Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter. Scholastic Graphix, 2021. 9781338568905. 240pp. Maggie is about to get a dog for her tenth birthday, but then she has a severe allergic reaction. She goes to the doctor and finds […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Graphic Novel Review: The Summer Of Her Life by Thomas von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin
The Summer Of Her Life by Thomas von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin. Translated by John Reddick. SelfMadeHero, 2020. 9781910593783. 78pp. Frau Gerda Wendt spends her days in and around an old folks home with the help of her walker. It […]
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Graphic Novel Review: nineteen by ancco
nineteen by ancco. Drawn & Quarterly, 2020. 9781770464100. 176pp. with a touching introduction about how these stories take her back in time, especially the stories that make her feel like she’s seeing her healthy grandmother again. This book is full […]
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Bookstabber Episode 2: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Bookstabber Episode 2: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Gene loves this book, the first of three in a fantasy series and was happy for an excuse to reread it. Willow does not. Warning: rant ahead! Available now […]
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Picture Books About Birds
Perfect Pigeons by Katherine Battersby. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020. 9781534457812. Battersby draws this “perfect” group of pigeons with an epic amount of color and personality. The pigeon who is not the same as the others, the one who sleeps […]
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Book Review: Two novels with badass heroes
Both of these books feature badass female heroes and lots of violence. The YA novel is probably the more brutal of the two. Behind the Throne by K.B. Wagers. Orbit, 2016. 9780316308601. 432pp. Hail Bristol left the life of a […]
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Graphic Novel Review: the fire never goes out: a memoir in pictures by noelle stevenson
the fire never goes out: a memoir in pictures by noelle stevenson. Harper, 2020. 9780062278272. 194pp. Stevenson is the writer/illustrator of Nimona, wrote Lumberjanes, and went on to be show runner and executive producer of Netfix’s She-Ra relaunch. This is […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Pumpkinheads and Runaways Volume 1: Find Your Way Home
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks. First Second, 2019. 9781626721623. 224pp. It’s Halloween at DeKnock’s World Famous Pumpkin Patch & Autumn Jamboree. Josiah and Deja are preparing for their last shifts ever because they’ll be away at college […]
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Book Review: 3 books I’ve had for years
During the pandemic I’ve been reading books that have been sitting on my shelves for years, as well as buying old science fiction and fantasy paperbacks with ridiculous covers. Most are unreadable. These were fun. The Mad God’s Amulet: The […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Montague Twins: The Witch’s Hand by Nathan Page & Drew Shannon
The Montague Twins: The Witch’s Hand by Nathan Page & Drew Shannon (illustrator). Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. 9780525646761. 352pp. including sketches and a few pages of the script in back. After twins Peter and Al’s parents disappeared, they started living […]
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