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Reunited and It Doesn’t Feel Good At All

The Reunion by K.A. Applegate

The Conspiracy by K.A. Applegate

January 2, 2026 by cosbrarian 4 Comments

Hey, remember last January when I said I was gonna read all the Animorphs books in one year? WELL, I DIDN’T! I got less than one-half of the way through! But, to be fair, my own book came out last year AND it was the first year of P3d0President 2.0 so I was pretty f*ckin’ busy being an author and being mad all the time! THE REUNION is book 30 in the series. It’s a Marco book so you know it will be full of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: 1990's, 1999, animorphs, k.a. applegate, Michael Grant, middle grade, nostalgia, Series

cosbrarian's CBR18 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: 1990's, 1999, animorphs, k.a. applegate, Michael Grant, middle grade, nostalgia, Series ·
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“There are no squids in America!” (a la An American Tale)

The Pretender by K. A. Applegate

The Attack by K. A. Applegate

The Exposed by K. A. Applegate

The Sickness by K.A. Applegate

August 18, 2025 by cosbrarian 2 Comments

I don’t know how they did it, but these Animorphs books just keep getting crazier. I’m almost sad I skipped a few “skippable” titles, cuz what crazy hijinks am I missing?! Book 23 – The Pretender A Tobias book. Tobias is having weird flashes when he hunts small prey, where he finds himself seeing the POV of said prey. He also learns a cousin is looking for him (since he seemingly disappeared into nowhere after becoming a hawk-4-life). Turns out that person was just Visser-3 […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: 90s, animorphs, Children's Books, children's classics, k.a. applegate, nostalgia, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:52 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: 90s, animorphs, Children's Books, children's classics, k.a. applegate, nostalgia, Series ·
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Oh no, they (almost) killed David!

The Discovery by K. A. Applegate

The Threat by K. A. Applegate

The Solution by K. A. Applegate

July 23, 2025 by cosbrarian 3 Comments

The Animorphs created a psychopath then abandoned him on an island of rats. Yes, I just finished Animorphs books 20 thru 22, the David Trilogy. See, the Animorphs meet a new kid named David (who, in my headcast, is tween Mark-Paul Gosselaar). This new kid is playing with a familiar blue cube – the very Andalite cube that gave the Animorphs their morphing powers! They attempt a stealth mission at David’s house to get the cube back, fearful the Yeerks will get their hands on […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Featured, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, Children's Books, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, reread, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:41 · Genres: Children's Books, Featured, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, Children's Books, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, reread, Series ·
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And I have volume three waiting!

The Changeling: Volume 2 by Tina N. Lugo

June 6, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Changeling: Volume 2 by Tina N. Lugo is obviously the second in The Changeling series. And therefore, I recommend reading the first book first. And if you can find all three of the currently available titles, you should read them together, as while I was reading this manga series, I was hoping that it is only a trilogy. It is not that I did not like it (I would not have read two volumes if it was horrible), it is just that the story, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: East Asian Style, LGBTQ, magic, manga, Series, Social Theme, Tina N. Lugo

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:295 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: East Asian Style, LGBTQ, magic, manga, Series, Social Theme, Tina N. Lugo ·
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A boy wearing a sweatshirt and jeans morphs into a hawk against a purple background.

From a Hawk Tuah Boy Again

The Change by K. A. Applegate

April 5, 2025 by cosbrarian 2 Comments

How many Hawk Tuah jokes do I get to make for this reading challenge? Anyway, Book 13 of the Animorphs is narrated by Tobias, our boy who accidentally stayed in his hawk morph too long, and is now permanently stuck in a hawk’s body. It has its ups and downs, and lately he’s really been missing his human form, and feeling like he is a useless member of the Animorphs because he can’t morph. He meets a pair of Hork-Bajir, dinosaur-like aliens who make up […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 90s, Children's, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 90s, Children's, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, Series ·
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Animorphs #12 Predicts The Substance?!

The Forgotten by K. A. Applegate

The Reaction by K. A. Applegate

March 11, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

OK I’m not gonna bury the lede here: Rachel gives birth to a crocodile through her back. But how did we get there? Animorphs book 11, The Forgotten, would have been a cool little book if it had any point in existing in the first place. Now, I am still only 1/6th of the way through this series, so perhaps its relevance is yet to reveal itself. But plotwise, the Animorphs basically get caught in a time-travel oopsie-daisie when the Yeerks shoot their big laser […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 90s, animorphs, body horror, Children's Books, k.a. applegate, middle grade, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:17 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 90s, animorphs, body horror, Children's Books, k.a. applegate, middle grade, Series ·
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