A Man Called Ove

5 stars

How absolutely wonderful! This will definitely be a reread very soon. I'm always hesitant to start popular books with so much hype for fear of being let down. And it took me a while to get to this one -what a regret! 
The writing, the characters, the setting, the plot- everything came together very nicely. 
This is a new favorite of mine.

I received an advance readers copy of A Man Called Ove through netgalley 

Photographs from the Edge by Art Wolfe with Rob Sheppard

5 STARS

Once I opened this book...I could not close it back up. The photographs are mesmerizing and I loved the fact that each photo came with its own fantastic story. The photographs included in the book were an outline of Art Wolfe's life, as they were outlined in the order in which they were taken - timeline style. And the descriptions, stories, and tips made the book engaging, and stimulating, yet comprehensible for amateur photographers - or anyone who just would like to look at the pretty pictures. The design of the book illuminated the facts and concepts to show Art's expertise and enthusiasm in photography.