#bookcovers
Books read in February 2022
THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson
THE HURTING KIND by Ada Limón
THE CRYING BOOK by Heather Christle
Here’s my big old 2021 book roundup . I think graphic novels and nonfiction (!) really stood out this year (and a handful of picture books, which I didn’t draw each month because I’d be painting for another entire year).
Books read in December 2021
CHEF YASMINA AND THE POTATO PANIC by Wauter Mannaert
NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU by Miranda July
OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert
THE INHERITANCE GAMES by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
THE HAWTHORNE LEGACY by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Books read in November 2021
ALONE by Megan E. Freeman
BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott
THE APOTHECARY by Maile Meloy
BIRDS ART LIFE by Kyo Maclear
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Unintentionally mostly read bird books all month
Books read in October 2021
SHIRLEY & JAMILA’S BIG FALL by Gillian Goerz
AN EMBARRASSMENT OF WITCHES by Sophie Goldstein & Jenn Jordan
NOT HERE TO BE LIKED by Michelle Quach
LITTLE WHITE DUCK by Na Liu & illustrated by Andrés Vera Martínez
PAPER GIRLS: THE COMPLETE STORY by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, & Matt Wilson
FAKE BLOOD by Whitney Gardner
SÉANCE TEA PARTY by Reimena Yee
RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston
THE NOBLEMAN’S GUIDE TO SCANDAL AND SHIPWRECKS by Mackenzi Lee
GHOST SQUAD by Claribel A. Ortega
Books read in September 2021
THE OTHER SIDE OF PERFECT by Mariko Turk
ONE YEAR AT ELLESMERE by Faith Erin Hicks
THE ACCURSED VAMPIRE by Madeline McGrane
UNLIKELY ANIMALS by Annie Hartnett
THE SPRITE AND THE GARDENER by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt
BEAR by Ben Queen and Joe Todd-Stanton
DON’T CHECK OUT THIS BOOK by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
CUB by Cynthia L. Copeland
MEN EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME by Rebecca Solnit
SQUAD by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle
PASHMINA by Nidhi Chanani
December reads.
Spring Snow: An insufferable written version of #richkidsoninstagram with good prose.
The Testament: Meh.
Marcovaldo: A real piece of candy reading it after Spring Snow and The Testament.
What a stunner! Absolutely loving this gilt cover decoration.
The design is signed “S. C.” in the lower curves - any ideas on who this is?
Joseph Shaylor. The pleasures of literature and the solace of books. New York, 1898.
We’ve got mittens on our minds…
To be honest, this is not what we picture when we think of mittens, but they do still look cozy.
Aunt Fanny. Mittens: With Queer and Fanciful Stories. (New York, 1865)
The Liberty Bell was issued in 15 editions between 1839 and 1858. This one, from 1848, is bound in white and red striped patterned book cloth, which was popular at the time. Compiled by the Friends of Freedom and issued for the Anti-Slavery Bazaar, it is one of the few gift books published in support of the abolitionist cause.
One thing the Harry Potter franchise did right that a lot of other movies didn’t:
NOT put the movie posters on the book covers.