any form of communication that we leave unconsciously whether we realize it or not. You get the more poetic aspect unexpectedly through AIDAN, the AI in control of the ship, and through the graphic designs or drawings which tell a lot more about the characters' feelings than words sometimes. The Illuminae Files it is insanely addictive, and I have yet to meet one single person that did not devour it under a week. I finished the last volume this year and you are sure to find it in my top 5 of this year. 6. Your best friend My pick: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys Français: Le sel de nos larmes Awards: SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Fiction (2016), Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction (2016), Audie Award for Young Adult (2017), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2017), Carnegie Medal (2017), Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2017), California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2018), Lincoln Award Nominee (2018), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee for Honorable Mention (2018), The Magnolia Award Nominee for 9-12 (2018) Summary World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other tested with each step closer to safety. Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand people—adults and children alike—aboard must fight for the same thing: survival. My thoughts Click here for full review I like to give emotion-heavy books as present because I think those are the ones that stick with the individual the most. Salt to the Seais a gut-wrenching novel about war, friendship, sacrifice and hope. The four main characters, Emilia, Joanna, Florian and Alfred, each have their own individual voices. They build together a true team and have a friendship that is difficult to explain in words. Even if it is a multiple POV, it is clear that Sepetys took some time to fully establishing each character’s personality and a matching writing style. We still get a poetic flow throughout, but one cannot compare Emilia’s prose to Alfred’s pragmatism, or Florian’s reclusiveness to Joanna’s open-heart. You should give this to your best friend so you can both cry together while eating ice cream at the beauty and ugliness of the ending, who wouldn’t want that? 7. The Historian My pick: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie Français: Aucune traduction n’a été annoncée. Awards: PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2012), Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction (2012) Summary Pulitzer Prize winner Massie offers the tale of a princess who went to Russia at 14 and became one of the most powerful women in history. Born into minor German nobility, she transformed herself into an empress by sheer determination. Possessing a brilliant, curious mind, she devoured the works of Enlightenment philosophers, and reaching the throne, tried using their principles to rule the vast, backward empire. She knew or corresponded with notable figures of her time: Voltaire, Diderot, Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette & John Paul Jones. Wanting to be the “benevolent despot” Montesquieu idealized, she contended with the deeply ingrained realities of Russian life, including serfdom. She persevered, and for 34 years the government, foreign policy, cultural development and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, wars & the tides of political change and violence inspired by the French Revolution. Her reputation depended on the perspective of the speaker. She was praised by Voltaire as like the classical philosophers. She was condemned by enemies, mostly foreign, as “the Messalina of the north.” My thoughts I am a Russian History nerd. I read this last year for my Extended Essay (#IBFam) in History on the Enlightenment Years and Catherine the Great. Massie’s book does not read like a textbook. His writing style is beautiful and poetic. There were times where I forgot to take down notes on what I was reading, and I simply enjoyed the story. In the last years, I have made an effort to read for history nonfiction books, and this one remains my favorite by a long shot. Despite its length, it is very approachable while having pertinent analysis. I would recommend it as much to the undergrad and to the PhD student. 8. The kid My pick: The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan Français: Les Travaux d'Apollon Awards: Goodreads Choice Award for Middle Grade & Children’s (2016) Summary How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favour. But Apollo has many enemies—gods, monsters and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go... an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood. My thoughts Click here for full review *You do not need to have read any of the Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus to read this series, however it is preferable if you don't want spoilers.* I am a Rick Riordan die-hard fan. I am 19 years old and I still read his books with no shame. It is NOT like Percy Jackson although there are some similarities (I mean, after ten books with the same set of characters it is hard to bring new adventures), but the formula never gets old. However, unlike with Percy, I love how Riordan has now dedicated a strong part of his middle grade to more representation of LGBTQ+ community and different ethnicities which we don’t normally see especially in children’s novel. I believe this mission is truly important and teaches kids that whoever they are, they are welcomed, and they can find a character to identify with in literature. 