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One-year-old Ruth is taken in the night from her place of birth at the leper colony on Moloka'i to a school for girls on Oahu. There she learns her numbers and letters, and dreams of the possibilities of being adopted, yet, she is fearful that her half-Japanese and half-Hawaiian ancestry will scare away prospective families.... Continue Reading →
I usually like to have my Friday post be a couple books I can wholeheartedly recommend... This week, unfortunately I found these both kinda bleh. Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner Middler schooler AJ has a crush on Nia. AJ is scared. Nia likes vampires. AJ tries to get her interested by going to school dressed... Continue Reading →
The Girl with the Two Facial Scars. Wronged and cut by a powerful mobster several years before, Giulia travels back to her homeland bent on revenge. To Astrago, a Renaissance-era city infused with aspects of steampunk and magic. Cog-filled contraptions touched with spells. Airships shrinking the distances between political alliances. Power struggles toppled by poison... Continue Reading →
Before reading this graphic adaptation, I hadn't read any part of Anne Frank's diary since I was in middle school. Yet, t took no time at all for me to remember the family's initial fears and eventual life within the factory's annex. Yes, the illustrations are captivating, but I kept thinking, why. Why does this... Continue Reading →
1992. After an assassination attempt, an ex-FBI agent and CIA contractor, flees with her two young sons to her mother's house on the island of Martinique. While there, Marie writes her children an explanation of her life. 1962- 1992. The story of her life growing up in NYC, running informants as a new FBI agent,... Continue Reading →
I had seen this title around a lot in the last year, so I downloaded it on my library book app... A very quick read about a struggling young woman who must take care of the family laundromat after the death of her mother and subsequent detachment of her father. Marjorie Glatt must go to... Continue Reading →
I had always liked the idea of graphic novels, but had never spent the time actually reading them, so I made it a goal to change that in 2018. I counted and was surprised to find that I read 58 graphic novels this past year (and a few in the first part of this month).... Continue Reading →
Climate change, bad politics, and greed have taken their toll on the water supply in California... and finally one day, it just stops running. Two teens in a Los Angeles suburb must band together to help themselves get out of the riots and mobs of water-zombies... The Tap Out is in effect. Alyssa and her... Continue Reading →
An elf, a human, and a dwarf walk into a forrest and tavern and a dungeon... and what follows is a whole bunch of punchlines. First off, I loved this book. This is the story of a D&D quest, complete with a DM poking his head into the panels to give his advice/ instructions. Completely... Continue Reading →
