Book Review: I Saw You…
I picked up I Saw You…: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections edited by Julia Wertz for two reasons. (1) The cover is cute. (2) I love the idea of authors/artists creating stories from want...
View ArticleBook Review: Level Up
To provide that boy with the life he has, I’ve had to eat much bitterness. He must learn to do the same. In Level Up by Gene Luen Yang (illustrated by Thien Pham), Dennis Ouyang has to decide whether...
View ArticleMini Book Reviews: August
I spent most of August grading. Grading, grading, grading. Every time someone asked me what I was doing, the answer was grading. Grading! Then, once grading was done, I spent most of my time on prep...
View ArticleMini Reviews: September
September was not a great month for books for me. I read quite a few, but none made that big of an impression, so it was hard to get motivated to blog about them, especially when I had so many other...
View ArticleMini book reviews: November and December
I am currently eight (!) books behind on reviews, so it’s time for some mini-reviews, yes? Yes. The Daily Show’s Five Questions from Comedy Central: Back when Craig Kilborn hosted TDS, he had a segment...
View ArticleGraphic Novel Review: Romeo & Juliet
I grabbed the graphic novel adaptation of Romeo & Juliet because, well, it’s a graphic novel adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. What I didn’t know/realize immediately is that the book is one of the...
View ArticleGraphic Novel Reviews: Raina Telgemeier
Over the past few months, I devoured five of Raina Telgemeier‘s graphic novels: the entire Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels collection and Drama. I was a huge BSC reader back in the day, so I was...
View ArticleBook Reviews: The Complete Maus & Night
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dream to ashes. — from Night by Elie Wiesel I have been having a hard time figuring out how to talk about/review Art...
View ArticleGraphic Novel Review: Rosa Parks: The Life of a Civil Rights Heroine
Today is Thanksgiving, so I thought it fitting to post this review today. The election is over, and there are always people who need to be convinced to vote, or there are questions going around asking...
View ArticleEnd of Year Mini Reviews: Saints, Aya, and The House of Hades
I haven’t written a proper review since October?! That’s just not on. Especially considering I have read a ton of books since then. Me and this blog have a lot to hash out in the next few days/weeks....
View ArticleGraphic Novel Adaptation: The Red Pyramid
I listened to The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan a while ago, and enjoyed the book but found it a little long and fairly complex. So I was really interested to see how the book translated to the graphic...
View ArticleRecommendation Wednesday: Princeless
About 3/4 of the way through Princeless by Jeremy Whitley (illustrated by M. Goodwin), I could not stop smiling. Then, when I finished the book, I closed it with a satisfying “YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.” (Or...
View ArticleSubtle Lessons in Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Takeshi Miyazawa, Elmo Bondoc Publication Date: June 23rd 2015 Pages: 112 Add on Goodreads Love is in the air in Jersey City as Valentine’s...
View ArticleIt’s Monday! What are you reading?
Original hosted by Sheila @ Book Journeys. Children’s lit version hosted by Jen Vincent @ Teach Mentor Texts & Kellee Moye @ Unleashing Readers. This week, I finished: Hark! A Vagrant by Kate...
View ArticleCombo Weekly/Monthly Round-Up (It’s Monday, y’all!)
My eye issue has mostly resolved, so I should be able to keep up with blogs more from now, which is a definite yay. I missed posting last week, so this is a two-fer (though, technically, I guess it’s a...
View ArticleIt’s Monday! Time for a reading update!
This past week, I finished: The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is super cute and very slice of life, which is a thing I dig. View all my reviews The...
View ArticleIt’s Monday! What are you reading? (5/9/16)
This past week, I read: Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna My rating: 3 of 5 stars Alex’s grandmother proves, once again, why grandmothers are better than almost everyone else. Lots of good forward...
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