Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen
I read my first Sarina Bowen novel over ten years ago. The Year We Fell Down (2014) involved romance, college, and hockey, and I really enjoyed it. I continued to read Bowen's romance novels, and I thought I'd read all of them. But when I was hunting for good romance novels to take camping with me, … [Read more]
The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor
Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby! Volume 1 by Marume Goshika
Before I started to write a review for The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor, I said to myself, “I have read too many books!” (Who am I and will the real Raven stand up???). You see, I couldn’t find another book I … [Read more]
Grandpa’s Cats by Chih-Hao Yen
I might recover from the sadness that Grandpa’s Cats gave me by March 2027, but I'm not sure. It might be a funny and sweet, but it's also a difficult story of loss. But there is loss. Especially at the end. The end has a bad scene that shows why Grandpa isn’t taking care of the cats, and Grandma is … [Read more]
Luck of the Draw by Christine Suggs
Have you ever read a book that said, “yeah I dig it, nope, okay, maybe, yeah it works”? Well, Luck of the Draw by Christine Suggs was one of those books. It is an interesting look at being queer in today's world, plus issues of our higher education system such as how to fund it. It looks at being a … [Read more]
President of the Anime Club: A Graphic Novel by Stephanie Evangelista Fukuda and Daigo Fukuda
This year has been a plethora of “I almost did not write a review for that.” And President of the Anime Club: A Graphic Novel by Stephanie Evangelista Fukuda and Daigo Fukuda was one of them. Why? (You ask). Because it seemed like too simple of a story. There were some problems I had with the … [Read more]
Wolf's Belly by John August and Simón Estrada
Wolf's Belly by John August and Simón Estrada (illustrator) is a fairly intense, unique but also familiar, graphic novel. It has a narrator voice, but is told from the perspective of the girl with the red cape (we always forget her name). So, to make sure she gets her due, we learn her name is Lu … [Read more]