9. The teen My pick: scrappy little nobody by Anna Kendrick Français: Aucune tradition n’a été annoncée. Award: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Humour (2016) Summary Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods, Anna Kendrick was unusually small, weird, and “10 percent defiant.” At the ripe age of thirteen, she had already resolved to “keep the crazy inside my head where it belonged. Forever. But here’s the thing about crazy: It. Wants. Out.” In Scrappy Little Nobody, she invites readers inside her brain, sharing extraordinary and charmingly ordinary stories with candor and winningly wry observations. With her razor-sharp wit, Anna recounts the absurdities she’s experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture as only she can—from her unusual path to the performing arts (Vanilla Ice and baggy neon pants may have played a role) to her double life as a middle-school student who also starred on Broadway to her initial “dating experiments” (including only liking boys who didn’t like her back) to reviewing a binder full of butt doubles to her struggle to live like an adult woman instead of a perpetual “man-child.” My thoughts Click here for full review You would have noticed that there is already a considerable amount of teen lit in this post simply because it is what I read the most. Therefore, I wanted to have a non-teen book for this category because I like to break convention apparently. scrappy little nobodyis exactly what you would expect from young actress’ memoir. It mostly focuses on her life as an artist and a “scrappy little nobody”. Her life is exactly what you would expect of a super star: she started as a child with fair success, she struggled to make the ends meet after high school, and miraculously found a spot amongst the elite. The plot itself is not original. She does have some pretty insane stories (including a weekend in a pirate festival???) which you would expect from an aspiring actress. This book is just insanely fun and light. It also carries the message that it is entirely ok to be introvert, as long as you own it. Teenagerhood are tough years, if a book can bring a laugh or make someone love themselves a little more it could help loads. 10. The millennial Mon choix: Royal de Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard English: No translation has been announced Prix: Prix Littéraire des Collégiens 2018 Résumé La faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal est le dépotoir de l’humanité. Tu le sais : t’en es le déchet cardinal. Tu viens de commencer ta première session, mais y a pas une minute à perdre : si tu veux un beau poste en finissant faudra un beau stage au Barreau et si tu veux un beau stage au Barreau faudra une belle moyenne au bacc et si tu veux une belle moyenne au bacc faudra casser des gueules parce qu’ici c’est free-for-all et on s’élève pas au-dessus de la mêlée en étant gentil. Être gentil, c’est être herbivore, c’est se vautrer dans la médiocrité, et toi tu comprends pas la médiocrité, tu aimes pas la médiocrité, tu chies sur la médiocrité. Toi, t’es venu ici pour être le roi de la montagne, et le début des cours, c’est le début du carnage. Ma chronique Pour lire ma chronique complète, cliquer ici. L’histoire de Royal m’a prise par surprise. Je croyais qu’il allait s’agir une guerre inter-élèves du début à la fin, mais on découvre l’univers du personnage bien plus que celui de l’école. Baril Guérard décortique le cerveau du personnage et l’expose au lecteur dans toute sa laideur et ses complexes. Le personnage principal est détestable : il est égocentrique, antipathique et cynique. Le parfait antihéros. Baril Guérard aborde la notion du suicide d’une manière différente que la majorité des bouquins qui ont tendance à stéréotyper le suicide : un personnage marginal qui n’aime pas sa vie et qui n’a aucun ami ni famille… Bien qu’il n’y ait rien de mal à présenter cette facette de la maladie mentale, Royal touche beaucoup plus sur la notion de la dépression lié au burnout professionnel.On a tous déjà questionné si on voulait continuer, si notre vie veut vraiment dire quelque chose dans l’espace-temps. Il se tue pratiquement pour atteindre ces buts, et lorsque son plan de vie ne va pas comme il l’avait prévu, il panique et sombre dans la dépression. Le motif du suicide est pratiquement égocentrique. Le but n’est pas de ressentir de la pitié pour le personnage, mais plutôt de le détester dans ces actions. Le personnage de Royala tout pour réussir, des « amis », une amoureuse, des bonnes notes (pas assez bonnes pour lui, mais plus qu’acceptables), un beau corps et un désir de se battre pour atteindre son but. On devient frustré de voir un personnage qui a tout se plaindre d’être en manque. Les péripéties qui déclenchent la maladie mentale changent d’individus en individus, et Royal exacerbe les craintes de plusieurs jeunes adultes à la recherche d’une destinée. 11. The awkward person at work/school you picked during secret Santa My pick: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster French: La trilogie de New York Awards: Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986 – City of Glass) Summary The New York Review of Books has called Paul Auster's work “one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature.” Moving at the breathless pace of a thriller, this uniquely stylized triology of detective novels begins with City of Glass, in which Quinn, a mystery writer, receives an ominous phone call in the middle of the night. He’s drawn into the streets of New York, onto an elusive case that’s more puzzling and more deeply-layered than anything he might have written himself. In Ghosts, Blue, a mentee of Brown, is hired by White to spy on Black from a window on Orange Street. Once Blue starts stalking Black, he finds his subject on a similar mission, as well. In The Locked Room, Fanshawe has disappeared, leaving behind his wife and baby and nothing but a cache of novels, plays, and poems. My thoughts Click here for full review Honestly, who doesn’t love a good thriller novel? The answer is no one. However, The New York Trilogy is a little different. It focuses especially on the psychological fallout of the characters. The “detectives” try to find clues but somewhere around the midway point, they give up and begin to go insane out of boredom mostly. The first short novel, City of Glass, was the most interesting to me. The writing style really made it unique, it was like a constant stream of consciousness. The characters have the insanity of characters from Wuthering Heights while not reminding the reader of high school mandatory readings. It is also a modern classic which always is a good idea if you want to impress someone, especially if you know little to nothing about them. 12. The nerd My pick: The Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima Français: Aucune traduction n’a été annoncée. Awards: South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2009) Summary An epic battle between good and evil... Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. Only the medicine he has to take daily and the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high schoolers. Then one day Jack skips his medicine. Suddenly, he is stronger, fiercer, and more confident than ever before. And it feels great - until he loses control of his own strength and nearly kills another player during soccer team tryouts. Soon, Jack learns the startling truth about himself: he is Weirlind, part of an underground society of magical people who live among us. At their helm sits the feuding houses of the Red Rose and the White Rose, whose power is determined by playing The Game - a magical tournament in which each house sponsors a warrior to fight to the death. The winning house rules the Weir. As if his bizarre heritage isn't enough, Jack finds out that he's not just another member of Weirlind - he's one of the last of the warriors - at a time when both houses are scouting for a player. My thoughts Click here for full review Fantasy, magic, politics and history? What’s not to love for a nerd like me? Chima is the queen of world building. While all these details definitely slowed down the pace, all of the intricacies were perfectly explained and clearly set up the next novels. The Warrior Heir is by no means a groundbreaking novel. We have seen stories like this since the beginning of time. Although there were attempts at plot twists, it is still quite predictable. However, this took nothing away from the addictiveness and the strength of the universe. The plot and the structure have all the elements to make it into a classic, and personally reminds me strongly of Harry Potter: boy discovers he has powers, boy goes to “school” to learn about his powers and how to control them, boy fights evil with his friends. These similarities are what push me to think that the story will only get more intricate as the novels progress, there are five in the series after all. 13. The “I only read classics” reader My pick: The Ice People by René Barjavel Français: La Nuit des temps Awards: Prix des Libraires (1969) Summary When a French expedition in Antarctica reveals ruins of a 900,000 year old civilization, scientists from all over the world flock to the site to help explore & understand. The entire planet watches via global satellite tv, mesmerized, as they uncover a chamber in which a man & a woman have been in suspended animation since, as the French title suggests, 'the night of time'. The woman, Eléa, is awakened. Thru a translating machine she tells the story of her world, herself & her husband Paikan & how war destroyed her civilization. She also hints at an incredibly advanced knowledge her still-dormant companion possesses, knowledge that could give energy & food to all humans at no cost. But the superpowers of the world are not ready to let Eléa's secrets spread, & show that, 900,000 years & an apocalypse later, humankind has not grown up & is ready to make the same mistakes again. My thoughts Click here for full review (in French) This is always a hard category because I do not believe a person like that should exist. I believe it is very hard, a quite elitist, for someone to refuse to recognize the qualities that contemporary authors have brought to literature. After all, they are the classical authors of tomorrow. This is why I always try to pick a modern-ish novel that is little known, but that definitely deserves more recognition. The Ice People is one of those. It is probably one of my favourite books I read through high school. It is quite far from your normal Hugo, but it is still considered a French classic. You might not think that a story about aliens would be good for a classics reader, but I argue otherwise, indeed, I believe The Ice People carry with it the same messages about hope and alienation than other more classical classics do. Sure, it might shock, but I am convinced they’ll love it once they give it a try. 14. The book lover who’s read LITERALLY EVERYTHING My pick: What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund Français: Que voit-on quand on lit? Summary What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page - a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so - and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved - or reviled - literary figures. My thoughts Click here for full review What we see when we readis a complete reading experience. From the words, to the gripping images and book design, it’s impossible to stay unmoved after closing it. I strongly believe that every reader needs to read this, since it unravels a lot about the mystery of reading. The thoughts are so well-crafted, and I would agree with every single one of them, although some of them were a bit repetitive. It forces to think more about what was going on in the brain when reading fiction, and I can say that it definitely impacts the way I read now, mostly I don’t try to create an image of a character anymore. The art is beautiful and matches the book and its chapters perfectly, and it shows that Mendelsund is a prized book designer. It gives the chance to reflect in a less formal format while still pushing the reflection quite far.
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