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Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol, First Second, 2011, 224 pp, ISBN: 1596437138
Recap:Anya just wants to blend in. She's lost her Russian accent, lost all kinds of weight, and is scrupulously sure to stay away from Dimi - the other Russian in her class - just to make sure that none of his "fobby-ness" rubs off on her. But Anya is still pretty much a nobody at school.
That is until a ghost follows Anya home. Anya's ghost knows how to raise her grades and grab the attention of her crush. All of a sudden, Anya's life is looking good! But no favors come for free, and this ghost is asking for more than Anya is able to give...Review:Anya's Ghost is a Cybils Winner and a Round 1 Contender in SLJ's Battle of the Kids' Books (BoB). So it's got to be good, right?
Eh... I'm not so sure. Let's start with what I liked. The art throughout this graphic novel was outstanding. Honestly, I think Anya's Ghost has the best illustrations of any graphic novel I've read. The moody color palate perfectly matched the tone of the story, and Vera Brosgol did an amazing job of conveying emotion and personal transformation through each tiny square.
I thought the plot had a lot of promise. The ghost was initially completely loveable, and Anya's dismissiveness made me root for her even more. Then Brosgol did a great job of slowly, subtly showing the reader that the ghost isn't quite as innocent as she had made herself out to be. By that point, I had switched over to Team Anya and couldn't wait to see how she would react.
But that's point in the story where, unfortunately, Anya's Ghost started to lose me. A) It left me with a lot of unanswered questions. How did t
No, not those
NIVs! I'm talking about Novels in Verse
(henceforth to be referred to as NIVs).
Last month I read three, and noticed in the comments that a lot of people are gaining interest in the genre. I've also seen many reviews for new NIVs like
Love and Leftovers and
The One and Only Ivan popping up around the blogosphere.
Their rise to stardom is taking a little longer than Edward, Damon, and Stefan's, but I have a sneaking suspicion that NIVs just might be the new vampires.
So because of all this, and because
Miss K told me to, I've decided to join the
Born Bookish Novel in Verse Challenge! I'm joining at the "Limerick level," which is 5-8 books.
Do any of you have a favorite NIV to recommend? I need your suggestions!
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming, Schwartz and Wade, 2011, 128 pp, ISBN: 0375841989
Recap:Amelia Lost traces both the life and the disappearance of one of the world's most renowned fliers: Amelia Earhart. Dispelling myths and including quotes and stories from primary sources, Amelia Lost helps readers to find the truth behind the daredevil aviatrix
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Review:I did not want to read this book. At all. In fact, I probably never would have, except it's the very first contender in the very first round of SLJ's Battle of the Kids' Books. And I know that the BOB doesn't do bad books. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Betsy Bird is pretty much obsessed with Amelia Lost. So, I read it.
And guess what? It's actually pretty darn fascinating.
Amelia Lost is like two books in one: the white pages give her basic autobiography, from childhood right up until her final flight. These pages are broken up with a number of photographs, news clippings, and anecdotes, all of which made my eyes bounce around like ping pong balls because I could never decide what to read first. Finally, I made a promise to myself that I would finish reading the paragraphs on each page before digesting the yummy little text features sprinkled about.
And you're probably thinking now,
"Uh, didn't she say there were two books? What about the second?" Ahhh, the second story was my favorite. The second story was set apart on gray pages, interspersed throughout the white. It told of Earhart's initial missed landing and the following days of searching - a search that covered 250,000 miles and required today's equivalent of $58 million. A search that - if you know your history - never turned up a body or even a piece of a plane. And the most baffling part of the whole thing? These gray pages of the second story revealed that
time and again regular citizens heard Earhart's cries for help and snatches of a possible landing location via the radio, but they were always
ignored. Wow.
I am definitely not a big biography reader, but both the white story and the gray story had me completely engrossed in the life of Amelia Earhart. All throughout dinner tonight I kept
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Dutton Juvenile, 2012, 336 pp, ISBN: 0525478817
Recap:Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters both have cancer. They meet in support group in the Literal Heart of Jesus Christ.
The story that ensues is probably one of the best you'll ever read. Ever.
