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Daily Archives: August 7, 2018
35 Japanese Life inspired designs – printed one side of the page
Japanese Life
By: Nathaniel Wake
Rating: 5 of 5
I own a number of coloring books by Nathaniel Wake. I’ve found that the artist responsible for the designs (whose name is not Nathaniel Wake – that is an imprint name for the publisher), has an interesting design style. His females come across as stronger characters than most represented in coloring books and this is especially true of the women in this coloring book
There is a good range of women and men along with scenes of daily life, Japanese motifs, animals and even children. The designs are detailed with lots of elements which will which allow me to spend more time coloring each page.
You can receive a digital download of the book as part of the purchase of the print copy (instructions in the book). While printing those copies is a great plus, I will be reviewing (and videoing and photo images) from the print copy.
Posted in Adult Color Books
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World War II spy mystery novel set off the coast of Scotland
The Prisoner in the Castle: A Maggie Hope Mystery
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
Rating: 5 of 5
I’m a real fan of this series and have read all but one of the books. How I missed the last book is beyond me but I will be rectifying that shortly.
A quick word to say that while this book can be read stand-alone, I suggest reading the series in order. The series follows events of WWII and provides a good history backdrop to the fictional account of Maggie Hope, English spy. Even missing the last book was enough to make me wonder about what had just happened to place Maggie where she is in this story.
Maggie and some fellow English spies are being held (by their own government) on an island prison just off the coast of Scotland. When some suspicious deaths occur, the spies start turning on their own. Maggie keeps her head and tries to figure out the logical play of events. Since Maggie is a mathematician, logic plays a large part of her persona.
Posted in Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
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