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  • Archie Vol. 1 Review

    I won’t go to into my feelings on Riverdale (that’s a whole different five page essay I’ve written) but my basic feelings is that after the first season it misuses the characters and in their zeal to show edgy things like sex, drugs and death, they believe it will cover up their flaws in plot,…

  • Book vs Movie: Howl’s Moving Castle

    Now this is a case where the movie is infinitly more well-known than the book it originated from. Yes, I’m talking about the beloved Studio Ghibli film. However, as I haven’t seen the movie I can’t say if it is better or what changes were made from book to screen. All I can say is…

  • Book Highlight: I Will Always Write Back

    This heartwarming memoir shows the bonds that come from pen pals no matter the distance or difference in their places in life. Caitlin Alifirenka chose the country of Zimbabwe on a whim when it came time for the class pen pal assignment, wanting something different from the usual European countries everyone else knew about. Martin…

  • Book Highlight: Channel Kindness

    I put this as another book highlight as this nonfiction book is incredible heartwarming and uplifting that I can’t find many flaws to criticize it. I mean how can you critique kids trying to put an end to bullying and raising money for shelters. You can’t. This book was created by Lady Gaga. She and…

  • Book Highlights: Bayala: Daughters of the Elf King

    This is going to be a short highlight since it’s been awhile since I read this and I don’t have it with me on hand. This book written by Gecko Keck is based on the the Bayala toy line. As one can imagine the toy line with its sparkly fairies and horses caught my eye…

  • New Covers

    Ah yes, I have reached my 100th post (in 36 days no less)! I wrote this to almost catalogue all my favorite books over the years and to share thoughts and questions with fellow book lovers. Though I’m not sure how far reaching this (remember to comment so I know I’m not the only reading…

  • Top 5 Autobiographies

    The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King I’ll confess something. I didnt watch Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. And the little I did watch, I found slow and boring so I didn’t really know or care about his life until I was an adult and my mom made me watch the…

  • Top 5 Archie stories

    Now I’m sure you’re wondering, how can I have top 5 stories when the comics have thousands upon thousands of stories. Well I chose to pick my top 5 archie stories that are 2 or 4 parters. The ones that tend to have more of a storyline that made you need to pick up the…

  • Ranking Forgotten History Books

    I adore Ruta Sepetys’ Forgotten History books. They all have short two page or one page chapters which make it compelling to read as it always makes you want to turn the next page for more and before you know it, you’ve read 300 pages of emotional turmoil, resistance, spirit and heartbreak. Now the Forgotten…

  • Book Highlight: Notable Native People

    This informative nonfiction book by Cherokee writer and creator, Adrienne Keene educates readers about 50 Native people, past and present who are helping to change the future by renewing and reclaiming their heritage and traditions. As stated in her introduction, she felt the need to write this book in order to reclaim the narrative that…