Your Name Volume 1 by Makoto Shinkai and Ranmaru Kotone

3 stars I just recently stumbled across the film, Your Name, and oh my goodness it is a complete masterpieces and everyone should watch it immediately it will change your life and it is amazing. Phew. Now that I got that out of my system. After falling in love with the movie, I was excited…

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George by Alex Gino

5 stars I loved this book. If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would.  A wonderful book for young readers to better understand what it means for someone to be trans. One of the things I liked most about the book was the author’s use of the pronoun “she” in reference to…

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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

5 stars I am going to keep this pretty short and sweet. Neil Gaiman was born to write this book. It’s a perfect fit and he excelled at the task. Wonderfully written with humorous wit and entertaining style. This is a fantastic book. After listening to the first track of the audiobook from the library,…

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Fat Angie (Fat Angie #1) by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo

5 stars Honestly, I absolutely loved this book. I loved the weird slang. I loved the dynamic characters. I loved the narration style. Perhaps it was because I listened to the audiobook rather than reading the physical book, but I just got so lost in this story. As a whole, I think there was a…

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Toy Story 4: Bonnie’s First Day of School by Judy Katschke

4 stars I have always loved the Toy Story series. They were my favorite movies growing up. While I was pretty ready for the series to end with the third movie, I am interested in following up with Bonnie so I’ll probably see the fourth movie eventually. This was a cute book about Bonnie’s first…

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Tumble Leaf: The Tinsel Tree Celebration by Lara Bergen

4 stars I have yet to get around to actually watching Tumble Leaf, but I work with a kid who watches the show so I picked this up from the library to read with him. This book is adapted from the episode “Tinsel Tree Topper”. Overall, I found this to be an interesting adaptation even…

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