Friday 56 & #BookBeginnings: Pocket Forest

For Book Beginnings: Liminality You need to find a forest.  I've watched the way you brush your teeth every morning - back molars first, then dipping the brush in fresh paste for the front. Always methodical, counting the strokes. Stop peeling your mandarin oranges in a corkscrew fashion. Put away the planner if you ever hope to capture a golden moment of free time.  Get to the forest. This is the way.  - p. 1 For Friday 56: He had a compass framing his heart - no matter the direction, they'd never get lost in the approaching woods.  - p. 52 (as this book doesn't have a page 56!)

About Pocket Forest by Kimberly Karalius: Since childhood, Harriet has dreamed of exploring forests with Stig Hemming, the boy lost to her in the frayed bonds of an old family friendship. Years later, in the wake of losing her mother, Harriet finally meets Stig only to discover a frightened young man clawing to regain a life no longer his. The darker parts of the forest beckon, where ghost-dogs patrol a crumbling boarding school and treasure, once lost, must be snatched back with bravery. This contemporary original fairy tale, complete with all the attendant comforts and threats, will pull you into the woodlands of the heart.

I won this in a Goodreads giveaway! So many things about it appealed to me: it's a special edition and  handmade (in fact mine is from the second printing  #36 of 40 copies), and two, what a story! I love fairy tales and I need to find a forest ... probably over this holiday season :) 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!