New Books in Bloom
I've been speeding through graphic novels lately. I'm personally enjoying things from BOOM and the Graphix imprint of Scholastic. I guess I never really got over my book fair stage. I do still love a cute eraser and kitty poster as well. The book I just finished was The New Girl by Cassandara Calin. The… Continue reading The New Girl Review
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
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
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
I'm shooting for a total of six fiction books and 1-2 nonfiction books for the month. I'll be happy with anything close to three or four since I read three this month. And I will be trying knock out a few longer pieces as well as some picture books and manga. 1) The first book… Continue reading Monthly Reading List: Manga, LGBTQ+ History, and Asian Readathon Books
I usually read more during the Summer. So I hope that tradition will continue this year. I'm shooting for 5 books this month. I have several challenges from the past months that I didn't finish so I'm going to try and wrap all of those up. 1. Finish the last two books for Spring Orilium… Continue reading Summer Book Reading Challenge: Wrapping Up Spring Reads and Exploring New Titles
How has May gone by so fast? I've had a pretty good month. And I feel like I've gotten off to a good start about getting back to being a more serious reader and a book blogger. So what did I read this month? Finished Sound the Gong by Joan He Polysecure By Jessica Fern… Continue reading Top Books of May 2024: Diving into Serious Reads
I reviewed the previous book in this series on my old blog, the link can be found here. This reimagining by Joan He casts the actors of the Three Kingdom Saga as women and plays with some of the elements of the narrative to make it more to her liking. While one could call this… Continue reading Reimagining Three Kingdom Saga: Fate, Gods, and Women
I've missed NetGalley when I haven't been reviewing. I didn't realize they have as much manga as they do. I'm looking forward to expanding what I've been reading. Especially since I've probably enjoyed My Happy Marriage most of anything I've read this year. And while I'd love to have the space to house all the… Continue reading Refreshing Take on Shojo: A Condition Called Love Manga Review
I'm doing a series about authors from many nationalities in the Asia Pacific region. I'm starting with Japan. While I will include a few books that are directly translated from Japanese here I am mostly talking about books written in English originally. Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World… Continue reading Literary Treasures: Japanese and Diaspora Authors Unveiled
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