(I know that's not really a recap - but seriously, how else can you recap a book like this one?)
Review:John Green has managed to write a book about kids dying with cancer that still caused me to laugh out loud enough times that my husband started shooting weird looks at me across the room. But I couldn't feel offended by the weird looks because (a) some of those lines were seriously hilarious and (b) Hazel and Gus's love made me so very nostalgic for the days that we spent falling love. And so very thankful for all of the days we have left to stay that way.
If you have already read The Fault in Our Stars, you will understand why I strongly considered ending this review with the third sentence of the Recap. If you have not yet read The Fault in Our Stars, you have no doubt heard mountains and mountains of hype about it. And you're thinking, "There is no way this book could ever live up to my expectations." Guess what. You are right. It will surpass them.
Yes, people will die in this book. And they will break your own heart a little bit, even though you see it coming. But Hazel and Gus and Isaac and Hazel's parents and even Peter Van Houton will also make you so very thankful for this world we live in and the people we get to share it with. And not because this book is full of "Encouragements" - because it's not (only Gus's house is). These characters will remind you with sarcasm and sincerity and weird literary allusions that "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!" Thank you. Amen.
Recommendation:Just read it. All of you. And then pass it on.
Quotable Quotes:"You can't know, sweetie, because you've never had a baby become a brilliant young reader with a side interest in horrible television shows, but the joy you bring us is so much greater than the sadness we feel about your illness." - Hazel's Dad
"You are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are."
Crossed by Ally Condie, Dutton Juvenile, 2011, 367 pp, ISBN: 0525423656
Recap:*Spoiler Alert* If you haven't read Matched, you might want to stop now and take care of that!
Cassia and Ky have both been taken away from each other and from their families - one by force and the other by choice. But they are determined to do whatever it takes to find their way back to each other.
But of course, Cassia is still matched with Xander, and he isn't about to let her just slip away.
And what about The Rising? Is the anti-Society rebel force real, or just another myth? And why does it seem like both Ky and Xander are keeping secrets from they girl they love?
Review:Oooooh boy, Crossed is one good book! I know I mentioned a few days back that Crossed is pretty much exactly like another YA novel, but that didn't lessen my love for it a bit.
I think I had gone into Matched with my hopes set just a bit too high, because I came away from it feeling a little let down. Crossed was exactly the opposite. I started it without any real expectations, and ended up finishing in just a day or two. Cassia has toughened up! And Ky has finally started growing on me. But that Xander... he is a charmer. He didn't end up with a whole lot of screen time in Crossed, but the big "Xander reveal" gave me high hopes for him in Reached.
So why did I enjoy book #2 so much more than #1? I think it was partially due to the Pilot/Rising storyline. I know I'm a sucker for storied subversive forces and an impending rebellion. Plus, Crossed had so many more unexpected plot twists. *Spoiler Alert Again* Could Ky really be the Pilot? And what the heck is going on with Xander and The Rising? And what will happen to Cassia now that she's back in the Society... but undercover? And did anyone else guess that Cassia might have been talking about Xander, rather than Ky, in the last couple of pages?
Recommendation:If you are a fan of dystopian and/or romance novels, read this trilogy! Right now!
So for the past few days I've been reading Crossed at home and listening to Delirium in the car. And... I've come to the conclusion that they are more or less the same book. Check out my nifty chart for comparison's sake.
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I really do not mean this as a criticism of either book! I'm enjoying them both quite a lot (Ok, maybe enjoying Crossed a titch more!), but I just keep getting confused because they are so darn similar.
What do you think, book lovers? Did I miss any other similarities? Can you think of another book pairing where it was easy to confuse the two stories?
Good Fortune by Noni Carter, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010, 496 pp, ISBN: 1416984801
Recap:Ayanna was taken from her home, from her mother, in Africa when she was only four years old. Good Fortune traces her life's journey from the slave ship, through years on a southern plantation, and then across the country in her search for freedom.
Review:I initially picked up Good Fortune because I read a synopsis and it sounded so much like one of my favorites: Copper Sun by Sharon Draper. Plus, that cover is just gorgeous.
