An amazing and stunning grayscale graphic novel. The title basically says it all. It's a quick and easy guide to asexuality. It covers many basics, suAn amazing and stunning grayscale graphic novel. The title basically says it all. It's a quick and easy guide to asexuality. It covers many basics, such as growing up asexual, dating while asexual, and common myths about asexuality.
I love the style which the authors used in their teaching. I also love that there was a lot of diversity to include many identities under the ace spectrum.
This was REALLY good and it would have gotten five stars but a lot of what's in the book isn't new to me. For further in depth reading I'd recommend Ace by Angela Chen. It's also on the reading list at the end of this graphic novel....more
HMM SO THIS BOOK. it's great on paper tbh. queer black boy in a predominantly white institution, dealing with racism and microagressions. he's also seHMM SO THIS BOOK. it's great on paper tbh. queer black boy in a predominantly white institution, dealing with racism and microagressions. he's also seeing ghosts and is being haunted by the ghost of a white school shooter who wants to possess his body.
I couldn't bring myself to love the book/plot/characters. even the romance in the book is so meh to me (instalove). the book spends a lot of time on the ghost/mystery aspect of things and the romance doesn't feel fleshed out....more
5 beautiful stars for Tarisai Kunleo, Empress Redemptor.
Very many thanks to Abrams Books for making my dreams come true by giving me tBook 86 of 2021
5 beautiful stars for Tarisai Kunleo, Empress Redemptor.
Very many thanks to Abrams Books for making my dreams come true by giving me the opportunity to read this book SO early on via Netgalley. Raybearer is one of my favorite 2020 reads, and I was so hyped for this book. fun fact, I also got to listen to an audiobook of Raybearer early, back in July thanks to Blacksone Audio via Netgalley. I love Raybearer a lot and Redemptor did not disappoint.
This was an action-packed and emotion-filled book, and Raybearer got a well-deserved sequel. From the opening chapter, Jordan Ifueko brought us up to speed with how the first book ended, and in a couple of pages, the action was underway. This book introduced a myriad of new characters, and elevated the importance of some characters (much like how a series takes a character from recurring to regular) by giving them a prominent storyline or making them more integral to the central storyline. I loved some of the characters and hated others.
SO MANY important themes were discussed in this book. With Tar and her council siblings at the helm of power, they are exposed to the unjustness of the ruling system and the divide between the rich and the poor. Tar is especially sympathetic towards the plight of the poor. Depression and anxiety are also examined through a very unique angle with the use of the ‘ojiji’. It broke my heart for Tar, but also warmed my heart the way the author handled it. Dayo’s asexuality was also explored more in this book. Family, friendship, love, loyalty, sacrifice, grief, loss, healing, and a number of other themes were also key to Redemptor.
Tar’s journey towards creating her own council was tough and filled with bumps, and the author added a very unique twist at the beginning of it. My poor baby Tar had to deal with a lot in this book, and she faced a lot of fears and inner demons. Her journey in this book was so awe-inspiring and motivating. I learnt a lot from Tar and this book just elevated her status on my list of favorite book heroines.
A lot about the past and history of the Kunleo family and the powers they possessed were examined in this book. We also learnt more about the ‘abiku’ and the first Treaty.
This book made me laugh, cry, swoon, giggle, get hurt, scream, and fall in love. The action and pacing were great, the characters were exquisite, and the writing was excellent. Just as with Raybearer, this book was infused with so many beautiful aspects of West African (especially Yoruba) culture.
If you thought I loved Raybearer and wouldn’t shut up about it before, my Redemptor campaign would ecen be more massive. Out on the 17th of August, I want everyone to preorder this and I can’t wait for you all to love it as much as I do....more
I... did not enjoy this. I should have just listened to all the people who gave this book a low rating, becuase......... what? I was teBook 11 of 2020
I... did not enjoy this. I should have just listened to all the people who gave this book a low rating, becuase......... what? I was tempted to DNF it at about 30% because the mix of roleplay and reality annoyed and confused me to no end. I decided to see it through, and it was a mega waste of time. I'm sorry to anyone who loves this book, and of course everyone has a different experience with books. This one was just not for me.
You don't go around killing your friends because they stole money from you or because one of them gets addicted to pain meds. WTF? Even if your dad made you kill your pet rabbit as a kid, that makes 0 sense. No, it's not okay and the "big reveal" was a flop. I could guess from a million miles away who the perp was, and I was so angry that I was right.
The only reason this is even getting a 2-star review is because of the trans, NB, and autism rep.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for my digital review copy of this book in exchange for aExpected Publication: 21st June 2021
Many thanks to Netgalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for my digital review copy of this book in exchange for an impartial review. This review was written voluntarily and all opinions herein are my own.
I saw this book on Netgalley while browsing through and I was like, "what?! A book about various gender identities for the youngest demographic of readers?! Yes, please". It reminded me a lot of The ABC's of LGBT+ and I knew I wanted to read it ASAP! Luckily it was available to "Read Now" and I got it immediately.
