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Festival of Shadows: A Japanese Ghost Story by Atelier Sentô, Cécile Brun and Oliver Pichard

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When I read Festival of Shadows: A Japanese Ghost Story by Atelier Sentô, Cécile Brun and Oliver Pichard, I had two feelings about it. The first was that it was horrible. The second was that it was amazing.  These conflicting feelings are both real. This book is a book that I felt as much as I read. And all the feels I was having, got mixed and mashed together and made me not have a happy tummy. Yet, I can’t get over how good things […]

I published this review before the next installment in the series is out!

Entirely Emmie by Terri Libenson

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The nice thing about the Emmie & Friends series is that they are mostly predictable. You know what you are getting. There is a formula of events that will happen, you know the voices of the characters will be the same, and the illustrations won’t change much. With book nine, Entirely Emmie, Terri Libenson did not disappoint. We return to the beginning of our beloved characters with Emmie and learn more about the jokester Joe. And while you know the pattern the book will follow […]

Supernatural friendship

Frank the Monster by Mats Strandberg and Sofia Falkenhem

Maud and the Very Eventful Week (The Adventures of Maud the Vampire) by Lisa Anchin

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Short books are the reader’s friend. You get to read and not take a long time doing it. You accomplish something. And honestly, sometimes those “little wins” mean a whole lot. That’s one reason why I like children’s books. Not only are they fun, neat and good stories, they can be ways to entertain yourself when you don’t have a lot of time to spend on something longer. Recently, I needed some quick reads to clear the mind of the serious books I was reading […]

No need to rush, this is due 2027

Try and Stop Me by Jeffrey Brown

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If you like cats you need Try and Stop Me by Jeffrey Brown (due late March – early April 2027). If you don’t like cats, first: go away, we can’t be friends; second, why not? And finally, that’s okay there is a put-upon puppy in the book as well and since the cat of the story is a cat-hole like most cats are, you’ll be loving that the cat is a cat-hole and not some superhero or something. The idea is simple: Cat does what […]

Folktales, myths, legends: Assemble!

Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists by Chris Duffy

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When I asked for an interlibrary loan of  Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists edited by Chris Duffy, I hadn’t realized that this almost 20 story collection was out of print. So, you might have to get it via your local library or a pre-loved site.  But that does not take away from the fun of the book. Each story can be updated, is quick, could have humor and are odd fairy tales. Some you will know and others will be new. […]

I had to get out of my own way to enjoy

My Tokyo Summer: A Graphic Novel by Abby Denson and Utomaru

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My background is in English and editing (though I admit editing my own work isn’t my strongest area of expertise). Therefore, when I read a book my adult editor comes out. They pick apart things in a story that most people won’t see, or if they do, they accept it as just a quirk of the story.  With the graphic novel My Tokyo Summer: A Graphic Novel by Abby Denson and illustrated by Utomaru, I found myself “editing” the content, the flow of things and […]



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