content warnings: bulimia, fatphobia, death of parent
valerie chu just wants to be a good daughter. she’s quiet, studious, and thin.2024 reads: 214/250
content warnings: bulimia, fatphobia, death of parent
valerie chu just wants to be a good daughter. she’s quiet, studious, and thin. no one, not even her best friend, knows that she stays thin by purging. but when tragedy strikes, valerie finds herself questioning if being thin really is the key to being happy.
i loved seeing valerie’s journey of healing, with her own body and mind and with her mother, who, unfortunately, fostered the fear of food in her. though this was a short book, i think the topics were explored well. as pointed out in the author’s note, eating disorder recovery takes a long time, but i thought this did a good job of showing the start of that journey....more
This is a comic anthology written by autistic artists depicting various aspects of autistic life such as being diagnosed (including self-diagnosis), mThis is a comic anthology written by autistic artists depicting various aspects of autistic life such as being diagnosed (including self-diagnosis), meltdowns, masking, autistic joy, and so on. I really appreciated all the different art styles and getting a peek into what being autistic is like. I thought this was formatted well and, although the comics were different, they flowed well together. I highly recommend to autistics and allistics alike!
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This is a comic anthology written by autistic artists depicting various aspects of autistic life such as being diagnosed (including self-diagnosis), meltdowns, masking, autistic joy, and so on. I really appreciated all the different art styles and getting a peek into what being autistic is like. I thought this was formatted well and, although the comics were different, they flowed well together. I highly recommend to autistics and allistics alike!...more
garlic loves her safe life on witch agnes’s farm. the last thing she wants to do is confront the vampire who just moved into a near2024 reads: 168/250
garlic loves her safe life on witch agnes’s farm. the last thing she wants to do is confront the vampire who just moved into a nearby castle, but when her village votes her to do just that, she decides to be brave.
i requested this from libby when i heard about this because it sounded so cute. a tiny, anthropomorphized vegetable with anxiety confronting a scary vampire? sign me up! luckily, this book did not disappoint in the slightest. i loved garlic’s character growth and the art style, and i can’t wait to read book two!...more
nayra mansour is under constant pressure from her family and is undergoing bullying at school. as she considers transferring school2024 reads: 159/250
nayra mansour is under constant pressure from her family and is undergoing bullying at school. as she considers transferring schools, a djinn named marjan appears. nayra has always wanted to meet a djinn, but marjan’s past might just catch up to them both.
first, i absolutely adored this art style!! and the color scheme was mainly pink and purple, which i loved.
the story was also really interesting. as i mentioned, nayra unfortunately faces a lot of islamophobia at school. her parents don’t understand why she’d want to transfer because of this, since her older siblings went to the same school and did well. she’s friends with the only other muslim girl at school, but it’s still hard. marjan, the djinn, becomes her new friend, but also biggest secret. i really liked the moments we were taken into marjan’s world.
i recommend this to anybody who enjoys YA graphic novels....more
this is a graphic novel adaptation of the great gatsby. the great gatsby is one of my favorite classic novels, so i was excited to 2024 reads: 194/250
this is a graphic novel adaptation of the great gatsby. the great gatsby is one of my favorite classic novels, so i was excited to see how this adaptation compared. i think the art style matched the story, and i’d say most of the plot points that i can remember from the original were included here. i’d recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the original and likes graphic novels!...more
compared to the rest of their eighth-grade class, val and lanie are outsiders. this must be what makes them such great friends. 3.5
2024 reads: 138/250
compared to the rest of their eighth-grade class, val and lanie are outsiders. this must be what makes them such great friends. a school project rocks the boat, though, when a long-forgotten ghost starts terrorizing the town.
i mostly enjoyed the book. the art was lovely, the plot was interesting, and i found myself relating to val, who’s autistic. however, it rubbed me the wrong way that the bully/villain was a disabled girl who used to be bullied herself. this trope is annoying at best, harmful to real-life communities at worst. this did resolve in the end, though, which i was grateful for....more
with her reputation ruined, only a desperate man would wed catherine benson now. enter andrew davener, who’s recently been left his2024 reads: 125/250
with her reputation ruined, only a desperate man would wed catherine benson now. enter andrew davener, who’s recently been left his family’s estate, which is desperately in need of help, which catherine’s dowry could provide. despite the circumstances, catherine still wants to fall in love, but andrew isn’t so sure he can love anyone.
i’d like to start off by saying that this is an open door romance, so anyone wanting to read this should be aware of that! i think these moments were handled well. catherine has some reservations about intimacy because of how she was treated in the past, and this topic is explored with care, in my opinion.
i liked how the side characters also had their own subplots, though, of course, not as fleshed-out as our main plot. this made the story more interesting!
i recommend to anyone who enjoys regency romances and graphic novels....more
punpun punyama has a tough home life, with his father winding up in prison and his mother in the hospital shortly after the book st2024 reads: 107/250
punpun punyama has a tough home life, with his father winding up in prison and his mother in the hospital shortly after the book starts. however, he has big dreams that involve going to space and settling down with a girl.
it’s extremely rare for me to receive recommendations from my brother, so when he told me about this manga, i had to put it on my tbr right away. well, he somehow knows my reading tastes very well, because i really enjoyed this one. it was bizarre, but meaningful, and had great art. i also like the decision to make punpun’s family consist of birds, and everyone else human.
overall, this was an enjoyable manga, and i plan on reading the other volumes soon....more
in this graphic memoir, alison bechdel details her strange relationship with her late father. alison did not find out her father was2024 reads: 97/250
in this graphic memoir, alison bechdel details her strange relationship with her late father. alison did not find out her father was gay until she came out as lesbian, just for him to die shortly after. i loved both the art and the candor in this book. going in, i really didn’t know anything about alison bechdel besides the famous bechdel test, but i really enjoyed this dive into her childhood and some young adulthood. i highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys graphic novels/memoirs!...more
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