The book is very colorful and amazing, with 26 gender identities listed within it. This is SUCH an important resource to teach kids that gender is a wide spectrum and definitely goes beyond the female-male binary. I also believe that this is a great resource for people of every age, especially if they are just being introduced to the idea of a gender spectrum or just need to do more reading. I myself discovered identities like "Kynigender" and "Yinyang Ren" for the first time.
This was such a great read! My review will be really short because all that needs to be said is right there in the book. This is an enBook 181 of 2021
This was such a great read! My review will be really short because all that needs to be said is right there in the book. This is an entry-level book on gender and sexuality identity politics and is a definite must-read.
The book opens up with a dictionary of SO MANY terms relating to -gender, -sexual, and -romantic identities. I was already familiar with a ton of them and others I had never heard of before.
Later chapters delve into essays and expositions into these identities. Myths and misconceptions are explored and demystified and more clarity is waiting for readers at the end of this book. I’m glad I read this book and everyone should pick this up....more
I enoyed this one so much! It made me happy and it made me cry and it had such a gut punching yet extremely beautiful ending. It was just so amazing.
II enoyed this one so much! It made me happy and it made me cry and it had such a gut punching yet extremely beautiful ending. It was just so amazing.
I discovered this book when @blkandsapphicreads on Instagram recommended it in a post, and the cover was so damn beautiful, I just knew I had to read it. It was so short yet so layered and heartwarming.
Focusing on two young girls discovering their love for each other in a time when being lesbian was very frowned upon, it's an amazing tale of losing love and finding it again. They are forced to marry men and have families, but they reconnect by chance many years later.
The characters GAVE me life. One of the main characters was a plus sized black woman, and the other was a Latinx character. The art was so beautiful and each page was packed with full-color art of characters of color in a range of beautiful shades.
This explored love, forced outing, bisexuality, family relations, and dementia.
12:42 am ramblings // They Both Die at the End reflections
TBDATE is a YA Contemporary novel set in a futuristic (but dated 2017) USA, where people now12:42 am ramblings // They Both Die at the End reflections
TBDATE is a YA Contemporary novel set in a futuristic (but dated 2017) USA, where people now have an app/service called Death Cast and there's a customer care rep (?) that basically calls you and tells you you're gonna die within 24 hours.
No matter what, you're gonna die once you get the call. In the words of the great Thanos - "Dread it? Run from it? Destiny arrives all the same".
Reading this book made me reflect on a lot. Apart from the immense feelings I had for the characters and the tears I shed when the title played out, I thought about a lot.
If this was a thing irl, ofc people would try to avoid death or try to cheat the system. Most times as seen on TV and in books, trying to run away from or avoid a prophesied future just results in that future playing out.
The science was never explained, as the focus was on how the news of their impending death affected the two MCs, not on the workings of Death cast.
End days are a thing in this book, basically you get the call and you know it's your last loving day, so you can have a live funeral or tick things off your bucket list. Businesses would also let you have free stuff if they know you've gotten the call.
This was so heartwarming (?) to me because so many people die and never get to say goodbye and I would be scared as hell to get the call or have people I love get the call but I don't know if I would prefer having Death Cast irl.
It felt like a wake up call to live life in the moment, let people have their flowers, tell people you love you love them, and life is so fucking short, and death is so horrible.
Yeah, read this book. xoxo
❗❗❗❗Minor spoilers ahead❗❗❗❗ "what if the call is what triggers the death?" it might just be, because a guy in this book got the call and then went ahead to bomb a gym. So he decided that since it's his death day, he will take others along with him. What if he didn't get the call? He might not have done that.
"I didn't get the call, so I'm going to prove the system wrong by committing suicide anyway" some characters dealt with this but there was always an excuse not to go through with it....more
This was a cute shortie about Nick and Charlie, my OTP! I definitely prefer the graphic novels about these 2!
This is set sometime in future and Nick iThis was a cute shortie about Nick and Charlie, my OTP! I definitely prefer the graphic novels about these 2!
This is set sometime in future and Nick is off to college soon, so this is mostly about Charlie dealing with his fear of "losing" Nick. Pretty much little else happens except them dealing with this....more
An amazing installment in the Heartstopper series. Back to Charlie and Nick's love story post Charlie's coming out. They're going on a school trip andAn amazing installment in the Heartstopper series. Back to Charlie and Nick's love story post Charlie's coming out. They're going on a school trip and they have to deal with coming out to their friends and the rest of the school.
I enjoyed this one as much as the other two and I can't wait for Volume 4. More questions about sexuality were answered, and also dealing with your bully. I loved Nick's conversation with Harry.
More couples were explored in this book and I loved seeing other people's romance shown off.