After reading all 496 pages... I think I'd just as soon have re-read Copper Sun. Yes, Ayanna (who becomes Sarah who becomes Anna) is a protagonist to admire. She is strong, courageous, and wants to be educated more than almost anything in the world. She is the embodiment of perseverance. Her story even has a little romance which, in my opinion, makes any good book better.
But I just couldn't help thinking that her story had already been told. There were many passages that just seemed redundant, and there wasn't a single surprise over the course of Anna's journey. In all fairness, the last few pages could have been a great surprise, but I felt like author Noni Carter had left plenty of foreshadowing hints along the way.
I do think that Noni Carter's journey toward publication was pretty phenomenal! She started writing pieces of what would become Good Fortune when she was only 12-years-old. She sold the manuscript to Simon and Schuster at BEA 2008, and they published it in 2010. Ms. Carter is only 19-years-old! That is just flat out amazing. While Good Fortune may not be my new favorite book, I do think we will see great things from Noni Carter in the years to come.
Recommendation:Good Fortune will appeal to readers who really enjoy historical fiction. That being said, I would eagerly recommend Copper Sun by Sharon Draper, 47 by Walter Mosley, or Numbering All the Bones by Ann Rinaldi to readers who are looking for a truly engrossing story about slavery. 47 is actually just as much science fiction as it is historical fiction; how's that for a twist?
Ta Daaaaaaaaa! The third cover for Ally Condie's Matched trilogy.
I see this image and think "
Revenge." Not so much Cassia... Then again, Ky did paint Cassia in a red dress at the end of
Crossed. I could tell that the color was supposed to be significant since she made a point of mentioning it, but just didn't get the meaning behind it. Evidently the red dress has a role to play in
Reached!
What do you think, book lovers?
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, 2011, 608 pp, ISBN: 0545027896
Recap:Two very separate lives, decades apart, become inextricably linked through the magic of howling wolves (not werewolves, real wolves!), a great big museum, and a little blue book called Wonderstruck.
Review:The story of Wonderstruck is lovely - a little girl growing up in New Jersey in the 20s, and a little boy growing up in Minnesota in the 70s, are unaware that their lives are being knit closer and closer together with each passing page. Neither have any parents to speak - due to either death or just really bad, dismissive parenting. And both are deaf, and just beginning to learn to communicate with their hands.
I had a few different ideas about how their stories would eventually connect, and I thought that their ultimate resolution was completely satisfying.
But... the real star of this story is the artwork. And that's not just because Brian Selznick creates some truly fantastic illustrations. Obviously, he does that, but the magic of the artwork here is the way that they communicate an entire storyline with almost zero words.A series of illustrations will zoom in and out, so you think you're seeing one thing, but then realize that it's actually only a small part of a much larger scene. And he includes tiny details, so that discerning readers can approach each page as a treasure hunt, searching for clues that will connect back to the story in prose.I remember reading The Inventio
Prized: Birthmarked Book #2 by Caragh M. O'Brien, Roaring Brook Press, 2011, 368 pp, ISBN: 1596435704
Recap:The second book in the Birthmarked trilogy, Gaia's story follows her escape from the Enclave. Rescued in the wastelands by a handsome boy on a horse - an animal Gaia believed to be extinct - she is brought to the city of Sylum.
Sylum is no longer quite the safe "asylum" it was named for: once you choose to stay in Sylum, you can never leave. If you try, you die. In this town, the small handful of women rule over the men - no matter that the men outnumber them 10 to 1. And with the rapidly dwindling population, romance is extremely serious business. If you're found kissing someone you aren't intending to marry, you might just find yourself in the stocks - or worse yet, in prison.
Gaia knows that staying in Sylum might be her only chance to save her sister. But staying there means risking the loss of her own conscience, and beyond that, risking her heart.
Review:I was thrilled when my hold for Prized finally came in at the library. As a HUGE fan of Birthmarked, I couldn't wait to see what happened next. In so many ways, author Caragh M. O'Brien delivered big time.
Sylum was a fascinating place. It really did feel odd to learn about a town where the women are 100% in control. The Matrarc (kind of like the mayor - possibly adapted from "matriarch?"), was the town's leader, and her word was law. The interesting part was, no matter if you were a cuzine (a voting woman, eligible for marriage) or a libby (a non-voting woman, destined to stay single), all women trusted and respected the Matrarc completely. While the same could be said for many of the men, there is bound to be dissension
in the ranks when you are treated like a second class citizen...
