I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf – Grant Snider

AuthorGrant Snider
PublisherAbrams & Chronicle Books
Date14 April 2020
EditionIllustrated Hardcover
Pages128
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-13978-1419737114

“MY HOLIDAY WISH LIST – The book everyone is reading – the book no one is reading … A place for all my new books.” (Quotation page 36, in part)

Theme and Content

A collection of literary comics by the well-known American cartoonist and writer Grant Snider, about booklovers, book hoarders, booksmell-addicted, but also about literature, writers and writing, including writer’s block.

Implementation

This beautifully crafted book contains 124 comics of one or two pages, grouped into fourteen chapters from “I’m in love with books” to “I write because I must”. There are stories about bookmarks, unpaid library fees, the smell of old books, about classics and about the daily dreams and problems of writers. Not only the cartoons are funny, but also the texts are witty, philosophical, poetical, giving words their true and real meaning, sometimes a different meaning, and always perfectly illustrated. This is a book to lose yourself time and time again, discovering new details, and just thinking: “so true, that’s me!”

Conclusion

A charming book, every bookworm will love from the first page.

Book Love – Debbie Tung

AuthorDebbie Tung
PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
Date1 January 2019
EditionHardcover
Pages144
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-13978-1449494285

“How to spot a Bookworm – Saying they’ll just have a quick browse but come our looking like they bought a whole shelf.” (Quotation page 106, 107)

Genre, Theme and Content

Illustrations and relating texts for every minute, day and situation in the life of a book addict. Humorous, funny comics to make a bookworm laugh aloud with pleasure, smiling and nodding in agreement. Debbie Tung perfectly understands the everyday problems of bibliophiles and how it feels to be one.

Conclusion

A perfect gift for booklovers, for bibliophiles knowing the meaning of “SUB” and owning some of it. A book to flip through, read and enjoy time and again.