Graphic Novels
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The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson & Chris Wildgoose – REVIEW
Is this a safe place to admit that I’m not usually a fan of fantasy comics? I will devour a sci-fi or speculative comic all day, but I am always leery of fantasy comics. I find they either don’t catch my attention quick enough or they are similar to other stories I’ve already read. I Continue reading
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Crave by Maria Llovet – REVIEW
“Black Mirror meets Eyes Wide Shut in this dark and sexy erotic thriller.” YES, PLEASE. How am I supposed to pass up a graphic novel with a cover as beautiful as this? The answer is I can’t. With a cover this gorgeous, I couldn’t possibly pass it up Crave by Maria Llovet if I tried. Continue reading
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First Test Graphic Novel by Tamora Pierce, Devin Grayson, and Becca Farrow – REVIEW
Tamora Pierce’s Tortall fantasy world first began with her Song of the Lioness series in 1983, which quickly became a fan-favorite. Pierce’s Tortall world includes twenty books in six separate book series and is known for its strong female characters. Her book series, Protector of the Small, centers on Keladry (Kel), a young girl who longs to become Continue reading
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Wolfpitch by Balazs Lorinczi – REVIEW
Wolfpitch is a delicious and pitch-perfect YA graphic novel. With an impressive combination of diverse women, friendships, competition, music, and milkshakes, there’s not more you could want. Not to mention, it completely made my day when I read it. Continue reading
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Suffrage Song by Caitlin Cass – REVIEW
I continue to surprise myself by finding more nonfiction titles that interest me. As someone who reads very little nonfiction, I’m excited that more seems to catch my interest! Following along the same lines as my other recent nonfiction reads, Monster, She Wrote and The League of Lady Poisoners, Suffrage Song tells the stories of historical Continue reading
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Kingdom Riders by Shannon Eric Denton and Marcus To – REVIEW
A good way to get me to read something is to tell me it’s similar to The Hunger Games. When I saw Kingdom Riders promoted as a combination of Hunger Games and Amulet, I knew I needed to read it. I am so glad I did. Reading Kingdom Riders feels like revisiting a show you’ve forgotten from childhood. It’s remarkably nostalgic, while Continue reading
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Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol. 1, The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin – REVIEW
The Case of the Missing Men is volume one in the graphic novel Hobtown Mystery Stories and follows a high school Detective Club that solves crimes around Hobtown (population: 2,006). When the Club gets their first real case to solve, they start to uncover weird things happening under the surface of their town. The Case of the Missing Men is Continue reading
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The Cull, Volume 1 by Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis – REVIEW
The Cull bills itself as Something is Killing the Children meets “The Goonies,” which sounds right up my alley. Its summary reads like a Karen McManus young adult mystery-horror, which hooked me. Five teen friends leave their homes in the middle of the night to shoot a film at the beach, but one of them is lying to the Continue reading
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Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons by Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda – REVIEW
Is there a more epic combination than Godzilla and pirates? What about Godzilla, pirates, a monster island, and a secret society involving the Queen of England herself? Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons is a conspiracy-filled story that will keep you reading cover to cover. Continue reading
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Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis – REVIEW
Like most 90s kids, I grew up on scary stories and urban legends. One of my favorite shows as a kid was “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” A show where kids sit around a campfire and take turns telling ghost stories shouldn’t work, but it did. In a lot of ways, Adam Ellis’s Bad Dreams Continue reading