Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought several coloring books for my nieces and nephews during Christmas shopping, so naturally my "Related items" bar on Amazon's homepage was filled with coloring books the next day. This book immediately caught my attention because I often find myself doodling flowers, leaves, and vines when I'm stuck on a sketch or if I'm just procrastinating. I figured this could be a fun way get my creative juices flowing in the morning, so I bought this coloring book for myself. The book itself, uncolored, is gorgeous. I want to buy a second copy just to have on my bookshelf. The dust-cover, front cover, back cover, and the inside of the dust-cover, are all available coloring surfaces. It's a bit hard to determine where to begin and then I realize I haven't even looked at the actual pages yet. The coloring surfaces on the pages are so fun and whimsical that I want to color each and every one. However, to my disappointment the images are back to back and the paper thickness isn't conducive for inking each image without the colors showing through the reverse side. OK, I could use pencils but this was supposed to be "An Inky" adventure not a colored pencil adventure. Oh well, as I took stock of how many of my favorite images ended up back to back with each other there ended up being only one conflict, so that's doable. See there are several pages designed for your own doodles and pages with mazes and most of those back up to the purely-for-coloring images so it works out fine. Overall, this is definitely a must have delight for anyone who loves to color. I find myself trying to make time in my day just to sit down and work on a page, if even for just a few minutes. I know I'll be buying more of these books to give as gifts.