New Books in Bloom
This weekend was pretty productive when it came to reading. I'm working on some Indigenous fantasy as well as a few different longer fantasy books. I also managed to get some studying done and get ahead on reviews. Summary Strange Bedfellows is an engaging comic about the nature of reality and fantasy. The main conflict… Continue reading Exploring Fantasy vs Reality in ‘Strange Bedfellows’
I hope everyone’s week has gone well. I’ve not gotten a chance to read as much as I’d like but I plan to catch up this weekend. I’m finally getting back into the swing of things now that I’m out of school. I’m going on a trip out to Utah in September, so I’m preparing… Continue reading Mermaids and Magic: Atana Series Insights
I finally got hit by my annual summer reading slowdown. I've been trying to avoid it as much as possible. Trying to read every day from a least a couple of books. However, it came and got me anyway. To be fair, it wasn't entirely my fault. I had lots to do this month. So… Continue reading Books I Managed To Read Despite Setbacks
Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone's week is going well. Pride month for the LGBTQ community might be over, but I love reading about gender and people's own unique experiences with it every month of the year. The comic focuses on writer Rhea Ewing, she started this project in the early 2010s when they had question about… Continue reading Breaking Gender Norms: A Review of Ewing’s Work
July came up on me very quickly. This month has proved pretty busy and that has limited my reading to an extent. I'm hoping to catch some of that up on the back end of July, though, because I'll have to stay in bed for a few days after surgery. My number one goal this… Continue reading July Reading Goals: Exploring Indigenous and Black Fantasy
I know I'm getting this month in review up late. But July has been super busy for me and continues to be so. Thankfully in the next week or so it should slow down a bit. Did you guys have a productive June when it came to reading?I read about my average of twelve to… Continue reading Monthly Review: June’s Best Reads and Future Goals
I hope everyone had a good Pride Month. I didn't get as much reading done as I would have liked due to school. But I finished at least a couple LGBTQ books and will be reviewing them in the next week or so. One of the books I read was particularly interesting. It was My… Continue reading Exploring Gender Reassignment: My Journey to Her Review
How was everyone's June? I can't believe it's already July. I feel like June went quick and slowly at the same time. I'll do a wrap-up in a few days. What I found most remarkable about June was the heat. I'm not ready for summer weather. Where I live, it was 105 yesterday! And I… Continue reading Exploring Atana and the Firebird: Book Review
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
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