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This fifth installment of the PAWS graphic novel series for Middle Grade readers is too cute! Jumping into a series on its fifth installment can always feel a little disorienting, so I do recommend reading the earlier books in the series first to get a better understanding of who some of these unintroduced characters are. …
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Lol, I’m so tired of the rollercoaster my health has been on lately. Let’s hope that the end of March and the beginning of April bring better things, including these three upcoming novels I’m super excited to talk about! Bonus: I also discuss three books from 2025 that I’m still very much trying to squeeze …
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subtitled How Jessica Govea Thorbourne Organized For Justice. This warmly illustrated picture book tells the life story of a prominent labor rights organizer that many people, myself included, may never have heard of before. Young Jessica Govea is a Mexican American girl who starts working in California’s agricultural fields with her parents when she’s only …
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Alright, I’m going to straight up admit that I haven’t read any of Rebecca Roanhorse’s Sixth World novels, so I was definitely not as invested in what is likely to be the biggest draw of this book for fans of hers: the novella that closes the collection and gives it its name. River Of Bones …
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Can I admit something? I’ve never watched the BBC adaptation of Pride And Prejudice that millions worldwide have swooned to for decades. Nothing against it: I’ve just never had the time! I’ve certainly watched enough clips and absorbed so much via cultural osmosis (augmented now by the research I did for this review,) that I …
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with colors by Jessie Zheng. So every once in a while, I wade through the cesspool formerly known as Twitter (bear with me, I swear this is going somewhere relevant) to peek at sports banter and celebrity gossip. Occasionally, posts on other topics will cross my feed, usually the fascist-coded, algorithm-pushed bullshit that reminds me …
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Eid Mubarak, readers! Treat yourself, like I’m planning to, with some awesome reads that are either just on the horizon, or that I wish I’d had more time to get to in 2025. And if you’re even more of a planner than I am, make sure to check out Emily’s spotlight on some excellent upcoming …
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This clever and adorable children’s graphic novel series debut is an immersive delight from start to finish! Koroba is a young girl who lives with her mom and two younger siblings in the fishing village of Makoko, Nigeria. Most of her school holidays are spent helping her mother catch, prepare and sell seafood, tho she’s …
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Hello, dear readers! Today we have an exciting new excerpt for you from thriller writer Chad Boudreaux’s latest novel, Mob Justice! This explosive sequel to Scavenger Hunt finds our hero, Justice Department lawyer Blake Hudson, taking on a new enemy: the Chicago mafia. Heading from Washington DC to Chicago plunges him into a world far …
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Oh gosh, I don’t even know how to write about this book, but I strongly suspect that it was just not For Me, as I struggled to empathize with the main character (not a problem I ordinarily have!) And I get it, middle school friendships are hard and occasionally stupid and definitely prone to sudden …
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