The Worrier's Guide to Life (Gemma Correll)

Release Date: May 26th 2015 

Synopsis:  
If you're floundering in life, striking out in love, struggling to pay the rent, and worried about it all -- you're in luck! World Champion Worrier and Expert Insomniac Gemma Correll is here to assure you that it could be much, much worse.
In her hugely popular comic drawings, Gemma Correll dispenses dubious advice and unreliable information on life as she sees it, including The Dystopian Zodiac, Reward Stickers for Grown-Ups, Palm Reading for Millennials, and a Map of the Introvert's Heart. For all you fellow agonizers, fretters, and nervous wrecks, this book is for you. Read it and weep...with laughter

Review:
I got this ebook from Netgalley in return of an honest review. 
I had no idea what to expect going into this, only that I knew the author's style would interest me, as I had been following her work for a while. I related to the title on a spiritual level, and took a kind of leap of faith by downloading it. I can't say I regret that decision, at all.
First of all, I need to officially acknowledge Gemma Correll's art and, most importantly, the way she is able to show her humour through it. The combination of the two, through subtle and not-so-subtle ways, shows how talented she is, as well as how connected she is with what she is drawing. She understands and knows very well what she's talking about and that shows in every page.
As a class A introvert, I was able to relate to every message and I was glad someone was able to understand it and do so in such a clear and appealing way. There was so much to see and, most importantly, laugh at, that we don't even realise we are nearing the end. That is how you know you are holding a great book.
From knowing exactly how my brain and heart works, to puting into images basically how a session of meditation works for me, Gemma Carroll got every detail, illustrating my life in a colourful biography. To me, this was a way of making something as serious as social anxiety understandable and funny, functioning, simultaneously, as a guide to someone who doesn't understand what it's like, and as comic relief to those of us who see their lives completely overwhelmed by it.
I applaud the author on this incredible, fast read... as I run to the nearest bookshop to buy more of her work.

Edward Scissorhands Volume 1: Parts Unknown (Kate Leth, Drew Rausch - Illustrator)

Release Date: May 19th 2015  

Synopsis:  
An all-new adventure revisiting Edward Scissorhands' two decades after the end of the fan-favorite movie! In a castle just outside a sleepy suburban town, a brilliant inventor created Edward Scissorhands... but left him tragically unfinished. Two generations of exile have left Edward digging through abandoned experiments, but once he wakes up a creature left buried, he discovers he isn't the only one missing a vital piece. As Edward tries to fix a grave mistake, he comes face-to-face with a teenage girl who was sure he was only myth... despite the stories her grandmother told her about the man she could never touch.

Review:
I got this ebook from Netgalley in return of an honest review. 
When I saw this on Netgalley I had to take a moment to go back to the first time I watched Edward Scissorhands. It's one of my absolute favourite movies and I remember that time so clearly I almost cried when I had the honor of reading this amazing tribute set two generations after the end of the movie.
Edward is one of the most fantastic and fascinating characters I have ever encountered and I bet he's not easy to portray in an adaptation of this nature. However, both the writer and the illustrator did a stellar job at making him show through the barrier of words and image with no sound and motion. He was as real and sweet as we've always known him and I have to admit that he is probably the best part about this whole volume, although everything was very near perfect, in my humble opinion.
We are introduced to new characters and a new plot, including one of Edward's 'relatives' and each one of those elements came together so beautifully.
I have to acclaim the amazing artist who worked on 'Parts Unknown', because the drawings were absolutely beautiful and haunting and carried that same feel of the original movie.
The only thing that lowered my rating (just a tiny tiny bit) was the ending. Even though the story itself was extremely fast-paced and exciting, the ending felt just a little bit rushed and predictable, but, of course, that's not something I wasn't expecting already.
I am sure I will only fall even more in love with the characters and connect with the story with the next volumes.
I absolutely recommend this to anyone, not just fans of the movie. I believe anyone would love Edward, no matter if they have seen it or not, but I also think people who have will automatically feel the nostalgia factor and that will definitely increase the experience and enjoyment.