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Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a good week. My week was pretty good. I had periods where I wasn't feeling good because I'm off my Qulipta for my migraines. But overall I'm feeling better and heading in the right direction to get back on my medication. Unfortunately because my head has been… Continue reading Exploring Themes in Collins’ Songbirds and Snakes
Happy Monday, I hope all of you had a good weekend. My weekend was mostly spent dealing with medications for my migraines. Right now I'm fighting with the insurance company when it comes to coverage so hopefully that will work out alright. Last week was pretty eventful. I had my niece vising and we had… Continue reading Exploring The Hunger Games: A Reflective Review
So storytime. When I went to school a thousand years ago, I took a class in making comics, the writing part. Where I read the seminal Making Comics by Scott McCloud. The book is one of the most important ones when it comes to learning how to make comics. Scott Mcloud has done a lot… Continue reading Exploring Comic Creation with The Cartoonists Club
Good afternoon! How is everyone doing? Did you all have a good weekend? I managed to get some reading done as well as some general cleaning and taking some photos for Instagram. I'm glad I have more time to focus on my social media. I really enjoyed doing it in the past but haven't given… Continue reading Band Nerd: A Heartfelt Review of Sarah Clawson Willis’ Graphic Novel
How has everyone's week been? Mine has been pretty good. I got a chance to talk to some new friends and my roleplays online have been going well. I do have a family member coming in from Richmond this afternoon. So I'm probably going to spend Saturday resting and getting settled in. This week has… Continue reading Exploring Indigenous Identity in ‘Buffalo Dreamer’
How is everyone's week going. I managed to get ahead this weekend so everything is going pretty good. I'm just finishing up my reivews for the books I got behind on from Netgalley. I mostly read comics for them and especially enjoyed this one. It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei is an important story… Continue reading It Rhymes with Takei: A Powerful Autobiography
How is everyone doing? Did you all have a good weekend? Mine was very good. I got lots of work done around the house as well as lots of studying done. So I'm ahead on my tasks as I head into this week. I've gotten a little behind on my NetGalley reviews so expect to… Continue reading Exploring Fatphobia in Fairy Tales: A Review of _We Could Be Magic_
Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone's week is going well. I'm still waiting to hear back about my cat's biopsy so I'm a little on edge. But overall things are going pretty well. School is still pretty relaxed and I'm able to get ahead. *Knock on wood* I'm also enjoying the content of what I'm learning.… Continue reading Exploring Selective Mutism in Middle Grade Literature
So I know I'm about a decade or more late to the party with this book. It's actually Ava Reid's fault I'm going back and reading the original triology, at least partly. Anyone around pop culture in the 2010s at least had some exposure to The Hunger Games franchise. And while I saw the first… Continue reading Why You Should Revisit The Hunger Games Trilogy Today
I hope everyone's April ended well. I finished up Magical Readathon. I got around twelve books done for the month. I'm glad I'm still on track for my one hundred and fifty book goal for the year. But the summer is always the period that that this goal falls apart. I have seasonal affective disorder.… Continue reading Top Mermaid Books to Read This May
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