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Huntng the Haunted

Haunted Comic Club by Josh Tierney, Caitlin Soliman and Frank Cvetkovic

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The rating for Haunted Comic Club by Josh Tierney, Caitlin Soliman (illustrator), Frank Cvetkovic (letterer) is a four as it is not really a 3 or a solid four, but 3.75 (but we don’t have a .75). The four rating is because kids are going to love it. But I did not like two parts of the story, so I took a bit off. One thing I did not care for is that some characters did not get what they deserved (bullies who bully should […]

Keep the Lights and all sorts of things going

The Light Keepers by Amy June Bates

Stories by Sea: A Lighthouse Library's Journey by Jessica Iwanski and Angela C. Hawkins

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I remember a book called Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Connie Roop “back in the day”. It was never my favorite book, but I remember it fondly. It was a book about a subject that was the first time I had heard of it. It was about women and lighthouses together and not as the wife of the keeper. Over the years a few more books about lighthouses, lighthouse keeps and female lighthouse keepers came along and found their way to books I had […]

Me and Kaeti Vandorn

Friends in the Dark (I Like to Read Comics) by Kaeti Vandorn

Wiggler's Big Joke (I Like to Read Comics) by Kaeti Vandorn

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When you read as much as I do, things can start to look and feel similar; especially with children’s books. Usually I just think, “That reminds me of something” but try not to dwell too much on it, otherwise I’ll be as nutty as people think I am!  And when I tried two online reader copies recently they seemed familiar but honestly didn’t raise any alarms (mostly because the familiar was more the age levels and less the look or story). Only when I was […]

I did not expect what I got

Fustuk: A Graphic Novel by Robert Mgrdich Apelian

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When I read Fustuk: A Graphic Novel by Robert Mgrdich Apelian, I expected something completely different. I guess I thought there would be more fantasy, less realism. And while I was not exactly sure what that meant, or would entail, I did not expect what I got. And in the end, I think it might have been better than I thought.  The setting and use of food are unique with the coming of age and self-discovery is a comforting familiar part of the story. The […]

I can’t get over Platypusary is a real word

Penelope's Escape from the Platypusary by Arianna Irwin

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I had seen Penelope’s Escape from the Platypusary by Arianna Irwin in various places (emails, catalogs, an online reader copy). One day there was a “sign up for getting copies of these reader copies” so I did. And I was lucky enough to receive several of them, with this one being an email with an attachment to a full copy of the graphic novel (granted I was hoping for a physical copy). Yet, I almost decided not to read when I learned it was “based […]

One day Mr. Bobbin dons his hunting outfit and has beans for dinner

The Happy Hunter by Roger Duvoisin

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WARNING: Hunting is talked about and guns are shown. Not only do I talk about hunting and my experiences about hunting, it is mentioned and shown in the actual book, The Happy Hunter by Roger Duvoisin. When I saw it being promoted in an email, I thought maybe it would be about the act of hunting an animal as the old fashioned, classic looking images suggested an older mentality about the sport. But, even though the original book came out in the 1960s it has […]



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