When book 1 arrived at my library I had to read it. That cover was just so gripping. Imagine my surprise when the paperback and book 2 came out. The gave book one a subtitle that became the main title and used a different aspect of the artwork inside. Then book 3 appeared with yet a new cover. My guess is to pull in adult fantasy readers who like LoTR, WoT, etc
Book 1 is a chunkster. But 1/3 of that length is the appendix that 👇🏻
bailedThought about this today and decided I‘m not putting any more time into this book. I read some reviews and apparently the things I didn‘t like continued to be a thing throughout the book. Sooo away the book goes and on to something I‘ll hopefully love
Started this over the weekend but made my first chunk of real progress on it yesterday. So far, I‘m not feeling ensnared or hugely inspired to pick it up and read it. I‘ve read several very strong books this month so this one is suffering by comparison. Beautiful pencil illustrations of characters though. This is off my TBR shelf so whether I stick with it or not, that‘s one more book off the shelf.
pickHighly recommended fantasy you‘ve never heard of. Wonderful start to a trilogy, beautifully written, with illustrations throughout by the author. Endlessly imaginative. So, so good.
I wish I had a hard cover copy of this book. The hard cover makes it look like the title is #Monster Blood Tattoo (that's the series title). This is the paper back version of book 1 foundling. It's amazing. And 1/4 of the book is glossary. Excellent world building. Loved this one. #marchintooz
Finally starting this. I was going to read this but I ended up reading quite a few books before it.
I forgot the book is even illustrated. As I look through and see my notes in the margins, highlighted vocabulary words, etc. it just reminds me of how much I love this book. And now I have an urge to read it again. Fun fact yellow highlighter as virtually disappeared. The blue, pink, and purple pen is still easy to find.
I love the first page of this book. Even if my copy is old and stained
Do you like complicated background fantasy? Then give this a tray. The paper back looks a lot different from the hard cover with emphasizes the series title Monster Blood Tattoo. This is book one and it is large, but almost a 3rd of the book is glossary. It's high fantasy with a semi-steampunk feeling. It is a trilogy but I haven't read the rest. But I want to. I even used this as our long book for the 6th grade book club years ago.
Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo, #1) | 
#Coverchanges
(edited) 5y