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Sunder #1 – Graphic Novel Review

Arden Skye10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

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An action-packed DnD adventure that actually has a lot going on, while at the same time feels like drinking your morning tea/coffee on the veranda.

Love Languages – Graphic Novel Review

Arden Skye10 months ago10 months ago05 mins

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The way they both started to learn the other’s native tongue, through pantomime and hand gestures, the way Ping explained some letters and James visually illustrated it … Beautiful.

Espada – Graphic Novel Review

Arden Skye10 months ago11 months ago04 mins

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A hidden gem. Didn’t expect the inside to be in the same beautiful colorful art as the cover! Surely is a very unique artstyle and quite mesmerizing to look at. The color palette as well as the designs are just hypnotic and fit the vibe of the world so well! Even though it plays around…

The back cover of the book on the left. Text: "Copyrighted Material. The introduction of Window and Mirror begins with a question: What are we doing here? The emphasis is on both the doing and the place. Ted Virts' poetry collection meanders through life experiences with story, blessing, myth, and the day-to-day realities of pain, delight, humor, and wonder. Virts explores life with an undercurrent of curiosity, faith, emotion, loss, hope, acceptance, and presence. His poems link tragedy at the southern U.S. border, the death of his father, the constant plea for political donations, the nightly news, and a description of Christmas as an artichoke. The link? The sacredness of everyday life." "So many poignant poems here stop me in my tracks. inviting me to be deeply present with what is offered, and to carry that invitation to situations I contend with beyond the author's reach." -CAROL BARRETT, Ph.D.. author of Reading Wind and Pansies atmospherepress.com "ISBN 9798891325951 90000 Copyrighted Material 9798891 325951" On the right, the front book cover. There's a brown rectangle frame that shows a painting of an outdoor street which has an round archway showing the blue sky. There's a red carpet spread out, leading from the bottom of the frame towards the middle of the picture. Text: "WINDOW AND MIRROR POETRY BY TED VIRTS"

Window and Mirror – Book Review

Arden Skye10 months ago10 months ago02 mins

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A great collection of poems
that remind us
poetry doesn’t have to be rhyming,
one only needs to know
the art of language,
and how to weave the words
in a way
that touches the reader’s soul.

On the left, the back cover. Text from top to bottom: "From Eisuke Naito (director) + Shuzo Oshimi comes the new horror film (character designer). TOXIC DAUGHTER. DEBUTS APRIL 5, 2024 AT THE SHINJUKU WALD 9 AND NATIONWIDE*! *Not currently available in English." "Chi will never allow this home to be happy. STORY: Moving into a single-family house with her husband and daughter Moeka seems like the start of a dream come true for Hagino, who did not grow up in a happy home. But one day. while Hagino is out, she gets a call from Moeka, desperately pleading for help. Hagino rushes back to find her house trashed and Moeka, her clothes in tatters, being straddled by an unfamiliar girl clutching a large pair of scissors. The girl's name: Chi. She had once lived in that house, but was thought to have left town after causing a certain incident. Now she's back to draw out the poison hiding beneath this seemingly happy family's façade and send them into a living nightmare." "Starring: Aimi Satsukawa Sera Uehara Himena Irei Terunosuke Takeza Directed by: Eisuke Naito "Chi" Character Design by: Shuzo Oshimi Screenplay by: Eisuke Naito and Naruki Matsuhisa Score by: Hisashi Arita Executive Producers: King Records and The Klockworx Distributed by: The Klockworx Toxic Daughter website"": https://dokumusume.com/ Toxic Daughter on X (formerly Twitter)**: @dokumusume_eiga **Japanese-language only" On the right, the front cover. Chi-Chan, the titular character, is seen drawn with a grey pencil, whereas her robe is in a bright red. Her long hair goes beyond the page. She's holding a large scissors and looking warily to the reader. Many X's in red of grey cover the rest of the image, while the background is white. Text: "TOXIC DAUGHTER CHI-CHAN. SHUZO OSHIMI WITH EISUKE NΑΙΤΟ AND THE TOXIC DAUGHTER FILM PARTNERS"

Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan – Manga Review

Arden Skye10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

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The blurb sounded really cool – dark. It does start pretty unhinged and like the beginning of a slowly creeping horror story, but then focuses a bit (too much for my taste) on a hetero romance and I wanted to barf. However, I had a bad feeling about the guy’s trying-too-hard-to-be-good vibe from the beginning…

A collage with all 12 book Covers that are featured in this article.