O'Brien crafted a wholly unique setting in other ways as well: although leaving S
March is coming in like a lion! This month is full of some crazy, exciting stuff and I do not mean NCAA brackets or The Bachelor finale
(although both of those things are awesome, too).
Crazy, exciting #1: Middle Grade March Madness at
The O.W.L.! If you love MG, or are looking for great new MG suggestions, then you are in for a treat. Every single day this month The O.W.L. will have a MG review, guest post, giveaway, or some combination of all of the above. And, a guest post/giveaway from
Book Love toward the end of the month :)
Crazy, exciting #2: School Library Journal's Battle of the Kids' Books!!!!! Seriously book lovers, this is some of the best reading and reviewing that you'll see all year. The BOB "Contenders" cover a huge range of genres and reading levels and every single year I find new favorite books that I never would have otherwise read. They definitely don't just stick to award winners, although a few can be found.
The judges for each round of this bracket-style tournament are all authors, and they write
Simply Amazing reviews - comparing the two literary opponents and then defending their winners. This year I am determined to read every single contender before their round in the BoB begins. As of now I've read 8 out 16 so I've still got some great reading ahead of me.
***And don't forget to vote for The Undead before March 11! We, the Peanut Gallery, get to cast our votes for our favorite contender, so if it is killed off before the Big Kahuna Round, it still has the chance to come back and compete in the end. Please, oh please, oh please let
Between Shades of Gray make it to the end!!!
What are you looking forward to this month, book lovers? And which contender do you predict will come out on top in the BoB?
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29 days ago, I challenged myself to read only books written by or about people of color. This challenge was partly inspired by Black History Month, and partly due to a realization that since leaving my classroom in Baltimore, I had pretty much stopped looking for books that reflected the faces of "my" students.
I can almost guarantee that I would not have read most of these books without taking on this challenge, and boy-oh-boy would I have been missing out! In an effort to summarize this month of reading, here are a few awards and a few "similar interest groups" for quick reference.
Favorite YA Read of the Month: Tie between
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis and
Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena
(these two couldn't be more different, but I'll remember them both for a long, long time)Favorite MG Read of the Month:
The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani
(love, love, love this book)Favorite New-to-Me Author: Ashley Hope Perez - I thoroughly enjoyed
What Can't Wait and am eagerly awaiting
The Knife and the Butterfly. I can't help but feel a TFA bond with Ms. Perez and I'm so thankful that teachers like her exist!
Favorite Blast from the Past:
American Girl - Cecile's New Orleans seriesFavorite Illustrations:
Heart and Soul - The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
(Abigail Halpin is pretty fabulous too, but Kadir Nelson's paintings were just breathtaking)
Favorite Book that Brad Pitt Should Turn into a Movie: Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
Novels in Verse:
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Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes
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The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle
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Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Lee and Low Books, 2011, 224 pp, ISBN: 1600604293
Recap:Lupita is the eldest daughter of eight siblings. When her mother's cancer won't stay in remission, Lupita has to decide what is more important: taking care of her family or pursuing her dreams.
Review:This sure has been one heck of a year for author Guadalupe Garcia McCall! Her debut novel, Under the Mesquite, was published. And then it became a finalist for the William C. Morris Debut Award. And then it won the Pura Belpre Author Award. Wow.
Under the Mesquite is my third novel in verse this month, and it stands out as the most "novel like." Let me explain what I mean. For me, many novels in verse are just sooo slim, they read more like short stories or collections of poetry. But Under the Mesquite has some weight to it. Many of the free verse poems go on for several pages, so I actually felt like I was reading whole chapters, rather than little snippets of a story. Even so, this story flew by.
All of the books that I've read this month about Mexican families have featured a similar theme: an inner struggle between duty/loyalty to one's family and personal hopes and dreams. Lupita's story absolutely shared that same theme. Her family moved to los Estados Unidos from Mexico when she was young, and while she still covets weekends spent across the border with her abuelita's family, she adapted quickly to American life - even losing her accent with the help of her drama teacher.
