Tag: review
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Darius and Twig – Walter Dean Myers
Darius & Twig by Walter Dean Myers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Darius and Twig is a short contemporary novel set in Harlem. It follows two best friends, Darius and Twig, as they struggle to figure out who they are and where they want to go in life. Darius is a writer and dreams…
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Teen Titans: Raven – Kami Garcia
Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars As I mentioned in my Beast Boy review, I didn’t watch too much of the Teen Titans tv show nor did I read many of their comics. I know the characters, but not well enough to be an expert on their backstories and…
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Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor, Vol. 1: A New Beginning – Jody Houser
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor, Vol. 1: A New Beginning by Jody Houser My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love the show Doctor Who and I wanted to see how this graphic novel was. It is the first featuring the thirteenth doctor, so I thought it would make for a good starting point. Honestly,…
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Teen Titans: Beast Boy – Kami Garcia
Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars As much as I love superheroes, I never really read any of the Teen Titans stuff nor did I watch more than a few episodes of the show. I honestly didn’t know what to expect and wasn’t sure if I would enjoy…
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Catwoman, Vol. 1: Copycats – Joelle Jones
Catwoman, Vol. 1: Copycats by Joëlle Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars As much as I enjoy some iterations of Catwoman, I have not followed her storyline particularly closely so I was curious to see how well she would hold up in the first entry in this new series. One of my coworkers wanted…
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Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed – Laurie Halse Anderson
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson is a great coming of age graphic novel that explores who Diana is before she is truly Wonder Woman. The character and story bring a lot of humanity to a superhero that, while…
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Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass – Mariko Tamaki
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars When thinking about reluctant readers, I always gravitate towards recommending graphic novels. It is something that I do on a daily basis in the library and I feel that it is usually the most successful way to get a reluctant reader to…
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Wayward Son – Rainbow Rowell
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wayward Son is the second book in the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell. Although I enjoyed the first book in the series, it wasn’t as well fleshed out as I felt that it could have been because we were thrown into a fictional…
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Criers War – Nina Varela
Crier’s War by Nina Varela My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Crier’s War is the first book in a new science fiction series about a world in which Automae have taken over and subjugated humans. Automae are Made, designed by their “parents” to be exactly what they want their “child” to be – and Crier…
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The Guinevere Deception – Kiersten White
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am a huge fan of Arthurian legend (in fact, I once wrote a research paper about it), so when I saw that Kiersten White was gifting the world with the Guinevere Deception I was intrigued. I’ve always loved the magic of Merlin,…
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