Short books I’ve read in March & April – Reviews

Arden Skye10 months ago10 months ago011 mins

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Sunflowers; When you’re a boy; The Sun; Woah, what a bicycle?!; Milo and the Germ Adventure; Sydney, Bean, and the Missing Gloves; Nite Nite, Piggies; Sib Squad; I am a forest girl; The Pug Who Didn’t Belong; Turtles Are Not Boring; You’re Not a Real Dog Owner Until…

String – Graphic Novel #1 Review

Arden Skye10 months ago11 months ago02 mins

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Overall cool idea, and a nice twist on the red string of fate – blue string for sexual partners, and black string for murder/victim.

On the left, the back cover. A picnic cloth lying in grass, with a sandwich with brainy insides, a bone cookie ("GUDBOY") and a bloody bubble tea. Text: "Zom is just your average everyday zombie girl. Enjoy this laugh-out-loud, wordless comic collection, which follows the everyday adventures of Zom, a zombie girl; Ari, a resident vampire; and Theo, a loveable werewolf. Zom and her fantastical friends navigate everything from dating to beach trips to roommate spats in a colorful, engaging world full of ghouls, skeletons, and ghosts. This silent graphic novel takes full advantage of the illustrated format and shows the hearts (literally, in some cases) at the core of even the spookiest monsters. ZomCom'ics is great for anyone who likes spooky, funny, and relatable stories." Andrews McMeel PUBLISHING® www.andrewsmcmeel.com $18.99 U.S.A. ($25.99 Canada) ISBN: 978-1-5248-9208-1 51899 9781524 892081 Printed in China On the right, the front cover. Zom, Ari and Theo are seen lying on their backs in the grass in a circle and looking at each other, smiling. Zom's arm is detached, lying above their heads. Text: "ZOMCOM'ICS Emi MG"

ZomCom’ics – Webcomic Review

Arden Skye10 months ago11 months ago02 mins

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Loved it! (Especially the Spiderman meme lmao. Or the death reaper situations.) Silent comics are always so cool, and shows again & again how you don’t need many words (or any words) to tell a story! I especially love how diverse and creative each strip is. All kinds of mythological creatures in situations that I…

On the left, the back cover. A green background with no visuals, just text: "Tessa hasn't spoken to Olive in ten years and she's not about to start now... Delight in this enemies-to-lovers graphic novel with a queer twist! Struggling twenty-something Tessa has the dream of a creative career that never quite seems to take off and a long line of terrible first dates. When the coffee shop where she works goes out of business, she's able to visit her parents for the first time in years. Arriving at her family home, she discovers that her parents have rented out the basement apartment to her high school nemesis, Olive Virtue. Old wounds resurface during Tessa's stay, but an accident that traps them in the attic forces them to face their past and think about their future." $18.99 U.S.A. ($25.99 Canada) ISBN: 978-1-5248-8953-1 51899 Andrews McMeel PUBLISHING® www.andrewsmcmeel.com 9781524 889531 Printed in China On the right, the front cover. Tessa, a butch lesbian with a grey shirt and light brown hair, as well as two black earrings in her ears, is standing in the front and looking to the back left, to Olive. Olive is a slightly taller woman with blonde hair, a green long dress with green earring and glasses, looking at Tessa. Both women are blushing at each other. The background shows various scribbles and diary entries with small hearts at the top. Text: "I HATED YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL | KATHLEEN GROS"

I Hated You in High School – GN Review

Arden Skye10 months ago11 months ago04 mins

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More like: friends to enemies to lovers, with a bit of second chance trope. Not that it’s disappointing, I do prefer friends to lovers anyways.

On the right the front cover of "POWERFUL MUSHROOMS AN ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY", written by FEDERICO DI VITA and illustrated by FLORENCIA DIAZ. A range of different psychedelic-like illustrations around the title in the middle with a juicy bright green in the background. Left is the back cover with more mushroom illustrations, and text: "IMMERSE YOURSELF IN CULTURAL TALES, SCIENTIFIC REVELATIONS, AND VIVID PSYCHEDELIC VISUALS-A BOTANICAL MASTERPIECE THAT ENCHANTS BOTH THE CURIOUS AND THE CONNOISSEUR. EXPLORE THE SECRET LIVES OF SIXTY DIFFERENT FUNGI IN POWERFUL MUSHROOMS. Divided by taxonomy and healing properties, this elegant book also highlights historical anecdotes for readers to enjoy. All further exalted by strikingly colorful and kaleidoscopic images, this book is a pleasure to browse and will become a classical botanical treatise." Andrews McMeel PUBLISHING® www.andrewsmcmeel.com $16.99 U.S.A. ($22.99 Canada) ISBN: 978-1-5248-9560-0 51699 Printed in China Originally published by Vivida", a trademark property of White Star s.r.l.

Powerful Mushrooms – Book Review

Arden Skye10 months ago11 months ago02 mins

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Really interesting and quite informative, even for its 1-page-per-fungus format. Mixed info about where and how it grows, whether it’s poisonous and …