#TBT: My First Review

So, when I first started this book blog thing....I never thought it would last this long.  Never thought that it would take off as it has (I've got my base followers and figure it can only go up from here right?).  My first book review was clunky, and I honestly had zero clue as to what I was doing or if I was doing it 'right' or not.  Four years and one day since I posted my very first review over on my old blog site. 

I'd originally set up over on wordpress, Confessions of a Bibliophile was born.  A thought, a whim, and ultimately it became something that I grew to love and adore doing.  Stresses of life not withstanding, I've weathered many a storm and still bounced back and provided quite a bit of reviews and a variety of other things since that very first day.  My blog had originally been a personal one, that I shifted to a book focused blog because my life is so centered around books.  I read as often as I can, and ultimately tried my hand at book reviews. 

So, today, I share with you my first review, for The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, which you can read by clicking here.  Since then I have had the opportunity to meet so many fantastic authors and read so many wonderful books. I hope that the next four years bring me many more wonderful experiences and books to read and review!  

Love you all! 

What was your first review?  First author interview?  First experience book blogging? 

Book of the Week: 12/13-12/19: Rags & Bones - Melissa Marr

Welcome to this week's book of the week! Sorry, I'm a day late!  This week's book is a book I've recently finished (and by recently...I mean about 4ish hours ago). I've always had a soft spot for anthologies filled with stories from authors that I love, and this book definitely falls into that love of anthologies. 

Without further prattling from me, I give you this week's book of the week: 

Rags & Bones

New Twists on Timeless Tales

Editors

Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt

Seriously, this book is absolutely fantastic and filled with wonderful retellings of classic, timeless tales.  There are also included in this anthology, six absolutely wonderful illustrations that make me wish I could be a part of them (or at least draw as good as Charles Vess!  The artwork is just as good as the storytelling in this book, and it wouldn't be the same without those little pieces of illustrated heaven. 

Each of these timeless tales have been rewritten, reworked into a twenty-first century perspective and retold in the genre the author is most known for: science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy and even realistic fiction.  The Faerie Queen by Sir Edmund Spencer paired next to "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forester.  These are just two of the timeless tales that are reimagined in this wonderful volume.  We learn a little bit of some of these authors in the notes that follow each section, from the stories that inspired them, awed them, and even enraged them.  

I highly encourage you to check this book out! 

Confessions of a Bibliophile is now on Facebook!!

Alright freaks and geeks!

We have a new place to gather as well, I will be sharing reviews, updates, giveaways and so much more on Confessions of a Bibliophile over on Facebook!

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