Bones of Faerie Trilogy by Janni Lee Simner

 

1) Bones of Faerie - 256 pages

2) Faerie Winter - 307 pages

3) Faerie After - 297 pages

15 year old Liza lives in a post-apocalyptic St. Louis area devastated by the aftermath of a war between humanity and faerie.  Magic slipped over into the human world as a consequence so now even the trees move with malicious intent and the world of faerie is believed to have been destroyed.  When Liza discovers that the magic has creeped into her as well giving her visions of the past and the future then she flees her isolated town and is set upon a path to find out the true nature of the world.  I very much enjoyed the world building and characters in this series.  The Arch even plays an integral role in Liza's quest! 

Humans of New York Stories by Brandon Stanton

Humans of New York Stories by Brandon Stanton, 428 pages

I highly recommend picking up this book.  Before this was a bestselling book, Brandon Stanton had written a blog in the same fashion.  In this book, Brandon takes some amazing pictures of thousands of people on the streets of New York.  Some photographs are accompanied by one sentence or phrase.  Other pictures are accompanied by life stories and advice and opinions on living life. This book will touch your heart.  Humans of New York is also a very appropriate read for this time of year as we give thanks for things we have in our lives.

Ant Colony, by Michael DeForge

Ant Colony, by Michael DeForge, 112 pages
This was a really good surreal graphic novel for adults.  It is all about an ant colony, the ants who live there, their existential crises, and what happens with the collapse of a colony.  It is also about the brutality of war.  You either like the drawing style or you don't- I don't normally go in for the Drawn & Quarterly sort of style, but this was really appealing to me, in a surreal way.