I don't want to give too much away, but I thought the way Lupita handled herself, especially as a teenager, was pretty amazing. She was incredibly selfless. Although at times, I found it strange that she showed so little emotion. I mean, she was a senior in high school, her mother was dying of cancer, she more or less became full time mom to 7 siblings, and for a while they literally had to go begging to the neighbors for dinner ingredients because they had absolutely no food and no money to buy any. But I think she only cried - or really even acted upset - a small handful of times. That just really struck me as odd. At one point I realized that, although they were going through something devastating
, I just didn't have any emotional attachment to any of the characters.
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Lately I've noticed lots of complaining about the plethora of covers featuring girls in fancy-schmancy dresses. And yes, those covers do get old after a while.
(Except the dress on the cover of The Selection - that dress is so Carrie Bradshaw, I will never get tired of it!) But are the girls in pretty dresses really the problem?
This month I was really reminded of something that I used to be much more cognizant of:
all of the faces, on almost all of the covers, are... well... white.
When I took on my February
personal challenge to read only books written by or about people of color, I had a pretty short reading list. I knew I wanted to read
Mare's War and
The Mighty Miss Malone, but after that... ? Building up my reading list for this month took a little research. I scoured blogs like
Reading in Color,
Fledgling, and
The Brown Bookshelf for suggestions. While I did find some absolute
treasures, it really is shocking how few books are published each year by/about people of color. And that deficit is pretty darn obvious if you just scan the covers in the YA section at your local bookstore.
I think there are several reasons for the lack of "color" on YA covers. First, there just aren't a ton of books being published featuring non-white main characters. Second, sometimes the books that
are published "hide" the ethnicity of their main characters. Take Marie Lu's
Legend. This book is
outstanding - one of my favorites so far this year. But looking at the cover, you would never know that June's
dominant ethnicity is Native American. I wonder how (or if?) a cover reflecting that face would have affected the public's perception of
Legend?
So what's your take, book lovers? Do you really notice race or ethnicity when you're scanning book covers? Does that factor really even matter when choosing a new book? And why do you think so many of our YA covers are so
pale?
The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2012, 224 pp, ISBN: 0385741286
Recap:Sonia is half Indian and half Jewish, but that has never really seemed to matter. At Community, all of the kids in her class are unique, and their teacher - Jack - makes a point of teaching them about all different cultures. But Sonia won't be going to Community any more. Her dad has lost his job, and she will be starting 6th grade at the public middle school.
At her new school, everything is different. Her skin is too dark for some kids, and too light for others. She dresses all wrong, brings the wrong food for lunch, and can't even make the cheerleading team - even though she's definitely better than some of the girls on the squad. On top of all of that, her father is becoming seriously depressed since he still hasn't found a new job. But when Sonia starts hanging out with Kate, it seems like everything is going to change for the better.
Review:The Whole Story of Half a Girl is 100% wonderful. I mean seriously, completely wonderful. This is Veera Hiranandani's first novel, and she needs to write another pretty much immediately.
This is the second middle grade novel featuring an Indian main character that I've read this week, and I hope that Indian culture is slowly becoming more of a trend in MG/YA lit. That being said, I would have loved to have gotten more details about what makes Indian culture unique and different. Sonia has to tell a kid at her new school that her father doesn't wear a turbin, or a feathered headdress for that matter, but other than a brief mention of a family trip to Bombay and a beautiful Indian dress, she really doesn't elaborate on that part of her background. Sonia is also half Jewish, although her mom makes a point of saying that Judaism is a religion, not an ethnicity, so she can't actually be "half" Jewish. As Sonia's mother isn't particularly religious, Sonia herself has received little exposure to Jewish customs, so readers hoping for a mini-lesson on Judaism may be disappointed.
