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'...
I really like the cover!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I like the groove they've got going on with all three of her covers.
ReplyDeleteBlue butterflys seem to be an in-thing for covers--this is the third I've seen for 2008-2009...
ReplyDeleteStrange.
I read Ink Exchange recently, and enjoyed it much more than I thought I was going to, so now I'm looking forward to this one!
Interesting how there seem to be cover trends like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed INK EXCHANGE, Charlotte. I really did as well. It was so different from WICKED LOVELY that I'm interested to see what kind of tone the third installment takes.