Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Shelf Control #7: Brian Selznick


Shelf Control is a weekly meme hosted by Lisa of Bookshelf Fantasies where we each share a book from our shelves we'd like to read soon. I need a break from the new releases, so this is just perfect for me! Come on and join in :)

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It's been awhile! This week I'm actually going to share three books by the same author, Brian Selznick:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Goodreads

Wonderstruck
Goodreads

The Marvels
Goodreads

How I got thembought at my local indie bookstore

When I got them: November 2015 during their holiday sale

Why I want to read themI've actually just recently read The Invention of Hugo Cabret and it was great! I'd been intrigued by Selznick's mixing of text and illustrations in a full length novel ever since I first heard of it, and my first experience of his work did not disappoint. I'm really looking forward to diving into the other two soon!

6 comments:

  1. I love these books! Wonderstruck is so beautiful, and so is The Marvels. I love how he combines words and pictures to tell the story. Great choices!

    Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies

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    1. Thanks Lisa! I've heard the others are great, so I'm really looking forward to them :)

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  2. I'm currently part way through The Marvels, and like you, really enjoyed Hugo Cabret. So far, The Marvels is shaping up just as nicely. I haven't got Wonderstruck... But in time I'm sure I will. Haha!

    Enjoy!

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    1. Picking my next book is so hard...I think for sure it will be one of these for sure, but then there are the library books...or something else catches my eye...LOL But soon, I will read these soon! Glad to hear you are liking The Marvels :)

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  3. Basically I want to read all of these, but haven't done so either. I hope you will write a little review post on them so I can see what you think! :D They are all pretty popular. Enjoy!

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    1. They are so wonderfully unique -- at least judging by my first foray! They seem like the kind of books you'd like Kay -- and they can definitely be read-in-one-sitting books if you really wanted, despite the page counts. I (clearly!) haven't been reviewing as much, but these will definitely get reviewed (eventually...)

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I'd love to hear what you think :)