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Iphelia: Awakening the Gift of Feeling - Children's Edition by Erick Kenneth French
5.0
Rating: 4.75 🌟
Thank you to Tyrian Press for the free preview copy! All opinions are my own.
I really liked this book. I didn't know what to think when I got the message asking me to read and review this. To be honest, I was kind of nervous that I might not like it. But well, I loved it.
So the story basically focuses on Iphelia, a young girl who has the gift of feeling other people's emotions. From a young age Iphelia feels what others feel and slowly learns to identify all the emotions. She then starts drawing pictures to represent the emotions she feels.
I love the way the book is set out, the rhythmical rhyming of the words, the fact that the book doesn't just explore the good emotions, but also shows the bad ones too. I appreciate that it also mentioned how sometimes people show different emotions to what their feeling, as well as depression.
I also loved the art of the book. I'm not used to seeing art like this for books, but I liked it, it reminded me of The Sims (and I love The Sims)!
Overall, I enjoyed this a lot and think it would be a good book for my nieces and nephews to read because it would teach them about different people's and would likely open up communication, allowing them to be able to identify their emotions and then talk about them. Yeah, I really liked this!
Thank you to Tyrian Press for the free preview copy! All opinions are my own.
I really liked this book. I didn't know what to think when I got the message asking me to read and review this. To be honest, I was kind of nervous that I might not like it. But well, I loved it.
So the story basically focuses on Iphelia, a young girl who has the gift of feeling other people's emotions. From a young age Iphelia feels what others feel and slowly learns to identify all the emotions. She then starts drawing pictures to represent the emotions she feels.
I love the way the book is set out, the rhythmical rhyming of the words, the fact that the book doesn't just explore the good emotions, but also shows the bad ones too. I appreciate that it also mentioned how sometimes people show different emotions to what their feeling, as well as depression.
I also loved the art of the book. I'm not used to seeing art like this for books, but I liked it, it reminded me of The Sims (and I love The Sims)!
Overall, I enjoyed this a lot and think it would be a good book for my nieces and nephews to read because it would teach them about different people's and would likely open up communication, allowing them to be able to identify their emotions and then talk about them. Yeah, I really liked this!
Mina vs. the Monsoon by Rukhsanna Guidroz
3.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
This was cute and quick. I think it would be something my nieces and nephews would enjoy, the whole scenario would relate to them: being bored because you can't go outside because it's raining and trying to find ways to make the rain go away.
I liked it.
I think the note at the end made me appreciate this book more.
This was cute and quick. I think it would be something my nieces and nephews would enjoy, the whole scenario would relate to them: being bored because you can't go outside because it's raining and trying to find ways to make the rain go away.
I liked it.
I think the note at the end made me appreciate this book more.
Philip K. Dick by Mauro Marchesi, Laurent Queyssi
3.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
CW: drug use, ableist slurs, abuse
This is like a solid 3 stars tough I couldn't really tell you what I liked and hated about it. It's a cool read, if you want a quick history lesson, but it's not a lot. The art was nice but the story was kind of bland and, I don't know maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, but the ending felt sudden. It's alright though overall.
CW: drug use, ableist slurs, abuse
This is like a solid 3 stars tough I couldn't really tell you what I liked and hated about it. It's a cool read, if you want a quick history lesson, but it's not a lot. The art was nice but the story was kind of bland and, I don't know maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, but the ending felt sudden. It's alright though overall.
Manga Classics Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
5.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
TW: abuse, suicide, death
Oh, that was amazing. It took me a long ass time to finally work up the energy to watch the movie and I ended up absolutely loving it. I never thought I'd actually read the book, but this manga helped. I don't know if I'll ever read the original, but this manga helped. I absolutely loved and enjoyed it. The art was amazing, I enjoyed the story and the pacing and everything just worked. I also learned new information that I wasn't aware of, things that were left out in the movie.
This is a fun and easy read, and very well done.
TW: abuse, suicide, death
Oh, that was amazing. It took me a long ass time to finally work up the energy to watch the movie and I ended up absolutely loving it. I never thought I'd actually read the book, but this manga helped. I don't know if I'll ever read the original, but this manga helped. I absolutely loved and enjoyed it. The art was amazing, I enjoyed the story and the pacing and everything just worked. I also learned new information that I wasn't aware of, things that were left out in the movie.
