5 stars Adapted from Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi‘s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You A fantastic adaptation of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You for a younger audience. This is such a great series to adapt for different age groups and the kids and teens version have both been amazing. One aspect that is especially fun about the…
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4 stars Another fantastic volume featuring Charlie and Nick. I really enjoyed getting to see more of the side characters in this one. Of course, Darcy and Tara are adorable as always, and it was exciting to see Elle and Tao finally face their feelings. We also see a little more of Aled. Hoping to…
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3 stars A sweet, modern twist on Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, featuring a unicorn from the woods who attends school with other unicorns for the first time. Featuring a delightful cast of magical friends, including a fatherly troll and supportive goblin, fairy, cat, and minotaur, Haddish presents an engaging world. Though there’s plenty of…
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3 stars An interesting collection of short stories from Gaiman. His work is often hit or miss for me. I either really love it or it’s just alright. This collection was much the same. The majority of these stories were previously published elsewhere or in another format (“Black Dog” the only exception). So if you’re…
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3 stars A good collection of poems on a variety of topics formulated to follow a fairy tale arch. Topics covered include family, romantic relationships, breakups, love, self-harm, eating disorders, and abuse. There are a lot of hard topics in this book, but also many points readers can relate to and empathize with. For me,…
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3 stars At times I enjoyed the book and was eager to see what happened next, but by the end, I was left feeling that it was just… fine. I’ve seen various critiques of the books; some that resonate with me and others that don’t. I personally didn’t mind the narration. It was often melodramatic,…
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4 stars For whatever reason, I have a soft spot for celebrity memoirs. It doesn’t matter if I’m familiar with the person or not, I’m always drawn to them when I stumble across them. I’ve found that, especially with books written by comedians, you never quite know what you’re going to get. Is it going…
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3 stars A sweet, lyrical book with a heartfelt message. The illustrations are a nice balance of simplistic background with more detailed characters. It was fun to see the different situations play out in the pictures such as swinging, racing, reading, etc. The narration is also simple, going through poetic statements that follow the same…
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5 stars I loved this book. It was such a pleasure to read. Despite my love of celebrity memoirs, I usually don’t know much about an actress until I read their book. This was true for this one as well. I loved Graham in Parenthood and of course in Gilmore Girls, but other than that, I didn’t really…
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5 stars This book is jaw-droppingly good. To be frank, I had never read any of Doughty’s books or even heard of them before. Then a few weeks ago, I got to see her and Landis Blair at a bookstore event and was kind of intrigued by some of the things she brought us. So I got…
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