Gnartoons by James the Stanton
The cover says it all: Gnartoons by James the Stanton are going to be your favorite cartoon book or the worst piece of monkey doo-doo you have ever seen. Anyway, so can I give this a Zero? As you can see, I am not the audience for this. Or maybe I was too subtle? So, let me sum up: This was the worst piece of monkey doo-doo (only I really did not say doo-doo) I have seen in a very long time. I have had […]
You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher
When you judge a book by its cover, usually you are going to be mostly right, with of course, exceptions. You see a book that looks like You’re a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher (illustrated by) and you assume it is going to be terribly cute, silly, maybe even overly saccharine. And in this case you are not wrong. But you are also not completely right. Yes it is cute, and yes it is a little silly and honestly, […]
Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant
Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant (illustrator) is a cute story with a little edge.The edge is that there is a bit of depict happening within the bee hive, and the queen is unaware. So far, the worst things that have happened is that the girls have gotten caught in a spiderweb, almost got eaten and of course, escaped; our main character has been well… something happens to her but I don’t want to give spoilers, and there […]
Feeling Like an ADHD Alien by Pina Varnel,
If you haven’t guessed, I like reading. And when a coworker reviewed Feeling Like an ADHD Alien by Pina Varnel, I said, “That sounds like a “me” book.” And I asked for their reader’s copy. And when I finally obtained it, I misplaced it. But one day, I was looking for something else and Varnel’s book fell on my foot. Maybe not the best way to reintroduce yourself, but I figured it was a sign that it was time to read it. Both familiar and […]
Crescent Moon Marching (Volume 1) by Hamachi Yamada
Crescent Moon Marching (Volume 1) by Hamachi Yamada is a good first volume. It has the manga elements people will enjoy and there isn’t any violence. Yes, there is a bit of bullying, but nothing too over the top (I’m not saying that is a good thing, but it’s just not the focus of things). And while the usual elements of manga are there (the images, coloring, details, way to read), there is one thing that makes it different from other books: it uses the […]
One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda
As you know, occasionally I need a change of scenery on the weekends. So instead of looking at, working with and reading books at work or home, I go to the library to look at and read books and I have been known to straighten a section. And when I do, I never know what will come of it. I usually get in some fun people watching or listening (on this trip I heard this tiny voice, “Where are the chickens?”), looking at titles that […]