I picked this up immediately I finished Volume 1. It was so good and I'm still so in love with Charlie and Nick. Chick? Narlie? What's the official shI picked this up immediately I finished Volume 1. It was so good and I'm still so in love with Charlie and Nick. Chick? Narlie? What's the official ship name.
In this book, Charlie and Nick's relationship develop into something new and beautiful. There's lots of kissing, emotion, and cuteness in this book. The supporting character were great. I love Tara and Darcy, I love Aled, Elle, and Tao. I love Nick's mom and I love Charlie's family.
The illustrations were top notch and they added an extra level of details and descriptiveness to the story.
Homophobia, bullying, and coming out are entailed in this book, and they were handled quite well, but I hope for a more definite resolution to the homophobia in the next book. In this book, Nick is very conservative about his relationship with Charlie and he's very scared about coming out. He's still confused about his sexuality, so that's explored in depth.
I love the dual POV in the book, and it gives us the chance to see things from both Nick and Charlie's perspectives.
It was so cute and sooo cheesy and actually predictable but I loved every bit of it. Set in a busy pumpkin patch that attracts lots of guI LOVED THIS!
It was so cute and sooo cheesy and actually predictable but I loved every bit of it. Set in a busy pumpkin patch that attracts lots of guests, it focuses on two best friends on their last day ever working at the patch. The patch is like a full blown amusement park and there's a whole map at the beginning of the book that helps you get a layout of things. There's so much happening in the background that TOTALLY sells the idea of the park and it's all so amazing because it doesn't get overwhelming.
Deja and Josiah are two seasonal best friends who have been working in the same stand at the patch for years now and on their last night at the patch, Deja makes it her mission to get Josiah to talk to the girl of his dream. Things don't go as planned as they keep moving from stand to stand in search of the elusive crush.
The characters are all so amazing. The main character, Deja, is a bisexual, plus-sized, dark-skinned girl, I MEAN?! I loved that SO SO MUCH! There are lots of other fun side characters that made this really interesting to read.
The illustrations added SO MUCH LIFE to this graphic novel and they made the book so much more enjoyable.
I highly recommend this if you're looking for a fun and breezy read....more
AHHH THIS WAS SO CUTE!!!!! NICK AND CHARLIE ARE MY OTP!
I've been seeing this all over bookstagram and there's been so much hype around it. Volume ThreAHHH THIS WAS SO CUTE!!!!! NICK AND CHARLIE ARE MY OTP!
I've been seeing this all over bookstagram and there's been so much hype around it. Volume Three just won best Graphic Novel at the Goodreads Readers Choice Awards, so I decided to finally pick it up and OMG it was so worth it.
It was cute and fuzzy and warm and amazing with a slow-burn M/M romance. With the way the book is set, though, it makes for a very fast read. Nick and Charlie go from strangers to friends and then the book ends in a cliffhanger. Yes to diversity and representation!
The illustrations and layout of the graphic novel were so so good and really carried me along every step of the way.
I enjoyed it so so much and wow. Worth every bit of hype, okay?!
In the midst of all the fuzziness and cuteness, though, they were some serious issues within the pages of the book, such as forced outing, homophobia, confusion over your sexuality, and harassment.
I highly recommend this graphic novel!
*I am now going to binge Vol. 2 and 3 and wait impatiently for Vol. 4*...more
This was such a fun read that touched on some deep topics. Trigger warnings for microaggressions, homophobia, biphobia, toxic friendship, racism, gaslThis was such a fun read that touched on some deep topics. Trigger warnings for microaggressions, homophobia, biphobia, toxic friendship, racism, gaslighting, and parental abandonment. I loved the romance, the complicated family plot points, and a lot of the characters were really loveable.
HAIGTFD tells the story of Humaira (Hani) and Ishita (Ishu). This book heavily uses the fake dating trope with a dash of enemies to lovers (more like the love interest being the enemy of the other character’s best friends).
Set in Ireland, we get to see how the Bengali diaspora community comes together to form a close-knit unit. Family and friendship play a huge role in this book. Hani’s dad is running for a political office, and Ishu’s family is facing a dilemma (no spoilers!). We get to see these two girls as fully fleshed characters outside of their romance. Hani struggles with terrible homophobic friends and Ishu struggles with her complicated relationship with her sister.
The romance was of course a huge part of this book and I loved how that progressed and bloomed between the two girls. They are complex characters with issues of their own and they have to deal with these issues while dealing with a fake relationship and real feelings.
We got to explore the home lives of these girls and I love how the author juxtaposed them. Hani’s parents are very open minded about her bisexuality and she could always talk to them about her issues. Ishu, on the other hand, didn’t have such an open relationship with her family and felt immense pressure to live up to set standards.
I enjoyed this book so much and I definitely recommend it. ...more
5 stars forever. Wish it could go up to ten, because Bahni Turpin's narration made it so much more better than the ebook!5 stars forever. Wish it could go up to ten, because Bahni Turpin's narration made it so much more better than the ebook!...more
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