This is a fun and easy read, and very well done.
Blissful Land, Volume 1 by Ichimon Izumi
3.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
CW: child marriages
This was cute! The art and the characters made me love this so much. I love how excited Khang Zipha is about his herbs and being a doctor. And I love all the characters around them, like his fiancée and his little sister.
I think the one thing that made me iffy about this is how young Khang Zipha and Moshi Rati are when they get engaged. But at least they're still portrayed as kids, and although Rati's whole world changes so she can live with her husband-to-be's family, she isn't expected to be too wifey.
If I'm being honest, the only time I remembered that the pair was engaged was if it was mentioned, otherwise they acted as two young people growing a friendship together which I appreciated.
CW: child marriages
This was cute! The art and the characters made me love this so much. I love how excited Khang Zipha is about his herbs and being a doctor. And I love all the characters around them, like his fiancée and his little sister.
I think the one thing that made me iffy about this is how young Khang Zipha and Moshi Rati are when they get engaged. But at least they're still portrayed as kids, and although Rati's whole world changes so she can live with her husband-to-be's family, she isn't expected to be too wifey.
If I'm being honest, the only time I remembered that the pair was engaged was if it was mentioned, otherwise they acted as two young people growing a friendship together which I appreciated.
Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity by A. Scott Duane, Micah Rajunov
4.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
TW: ableist slurs, racial slurs, gender slurs, depression, suicide ideation, murder threats
I think the biggest message that all these stories tell us is that there is no one way to be nonbinary, there aren't a set of rules that tell you how you should or shouldn't act/be/dress like, that nonbinary comes in all shapes and sizes and colour and that it's not just one type of person that is nonbinary.
These stories also show us that nonbinary people experience different things, that it's not the same. process for everyone, that some people know sooner than others but some people take a while to find themselves, to get to a point where they're comfortable and sometimes that don't quite get there.
This is an important book that may show and teach kids that they aren't alone, that there are others like them, others who've gone through what they're going through, that it's okay to be scared and uncertain but that in the end who they are is just as important as anything else!
TW: ableist slurs, racial slurs, gender slurs, depression, suicide ideation, murder threats
I think the biggest message that all these stories tell us is that there is no one way to be nonbinary, there aren't a set of rules that tell you how you should or shouldn't act/be/dress like, that nonbinary comes in all shapes and sizes and colour and that it's not just one type of person that is nonbinary.
These stories also show us that nonbinary people experience different things, that it's not the same. process for everyone, that some people know sooner than others but some people take a while to find themselves, to get to a point where they're comfortable and sometimes that don't quite get there.
This is an important book that may show and teach kids that they aren't alone, that there are others like them, others who've gone through what they're going through, that it's okay to be scared and uncertain but that in the end who they are is just as important as anything else!
the mermaid's voice returns in this one by Amanda Lovelace
4.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
TW: triggers warnings are listed in the book (which I hella appreciate!)
I've probably said it before and I'm going to say it again: I absolutely ADORE the way Amanda Lovelace writes. I adore every book in this series, the emotions that the series have provoke in me. I love this book as much as I love the others, am attached to it because of its truths. I just fricking love it!
TW: triggers warnings are listed in the book (which I hella appreciate!)
I've probably said it before and I'm going to say it again: I absolutely ADORE the way Amanda Lovelace writes. I adore every book in this series, the emotions that the series have provoke in me. I love this book as much as I love the others, am attached to it because of its truths. I just fricking love it!
Prince of Air and Darkness by M.A. Grant
5.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Rating: 4.25
Rating: 4.25
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G., J.R. Zuckerberg
4.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
The kindle setup of this book was A MESS and made it so hard to read because the pages where all over the place, but I read as much as I could and from what I was able to read through I liked and thought it important for young readers to read. I loved how soft and pastely the art was and the message the book is pushing for. We need more books like this for sure.
The kindle setup of this book was A MESS and made it so hard to read because the pages where all over the place, but I read as much as I could and from what I was able to read through I liked and thought it important for young readers to read. I loved how soft and pastely the art was and the message the book is pushing for. We need more books like this for sure.