The Art of Kinda Grabbing My Interest // Author: Erin Callahan // Rating: 3/5 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Mattie has a hidden obsession: escapology. Emphasis on hidden. If anyone from school finds out, she’ll be abandoned to her haters. Facing a long and lonely summer, Mattie finally seeks out Miyu, the reclusive daughter of a world-renowned escape artist. Following … Continue reading The Art of Escaping Review
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The Myth of Perpetual Summer Review
A Cracking Southern Mystery That Peters Out // Author: Susan Crandall // Rating: 2/5 Synopsis: From the national bestselling author of Whistling Past the Graveyard comes a moving coming-of-age tale set in the tumultuous sixties that harkens to both Ordinary Grace and The Secret Life of Bees. Tallulah James’s parents’ volatile relationship, erratic behavior, and hands-off approach to child rearing set tongues … Continue reading The Myth of Perpetual Summer Review
ACOTAR Review
A Court of Split Opinions and Promising Protags ... ACOSOAPP... heh // Author: Sarah J. Maas // Rating: 3/5 Synopsis: Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued … Continue reading ACOTAR Review
Five Star Friday: Picture Books Edition #6
This batch of picture books is diverse and a couple are LGBTQIAP+ themed and I lovelovelove them all to pieces and I hope, if you ever get the chance to check them out, that you love them, too. 1. Neither by Airlie Anderson Synopsis: In this colorful and touching story that celebrates what makes each of … Continue reading Five Star Friday: Picture Books Edition #6
The Honey Farm Review
// Something Is Funny on This Farm // Author: Harriet Alida Lye // Rating: 3/5 Synopsis: The drought has discontented the bees. Soil dries into sand; honeycomb stiffens into wax. But Cynthia knows how to breathe life back into her farm: offer it as an artists’ colony with free room, board, and “life experience” in exchange for … Continue reading The Honey Farm Review
Spectacle Review
// Myyyy, What an Intriguing Spectacle // Author: Megan Rose Gedris // Rating: 3/5 Synopsis: Fan-favorite webcomic creator Megan Rose Gedris (Yu+Me Dream) crafts a compelling tale of magic, deception, and wonder in this stunningly illustrated graphic novel about the bond between sisters. Pragmatic engineer Anna works as a psychic in the Samson Brothers Circus, but she … Continue reading Spectacle Review
Five Star Friday: Picture Books Edition #5
Another Friday, another top five! I had planned on doing not picture books this Friday, but I still have one more graphic novel to read for it, and didn't want to post without my proper thoughts in order SO that one's on the back burner. Anywho, enjoy some cute and IMPORTANT picture books! 1. What … Continue reading Five Star Friday: Picture Books Edition #5
Red as Blue Review
// Color Me Confused // Author: Ji Strangeway // Rating: 1/5 Synopsis: Ji Strangeway’s Red as Blue beckons LGBTQ youths and GenXers to beautifully come of age again in this prosey hybrid graphic novel. 15-year-old June Lusparian is an outcast caught between worlds. Half Mexican and half Armenian, June hovers on the border of adulthood, searching the streets … Continue reading Red as Blue Review
Graphic Novel Book Club Minis
At the library that I work at, I am a facilitator for our Adult Graphic Novel Book Club. (Basically, this means I get to come in an hour later the day after our meet-up, lol. Also I do the posters/signage, which is F U N.) We read a graphic novel, or sometimes several volumes of … Continue reading Graphic Novel Book Club Minis
Five Star Friday: Picture Books Edition #4
I'm so sleepy. Happy Friday, y'all! My day off after 16 on is coming up!!! I'mma read e v e r y t h i n g outside 😀 1. Kitty and Dino by Sara Richard Synopsis: The bond of love and friendship will never grow extinct! When a little boy brings home a dinosaur egg, … Continue reading Five Star Friday: Picture Books Edition #4
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