Lightfall: The Girl & The Galdurian by Tim Probert Review {Graphic Novel}

Lightfall: The Girl & The Galdurian by Tim Probert Publisher: HarperAlley (HarperCollins) Release Date: September 1, 2020 Pages: 248 Available through Bookshop & The Book Depository Summary: Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. …

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A Tropical Fish Yearns For Snow Vol. 6 by Makoto Hagino {Manga Review}

A Tropical Fish Yearns For Snow Vol. 6 by Makoto Hagino (Tropical Fish / Nettaigyo wa Yuki ni Kogareru #6) Publisher: Viz Media Release Date: February 9, 2021 Pages: 178 Available through The Book Depository Summary: Koyuki and Konatsu have both started to see the other as important, but they’re still unable to be honest …

Mamo Vol. 1 by Sas Milledge Review

Mamo by Sas Milledge Publisher: BOOM Box! (Boom Studios) Release Date: April 19, 2022 Pages: 224 Available Through The Book Depository & Bookshop Summary: Orla O’Reilly, the youngest in a long line of hedge witches, is compelled to return home after the death of her grandmother, Mamo. In the wake of her Mamo’s passing, seas …

Play It Cool, Guys Vol. 2 by Kokone Nata {Manga Review}

Play It Cool, Guys Vol. 2 by Kokone Nata (Play It Cool Guys / Cool Doji Danshi #2) Publisher: Yen Press Release Date: June 29, 2021 Pages: 196 Available through Bookshop Translator: Amanda Haley / Lettering: Lys Blakeslee Summary: They’re so goofy, they’re cool. Warm-up’s over. Easy mode may be off now, but nothing’s impossible …

Critical Reading as a Book Blogger & How It’s Fun {Blog Discussion}

The book community generally has a very positive outlook and energy when talking about books, which is fantastic! However, if, like me, you were part of the early Booktube-era you can remember a time when negative reviews or critiques weren't really a thing, or if they were they were pretty rare. I think though we …

The Savior’s Book Cafe Story In Another World Vol. 1 by Kyouka Izumi {Manga Review}

The Savior's Book Cafe Story In Another World by Kyouka Izumi (Writer), Oumiya (Story Adaptation), & Reiko Sakurada (Art) (SBC #1 / Isekai ni Kyuuseishu to shite Yobaremashita ga, Around 30 ni wa Muri na no de, hissori Book Café Hajimemashita) Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment Release Date: December 21, 2021 Available Through Bookshop & The …

Nicola Traveling Around The Demons’ World Vol. 2 by Asaya Miyanaga {Manga Review}

Nicola Traveling Around The Demons' World Vol. 2 by Asaya Miyanaga (Nicola Traveling / Nicola no Oyururi Makai Kikou #2) Publisher: Seven Seas Release Date: February 18, 2020 Pages: 209 Available through The Book Depository Summary: When feisty witch Nicola came to the demons’ world, the first friend she made was a devil named Simon. …

Felicity by Mary Oliver │Mini Review

Felicity by Mary Oliver Publisher: Penguin Press Release Date: October 13, 2015 Pages: 96 Available through Bookshop & The Book Depository Summary: “If I have any secret stash of poems, anywhere, it might be about love, not anger,” Mary Oliver once said in an interview. Finally, in her stunning new collection, Felicity, we can immerse ourselves …

Play It Cool, Guys Vol. 1 by Kokone Nata {Manga Review}

Play It Cool, Guys Vol. 1 by Kokone Nata (Play It Cool Guys / Cool Doji Danshi #1) Publisher: Yen Press Release Date: March 9, 2021 Pages: 144 Available through The Book Depository Translator: Amanda Haley / Lettering: Lys Blakeslee Summary: Enter: a bunch of cool guys who look like they got that unapproachable swag. …

The Sprite And The Gardener by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt Review {Graphic Novel}

The Sprite And The Gardener by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt Publisher: Oni Press Release Date: May 11, 2021 Pages: 88 Artist & Writer: Rii Abrego & Joe Whitt (Writer) Available through Bookshop Summary: Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But when humans appeared and …