About a Book in Four Pictures: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Inspired by Kyle Tezak and his Four Icon Challenge, I will be creating four pictures on my own - or I will borrow from the internet - that will tell you about a certain  book.  Like book reviews, this will help you learn more about some books out there but without having to read lengthy analysis of plots/characters/etc.  This feature will help feed your curiosity about a particular story in the briefest - and more visual - way possible. 

This week's featured book is Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.  I loved this story, even though the tone was a bit too morbid and poignant.  But it was a really great book, no matter if you want to read it for deeper understanding of eating disorders, or just for a good story. 

From the pictures above, you can now understand that a significant event in Lia Overbrook's life happens in a motel, where her best friend Cassie dies, alone.  She called Lia thirty-three times on her cell phone before she died.  Both Lia and Cassie have eating disorders and even had a pact that they would be the skinniest girls ever.  Apart from this sick goal, Lia also cuts herself in order to ignore some things that she struggles to 'un-feel' within herself.  

I know, it's pretty depressing, but once you get to the end, you will agree that it was more than worth it.

Interested about Lia and Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson?  Check this out:

My book review of Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

About a Book in Four Pictures: Bandits by LM Preston

Inspired by Kyle Tezak and his Four Icon Challenge, I will be creating four pictures on my own - or I will borrow from the internet - that will tell you about a certain  book.  Like book reviews, this will help you learn more about some books out there but without having to read lengthy analysis of plots/characters/etc.  This feature will help feed your curiosity about a particular story in the briefest - and more visual - way possible. 

Today, I am featuring a book that's released today, one that I have previously reviewed on this blog.  That book is Bandits by LM Preston.  

Unfortunately, I could not make pictures of my own this time, and resorted to using some from the internet.  Photo credits will be shown below.

Photo taken from Tofslie

Photo taken from TopTenz

Photo taken from Toys1

Photo taken from Dialersus

I do not want to give away too much of the plot, but from the pictures themselves, you know that this story is filled with adventure, right?  And it is, as I mentioned in my review, this book could also be made into a video game.  It's that exciting.

Check out this book now!  

My book review for Bandits by LM Preston

Awesome Author Interview with LM Preston

LM Preston's Official Website

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Loving the plot?  Go get yourself a copy from these stores:

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About a Book in Four Pictures: Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers

Inspired by Kyle Tezak and his Four Icon Challenge, I will be creating four pictures on my own - or I will borrow from the internet - that will tell you about a certain  book.  Like book reviews, this will help you learn more about some books out there but without having to read lengthy analysis of plots/characters/etc.  This feature will help feed your curiosity about a particular story in the briefest - and more visual - way possible.  

I was so excited to create another four-picture book synopsis that after posting the introductory post to About a Book in Four Pictures, I immediately screwed my brain up to think of a new book to work on.  For this week, I scoured my bookshelves for a pretty interesting - yet underrated - book that everybody's sure to love.  And I came up with Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers. 

It's all in pink!!!

From the pictures above, this book is all about a mother who is a doctor, and her teenage daughter who lives in the same house but rarely sees each other.  The most common way that they communicate is by leaving notes on the refrigerator.  This story is told through notes posted for mother and daughter that suddenly unravels in the event of shocking news. 

Want to learn more?  Check out the following:

My book review of Life on the Refrigerator Door

My interview with Alice Kuipers

Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers on Goodreads

About a Book in Four Pictures

This is a new feature on my blog, Brush Up On Your Reading, inspired by Kyle Tezak and his Four Icon Challenge.  On this segment, I will tell you about a book - it could either be something I've already read or not - using four pictures that I will draw mostly, but sometimes I might also use some pictures from the internet (which will be credited).  Through my pictures, you will try to understand the plot of the story.

Here is an example that will also serve as my very first About a Book post:

I am basing this story on the native story and not the Red Riding Hood book and movie version that were just recently released.

So from the picture, we can infer that it is a story about a girl who wears a read hood that a wolf wanted to eat.  She picks flowers on her way to her grandmother's house and while doing so, the wolf sneaks into the house and eats her grandmother whole and disguises himself as the granny.  When Little Red Riding Hood arrives, she was eventually eaten by the wolf but a huntsman who's after the wolf's skin rescues them by cutting the wolf's belly with an ax and the girl and her grandmother gets out.

I will be doing this randomly, I do not really have a set schedule for this post so better stay tuned to catch my next posts.