Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
The rules:
Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other blogger’s lists.
Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is: Secondary/Minor Characters Who Deserve Their Own Book
Hey guys! This was actually more difficult than I thought. I don’t have a knack for names at all and although I know books that I would like to know more about, I had to check each characters names… Well, I hope you enjoy!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.The rules:
Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other blogger’s lists.Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is:August 22: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it.)
Hey guys! So, I was a bit o the fence about what genre to choose. One of my favorites for a long time was fantasy and for some reason I haven’t been picking it up, so I decided to do some of the best fantasy books I’ve read – in between 4.5 and 5 stars.Read More »
High School Debut Omnibus 1 by Kazune Kawahara Series: High School Debut Vol.1-3 First published February 4, 2014 Publisher: VIZ Media Genres: Manga, Romance Pages: 542 Format: Paperback Buy:Amazon
Hapless Haruna needs help finding a boyfriend! After failing to win the eye of any guy in high school, Haruna enlists the help of cute upperclassmen Yoh to coach her on how to make herself more appealing to the male species. Yoh agress, with one catch: Haruna had better not fall for him!
With Yoh’s help, Haruna starts to discover all sorts of things–how to dress better, what guys to avoid, and what it feels like to fall in love for the first time. Haruna’s foray into love has its ups and downs, but nothing’s going to prepare her for when she actually lands herself a boyfriend!
This is about a girl Haruna, who just started high school. She dedicated herself to sport in middle school and wants now to dedicate her life to finding love. Except, she is completely clueless. She asks for upperclassman Yoh’s help in finding what clothes she should wear, how she should act and finally achieve her goals of finding love.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
The rules:
Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other blogger’s lists.
Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is: Forgotten Backlist Titles (Spread love for books that people don’t talk about much anymore!)
Hopefully I have some of these, I feel that I read my fair share of popular books, unless the hype is way too big, in that case. I shy away. So let’s see what I come up with, shall we?
This one did NOT go according to plan😂 So I got in a bit of a reading slump with one book I wasn’t very excited about and to get out of it I decided to read a manga, which usually works or me. Except I got hooked… I basically only wanted to read manga, I didn’t even get to my ARCs which is awful since I asked for them. Anyway, I did enjoy me some manga boom and hope it continues but with a side of my most wanted summer reads.
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
Currently Reading
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson is STILL my current read? Actually I’m thinking of DNFing this one.
It started quite ok, but it has become boring. I don’t like the female MC, and I don’t like to see the past and present restricted each to one different point of view.
Present – girl / past – boy
I like the male MC but I don’t know, can he be a bit too young for me? Often I don’t have much problem with that, if it is done for everyone to enjoy, aka Nevermoor. But this one, I don’t think it’s good.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
The rules:
Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other blogger’s lists.
Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is: Ten Most Recent Books I Did Not Finish (Feel free to tell us why if you want, but if you do please be nice to the authors and don’t tag them when you mention your post on social media!)
Actually I rarely DNF books, so this is a difficult topic for me, but let’s see, don’t think I have 10 tho. Also, I might consider DNF some, but that doesn’t mean I won’t get to the book at another time that it might work for me better.
The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics by The Kao, David Daneman, Min Christensen Series: N/A Published January 1, 2022 Genres: Graphic Novel, Anthology, LGBTQA+ Pages: 111 Format: e-arc by Netgalley Buy:Amazon
Featuring the work of Sage Coffey, Kyla Aiko, and Coco Ouwerkerk, The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics includes 29 creators’ tales of self-love and affirmation and detailing their experiences with gender and identity. Originally published as a successful Kickstarter campaign, this expanded edition includes comics by Dana Simpson (bestselling author of Phoebe and Her Unicorn), Aidyn Huynh (Snailords), Wren Chavers, and more.
Equal parts encouraging, comforting, and life-affirming, The Out Side is a love letter to the trans and nonbinary community, designed to inspire anyone who may be struggling with their own identity and to help educate those who seek greater understanding. As artist Julia Kaye writes in the book’s introduction: “I’m so glad this book exists. It’s a loud proclamation of our existence in the face of a culture that has for too long ignored our experiences.”
* Received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you very much! This doesn’t affect the review in any way. My opinions are, as always, my own.*
In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their personal journeys of self-discovery and acceptance.
The stories are incredibly short but I’m gonna try and give my opinion in all of them.
In these reviews I am not in any way rating the author’s lives, just how they were portrayed through a graphic novel short story.
The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson Series: The Agathas #2 First published May 30, 2023 Genres: Young Adult, Mystery Pages: 416 Format: Paperback Buy:Amazon
How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find themselves in the middle of another Castle Cove mystery in the sequel to New York Times bestseller The Agathas, by powerhouse authors Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson.
Alice Ogilvie and Iris Adams became the talk of Castle Cove when they cracked the biggest case of the fall: the death of Brooke Donovan. Together, the Agathas put Brooke’s killer away for good, and since then things around town have been almost back to normal. Quiet, even.
But if Alice and Iris know anything, it’s that sometimes quiet is just the calm before the storm. The truth is, Brooke’s disappearance wasn’t the first mystery to rock Castle Cove, and it won’t be the last. So when their school dance at the infamous Levy Castle—the site of film starlet Mona Moody’s unsolved death back in the 1940s—is interrupted by a violent assault, Iris and Alice pull out their murder boards and get back to work.
To understand the present, sometimes you need to look into the past. And if the Agathas want a chance at solving their new case, that’s exactly where they’ll need to start digging. Only, what they uncover might very well kill them.
The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What have you just finished reading?
What are you going to read next?
Currently Reading
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson is my current read. This one is an oldie, I’ve had since forever. My mom chose it as my next read and so here I am reading it.
I didn’t like The Sky is Everywhere by the same other so I have low expectations.
But so far, surprisingly, I am actually enjoying it!
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