#2017 release

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Angel Guts 5: Red Vertigo

Star Wars Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

Director: Rian Johnson 

My co-worker took the ARC copy my bookstore received home fairly recently... at my insistence because I thought it’d be something she’d fall in love with and because I’m kind of a jerk who likes to toss random books at her (usually the first in a series) and watch as she flails when she realizes she has a bit of a wait for the next book if it really does turn out to be something she’s fallen in love with.

This was the lovely review I came back to work to find in my inbox from her on the book (unedited, and as she wrote it):

Roar by Cora Carmack

Loved the book! 

Loved the cover! 

What an interesting, intriguing idea about stormlings and battling storms. I wanted to know more and kept reading to find out. I devoured the book as Locke harnessed a storm. 

(Side note for the author) Hurry to write the 2nd book. I loved it!

Favourite quotes:

“My old art teacher told me I draw like a man. I’ve never forgiven him. I don’t draw like anything, I draw like everything. I draw like me”.

“I’m a fingerprint, an anomaly, a snowflake. Indian, Deaf, girl, two moms. You couldn’t make this shit fit in the pages of those glossy mags”.

“My life has to be about more than the Refresh button. <…> I want to make art that makes my heart race. Art that demands to be felt, even if that feeling is terror”.

Julia is an artist and like all artists, she wants her art to have an impact. That is why she painted over a slur about her best friend scribbled on school property. Sadly, said friend snitches and Julia is expelled from Kingston School for the Deaf and has to transfer to a regular public school. Her two moms impose more boundaries on her life than ever. Life isn’t easy when you’re sixteen, and it’s even harder when you’re a brown deaf girl who needs an ASL interpreter with her at all times. Especially if that interpreter is one nosy woman.

On top of all that, the art class that Julia wants to be so badly in is full. So since her moms pretty much put a stop to her graffiti activities, she has few opportunities to draw. Julia is a smart girl, though, and quickly figures out a way. She tags landmarks all over town with her signature – “HERE”. However, she’s not the only notorious graffiti artist in town. Someone else is making additions to her work and while they look amazing and provocative, Julia has no desire to be involved in some kind of a “turf war”. She just wants to make amazing art. So who is the other “vandal” in town? Is it Julia’s former crush and coworker Donovan? The charismatic art teacher? Or someone else entirely, like her new clueless friend YP? Can Julia figure it out and not get arrested for vandalism in the process?

Waiting on Wednesday: Roar by @CoraCarmack

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week I am waiting on Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack Publication Date: June 13th 2017 Goodreads Summary In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them. Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest…