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Marvel Fatigue?

What If… Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker were Siblings? by Seanan McGuire

December 16, 2024 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

I don’t know her.  Marvel has had me in their grip since I was a little smidge reading Power Pack. I’ve seen every movie and show except, ironically, the animated What If… series. I might have to rectify that now. When I saw Seanan McGuire was the author. I could not resist. She knows Marvel and most especially the Spiderverse. The story basically flows right from the title. We meet Wanda as a young adult wishing to join the Avengers, and then spin back in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Comics, marvel, Scarlet Witch, Seanan McGuire, spiderman

finnyfinfinn's CBR16 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Comics, marvel, Scarlet Witch, Seanan McGuire, spiderman ·
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“But all’s well that ends well, and if your adventure is successful, all those little problems you had will soon become very funny to you indeed.”

Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Tiny Forest Adventure by Emma Steinkellner

October 9, 2024 by GentleRain 2 Comments

This is the charming sequel to the first Nell of Gumbling book. The series takes place in a fairy tale based town, but it’s just normal life for everyone and the focus is more on the power of community and learning positive lessons versus the magical elements. I like this sort of everyday life within a fantasy world, so the setting really works for me, and Emma Steinkellner’s art is perfect. In this volume, Nell is going to do a summer camping course (the Wilderness […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Comics, Emma Steinkellner, friendship, Graphic Novel, middle grade fantasy

GentleRain's CBR16 Review No:69 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Comics, Emma Steinkellner, friendship, Graphic Novel, middle grade fantasy ·
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Not for me.

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

June 28, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 2/30 DNF @ 30% I gave it the ole college try, as none of the kids say these days. But this book was not for me! I’m really sad about it, because the gritty 70s NYC atmosphere, the love of comics built in to it, and the MC being a queer daughter of Cuban immigrants trying to make it in comics publishing all really sounded like something I would love, but this book was so dull. What […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: 1970s, Alex Segura, book within a book, Comics, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, mystery, NYC, secret identity

narfna's CBR16 Review No:41 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: 1970s, Alex Segura, book within a book, Comics, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, mystery, NYC, secret identity ·
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Getting it mostly right in the end

Kooky volume 3 by Miriam Bonastre Tur

December 3, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Volume 3 of Hooky shows us what the kids can really do when they start to free themselves from the adults and start building the world they want to see. There’s a three year time skip at the start and due to a probably natural death, it’s time for some big decisions, like does Monica really want to marry William like she’s said for a good chunk of the story up to now? Or maybe has her heart shifted? Dorian has been missing the entire […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novel, Hooky, Miriam Bonastre Tur, WebToon, witches

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:87 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novel, Hooky, Miriam Bonastre Tur, WebToon, witches ·
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Keeping some hope alive

Hooky, vols. 1-2 by Miriam Bonastre Tur

November 12, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

One of the cardinal sins of any kind of story for me is to be misleading in terms of the general tone and approach it takes. For example, there’s this one anime series I watched years ago (I don’t even remember the title now) that was mostly a lighthearted cute series about the relationship between a boy and this mysterious robot girl he finds. Then suddenly, two episodes from the end it turned completely dystopic, dark, and tragic and pointless. I hated that and it […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, chosen one, Comics, coming-of-age, Hooky, magic school, Miriam Bonastre Tur, social commentary, WebToon

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:84 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, chosen one, Comics, coming-of-age, Hooky, magic school, Miriam Bonastre Tur, social commentary, WebToon ·
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So Many Ideas and Questions about Year 2 at Riverdale Academy Day School

Class Act by Jerry Craft

September 30, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Class Act continues the story of the Riverdale Academy Day School gang, but emphasizes Drew’s experiences a bit more and it also starts to include other challenges of growing up, particularly physical and emotional/relationship maturity. It is now eight grade, so the group is in their second year together. In a lot of ways, there’s a lot more going on here in volume 2, both story and meaning-wise. In the previous volume that focuses on Jordan, Drew is a fellow student of color, but instead […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: cbrbookclub, Class Act, Comics, coming-of-age, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Book Club, Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: cbrbookclub, Class Act, Comics, coming-of-age, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, YA ·
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