Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic novel by Nikki Grimes
While I am not necessarily a huge fan of Nikki Grimes’ work, I do enjoy most of what I read. And I have thought about reading their novel Garvey’s Choice for a while, yet, I never got around to it. Then not as long as it has been out, but a while ago, I saved a link to an online reader copy of the graphic novel version, but in typical me style, forgot about it and did not find it again until recently. Which was […]
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney
While I knew who Jerry Pinkney was, I was not familiar with his personal life. But Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life is a lovely memoir that highlights the important and beautiful parts of his life as he made his journey to becoming the artist we know today. His memoir, starting off with a note from the editor, is something that is more than an autobiography. It is a look at parts of the life of a man who would win awards and show the […]
A Girl Called Echo Omnibus (Combined Volume) by Katherena Vermette
A while back, I read the first volume in A Girl Called Echo series. And recently I was given a finished copy of the Omnibus. I like the word omnibus. I picture a large bus that has wings or something magical about it. And it carries a lot of things inside of it. And that fits this story by Katherena Vermette as they created a story that has elements of the here and now, and time travel. Or a bit of magic. I have not […]
Vern, Custodian of the Universe by Tyrell Waiters
I cannot say I am always confused about things that deal with the multiverse, but it can really mix me up. But Vern, Custodian of the Universe was a bit more straightforward, even with some complex ideas about the multiverse. We only touch on a very small handful of possible outcomes to Earth or Earth-like planets, but they range from reptilian to computer to human beings running things. And in each world things are messed up. Tyrell Waiters created the world of Vern, a terribly […]
My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott
Babo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day by Astrid Kamalyan
Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande
What do you do when you have a picture book online reader copy marathon? You read them, then decide which ones to write up. And these stories about different generations coming together are just a small sample of what was on my reading plate. Both of my grandmothers were odd. After all, they married my grandfathers. And you don’t know odd until you have met the man the neighborhood called “the crazy old man with the ski pole” or the one who told the president […]
Ernest Cunningham #1 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
I don’t know how I came across this book, but I really liked it. I listened to the audiobook, which was really fun. We first meet the narrator Ernest, but everyone calls him Ern or Ernie. This immediately endears him to me because I used to have a crazy, mostly deaf dog named Ernie. You can look back at reviews from years ago to see him! Everyone in Ernie’s family (including himself) has killed someone. Sometimes it was an accident, sometimes it wasn’t. Sometimes it […]