Now I know I'm starting to sound a little negative, but remember what I said: 100% wonderful. Every character is written so realistically, it wouldn't be surprising if Sonia's story turned out to be nonfiction. This could be partially due to the fact that the main character is partly based on Hiranandani's own experiences growing up half Indian, half Jewish
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Una Krishnaswami, Illustrated by Abigail Halpin, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2011, 272 pp, ISBN: 1416995897
Recap:Eleven-year-old Dini and her best friend Maddie are in love. They are in love with Dolly Singh, the most beautiful and talented actress/singer/dancer in all of Bollywood. But they have been picking up on signs - signs that only a true fan would notice! - that Dolly is in some kind of trouble. When Dini's family suddenly moves to India, she knows this is her chance to find Dolly and fix everything. The only problem is, she'll be leaving Maddie behind...
Review:Doesn't this book just look adorable? I love the fact that the protagonist is Indian-American and that much of the story takes place in India. That is certainly a country we don't get to see much of in MG or YA literature. And the introduction to Bollywood, complete with song lyrics and descriptions of big dance numbers, was a welcome break from more typical tween obsessions.
Dini and Maddie's friendship was very sweet, and I can envision two little girls giggling over this book together in real life. In fact, it could be a perfect "going away" present for a friend who has to move - proof in print that distance doesn't end friendships!
And I need to mention that the illustrations throughout are just as charming as the cover. I think Abigail Halpin just might be my new favorite artist. Check out
this interview with both Halpin and author Uma Krishnaswami for more images and details on the creation of
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything.
But... something about this story just didn't sit right with me. The third person narration was a small factor in that I never truly connected with Dini. It was also a little too convenient that Dolly just so happened to be living in the same remote, rural village that Dini had moved to.
*Don't worry: That's not really a spoiler. Dini figures it out the day that she moves.* In fact, all the way through the book, the narrator makes it seem like Dini is having such a hard time "fixing everything" for Dolly, when really everything just kept
(very unrealistically) falling into place.
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say, Scholastic Press, 2011, 72 pp, ISBN: 0545176867
Recap:Allen Say uses photographs, cartoons, paintings, and of course, words to illustrate an autobiographical look at his early years as an artist.
Review:When was the last time you met a twelve-year-old who lived on his own in an apartment in a huge city? Probably never, right? Well that was real life for Allen Say.
Say had always known that he loved to draw, even when it was to the detriment of his school work and strongly discouraged by his own father. But when his grandmother told him that he could live alone in his own apartment if he got into a prestigious middle school, he suddenly got a lot more interested in studying. Once he was living on his own, Say tracked down the famous Japanese cartoonist - Noro Shinpei - and asked him to be his sensei, or mentor. Shinpei agreed, and forever changed the course of Say's life.
It was fascinating to read about an life that was so completely foreign from my own experiences. Independent from his parents, he spent the vast majority of his time with Shinpei, other teachers, or other art students. He was committed - heart and soul - to developing his craft, willing to spend whole months on a single sheet of paper, learning to draw with charcoal.
Not surprising when you consider the fact that Say is an artist, the illustrations are critical in reading and understanding his story. In fact, Drawing From Memory reads almost more like a scrapbook than anything else, with a collage of photographs, archived cartoons, and "drawings from memory" filling in the gaps left by the words.
I picked up Drawing From Memory only because it was a contender in this year's Battle of the Books. While I was presently surprised by how engaging it was, I have to admit I'll be surprised if it makes it out of Round 1 of the BoB. It just seems a little too simple. Then again, I've yet to read its opponent - The Grand Plan to Fix Everything - so who knows? *Update! I recently finished TGPtFE and wasn't a huge fan... In fact, I think Drawing from Memory now has my vote for this round!
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Yes! I feel ya. I really didn't like this one. I am SO with you on C! And honestly Anya grated on my nerves.
GREAT honest review.
Thanks :) I really, really wanted to like it. But... I guess it just wasn't the book for me. I DEFinitely need to read more graphic novels though.
I still want to read this one. I'm a bit obsessed with graphic novels these days and wanting to read more. Sorry this wasn't exactly for you!
-Lauren
This book has interested me and I think I will read it to see what it's about. I am new to graphic novels, but I thin they're interesting.
Don't be sorry :) I'm glad I had the chance to read it and meet Anya for myself! Hopefully she'll find her way to your book bag some time soon!
Definitely interesting! I've never been a huge fan of GNs, but I think that's partly bc I read them so sporadically. Let's read more!