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I’m starting to see why Oseman likes Walden so much…

Spinning by Tillie Walden

August 17, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

After reading a bunch of Alice Oseman’s works, I sought out some of her graphic novel recommendations and it led me back to Tillie Walden. I’d read On a Sunbeam, so naturally Spinning went right onto my to-read list when I saw Oseman mention it. Spinning is simultaneously a light and heavy story. Walden gives us a short slice of life, one without too much major upheaval going on, yet it’s more than that for our main character. She has to move to a new town, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Spinning, Tillie Walden

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:62 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Spinning, Tillie Walden ·
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“But I made the mistake of trusting that the belief in myself would forever protect me.”

August 11, 2018 by NTE Leave a Comment

I love comics; I’m heartily devoted to the MCU (and, to somewhat a lesser degree, the DCEU); I am all about the fanfic that springs up around all of my favorite mainstream comic characters, but I have a confession: I don’t actually usually enjoy reading comic books all that much.  I don’t know what it is about the medium – I know I’m a text over pictures kinda gal, but I love so much of the art of comic books, that I don’t think that’s […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #memoir, add this to your gift lists for young girls, adolesence, art, bingo - out of my wheelhouse, cbr10bingo, Graphic Novel, LGBT nonfiction, Spinning, Tillie Walden, YA

NTE's CBR10 Review No:8 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #memoir, add this to your gift lists for young girls, adolesence, art, bingo - out of my wheelhouse, cbr10bingo, Graphic Novel, LGBT nonfiction, Spinning, Tillie Walden, YA ·
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