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Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story by Lauren Myracle

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I debated on reading Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story for one (and yes, frankly shallow) reason: I did not like the cover. However, when I saw that my local library had a copy of Lauren Myracle’s graphic novel I decided to read it as I assumed that if I did not like it, I did not have to finish it. It never occurred to me that this was going to be a “Mr. Fries” story. Or more accurately, the teen who would become […]

The Bat, The Cat and The Woman

Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle

Batman: Nightwalker by Stuart Moore

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Louise Simonson

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I just read that if you act in a DC movie or Marvel movie, you are now part of that franchise and cannot crossover. In fact, you are not even allowed to go to a premier of the other franchise less it confuses fans. Thankfully, as a fan of both franchises (or at least a few characters in each) I can watch whatever or read any graphic novel I want. And I wanted to read some DC graphic novels for the teenage age range. I […]

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Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Myracle, Lauren

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Under the Moon is from the new DC Ink imprint of YA graphic novels based on its popular characters. In this, we meet 14 year old Selina Kyle, living with her single mom and her mom’s abusive boyfriend. Selina is sort of getting by, but when her mom’s boyfriend’s violence goes too far, she leaves home and school to live on the streets. There, she meets a group of young bandits who take her in on a plot to steal a valuable book from Wayne […]

1 great story + 2 decent ones

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This book is basically the winter equivalent of a summer beach read, so what would that be? A ski trip hot tub read? It definitely requires a cup of hot cocoa. “Something about me has always liked the drama and inconvience of bad weather. The worse the better, really.” Let Is Snow is made up of three stories, each written by a YA author and each linked in a general way — some characters overlap, and they all take place in roughly the same town. The first story (the […]

This Seemed an Appropriate Christmas Day Review

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I’ve read everything John Green and Maureen Johnson have ever written. I own their catalogues and evangelize their books. Yet, somehow, this one always slipped through the cracks. I meant to get around to it, really, but never managed to. One day last week, I needed some Christmas cheer and decided this was the way to go; I was ever so glad I did! I’m not too surprised I enjoyed the first two stories in this linked trilogy, and the third was also really well […]



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