Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted here at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out-of-print, etc. Everyone is welcome to join in at any time! So this is a book I've spent a lot of time talking about. Chances are, if you've hung around these parts, you've heard me push it. But I actually read it for the first time way back in the olden days before the blog was, well, what it is now. I read it shortly after it was first published, back in 2007, when I was writing monthly posts, mere collections of mini-reviews. So Song of the Sparrow got shortchanged. I decided to address that situation today. The fun thing is lots of friends have read (and reviewed) it since, and so I was able to trip through their lovely thoughts and remember my own. When I heard about a retelling of Tennyson's " Lady of Shalott ," I was so in. I mean, I'...
Oh I love this Sunshine cover! It's definitely a very powerful scene (although I wasn't crazy about the second half of the book). Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt is gorgeous. And just another case of me ending up with multiple copies of the same book on my shelf. DH will shake his head and I'll say, "But, look. Look how pretty!"
ReplyDeleteWOW! I will JUST have to get them!
ReplyDeleteI know. That copy of Sunshine will be mine.
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