Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang
I was hesitant to start Lunar New Year Love Story for a few reasons: I am not a romance reader; I thought the use of Leuyen Pham as the illustrator was an odd choice; and as I like Gene Luen Yang, would I build this book up too much and it would not live up to my hype? Well, I am still not a romance reader and the arc was not how I run my romance life, but it was fun and heartwarming. (Granted if […]
The Promise (Avatar: the Last Airbender) by Gene Luen Yang
The Search (Avatar: the Last Airbender) by Gene Luen Yang
The Rift (Avatar: the Last Airbender) by Gene Luen Yang
At the age of 41, I have finally seen Avatar: the Last Airbender, and boy, have I been fangirling out like a tweenager. I am a Zuko girly, a no-arguments Zutarra shipper, I made ATLA my library’s September theme (“Reading is Elemental” was the national theme but ALA went with Pixar… Psshaw), and I immediately dove into the graphic novel series (which I intend to read before continuing the journey in Korra). I was fairly familiar with these books as I have ordered them for […]
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll
Dotson by Grayson Lee White
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang
Little Moments of Love by Catana Chetwynd
As per usual, I’m awful at keeping up with the review part of the Cannonball Read equation, so here’s another review dump! To begin, let’s discuss When You Trap a Tiger, one which caught my eye primarily because of its cover art and the Newberry Medal. Having liked my last pick from Target’s middle-reader end cap (A Kind of Spark) so much, I’d been making a point to check out when new books get added to the rotation there and this one in particular caught my […]
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
This was very wholesome. I have been a fan of Gene Luen Yang’s work for a while now, and I try to read all of his graphic novels (I have given up on his superhero comics work; there is too much of it). So when the Read Harder Challenge said I had to read a nonfiction YA comic, I was excited to finally be able to fit this one in. Dragon Hoops is a memoir of Yang’s time shadowing the Bishop O’Dowd High School basketball team […]
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #3) by Gene Luen Yang
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rift (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #3) is a collection of three previously released individual books collected into one book. Gene Luen Yang and others, (such as Gurihiru and Michael Heisler) created a book that has a few surface purposes and a few deeper ones, like all Avatar stories tend to have. I feel that the first purpose of the book was to have a “next season” after Team Avatar stopped the Fire Nation. As the books came out solo, […]
Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang
I adore Gene Luen Yang. His graphic novels are always interesting and engaging, even those geared towards younger readers. When I saw Superman Smashes the Klan at my local bookstore, I had to take it home. Historical alternate fiction? Graphic novel? Superheroes? Gene Luen Yang? Yes. Roberta and Tommy have moved to Metropolis from Chinatown, because their scientist father has been hired to take on a new project. Tommy quickly makes new friends, but Roberta has difficulty adjusting to their new life, particularly the many […]
