New Books in Bloom
This shojo manga, "I See Your Face Turned Away," received the 2024 Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo, but the reviewer found it confusing due to multiple storylines. The story follows high school students Hikari and Ohtani, exploring themes of romance and self-discovery. The reviewer appreciates the opportunity from NetGalley but hopes for clearer storytelling in future manga.
As you can probably tell if you've been reading the blog, I like to focus on disability with my reading. One book I've been meaning to read is Disabled Intimacy by Alice Wong. Disabled Intimacy is an anthology modeled the same way Disability Visibility is. This book touches on a lot of issues, from, race,… Continue reading Disabled Intimacy: Diverse Perspectives on Disability and Love
How is everyone this week? Have you been productive when it comes to reading. Some of my favorite books of the year so far I've read this month. I hope I get to read more interesting non-fiction but I probably won't be reading it this week or the next as I'm doing tasks for moving.… Continue reading Goodreads Monday
So I don't know if it's come across on this blog but I love rainbows, this tag has a lot to do with different colors of the birthstones. So the finding books to match a color was what appealed to me. For June the color is actually three different stones, Pearl, Alexandrite, and Moonstone. So… Continue reading Exploring June Birthstone Colors Through Book Covers
I just started reviewing on BookSirens, while I'm also on NetGalley. I'm finding some stuff that I'm not finding on there on BookSirens. The first book I read from them is called Home Ice. An interesting tale between a tranfemme heroine who is a trainer for a hockey team and the head goalie. Some of… Continue reading Home Ice Review
I wanted to check in middle of the month and see how I'm doing with my goals. I think this month has been very productive, which is very good for me because I know for certain next month will be busy and I'll probably get behind on my reading. So I'm trying to go ahead… Continue reading June Goal Check-In: Productivity and Reading Progress
How has everyone's week been? I just found out I'm moving at the beginning of July. I'm so excited. I get my keys week after next and will hopefully get a chance to see my apartment soon. Goodreads Monday is offered by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog This week I'm looking forward to a… Continue reading Goodreads Monday
As I've said before I love reading things with a focus on disability especially visual media such as manga or comics. My current favorite read is A Sign of Affection Volume 1. I watched the anime first and gobbled it up in a few days. I'm going through the manga just as quickly. The story… Continue reading A Sign of Affection Volume 1: Refreshing Representation of Deaf Protagonist
Who are some of the authors you read no matter what they put out? One of my favorites is Marieke Nijkamp they have a vast backlist including work for tie ins to Vox Machina. But my favorite works by them include their works that focus on disability, such as the Oracle Code, Unbroken and If… Continue reading Marieke Nijkamp: Writing Disabilities & Empowerment | Book Review
Goodreads Monday is hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners all you have to do is show a book from your TBR you are looking forward to. I found this tag at Confessions of A YA Reader. This week I just redid my TBR to optimize it for reviews and the first book on my list is… Continue reading Goodreads Monday 6/10/24
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