Adult coloring books are all
the rage right now. I work in a public library and the adult coloring programs
are some of the best attended. How exciting - no more princesses to color
(although...I love coloring those big, beautiful princess dresses). While I
gave some for Christmas gifts this past holiday, I've never gotten one for
myself so I was thrilled to get Every Little Thing by Payton Cosell Turner from Blogging
for Books to review.
At first look, this is a good looking book. The book jacket is beautifully embossed and attractive. But I think that's when my love affair with Every Little Thing ends.
Inside, the designs feel a bit haphazard. The creatures look a little bizarre. It may be that my mind prefers geometric patterns to Turner's designs, so definitely take a look for yourself. Another thing I don't like about this book is that the designs span both pages as the book is open, but the binding does not allow the book to be laid flat. This makes coloring the left side of the page a bit awkward. Even if you removed the pages you would have different designs on the laid out single page, so this doesn't really work either. A spiral binding or perforated pages you could easily tear out would work better in my opinion. While I appreciate the work that went into creating the coloring pages (how I wish I could draw!), I only found them to be mildly interesting. Even though I wasn’t crazy about Every Little Thing, I would certainly take a look at other Turner books.
At first look, this is a good looking book. The book jacket is beautifully embossed and attractive. But I think that's when my love affair with Every Little Thing ends.
Inside, the designs feel a bit haphazard. The creatures look a little bizarre. It may be that my mind prefers geometric patterns to Turner's designs, so definitely take a look for yourself. Another thing I don't like about this book is that the designs span both pages as the book is open, but the binding does not allow the book to be laid flat. This makes coloring the left side of the page a bit awkward. Even if you removed the pages you would have different designs on the laid out single page, so this doesn't really work either. A spiral binding or perforated pages you could easily tear out would work better in my opinion. While I appreciate the work that went into creating the coloring pages (how I wish I could draw!), I only found them to be mildly interesting. Even though I wasn’t crazy about Every Little Thing, I would certainly take a look at other Turner books.
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I received a free copy of this book from Blogging for Books for review.
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