If you read my review of New Kid, you may remember me saying that this was the book I originally intended to read for my assignment on a Newbery winner. While I didn’t have time to read this book before my assignment was due, I did have it in my possession, so as soon as I was done with my assignment, I began reading The Last Cuentista. And am I ever glad I did... Read the full review here

New Kid by Jerry Craft

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

New Kid was the first graphic novel to be awarded the Newbery Medal, and it definitely deserved it.

When my professor tasked us with reading a Newbery winner from the last 5 years, New Kid was not my first choice, but of my top two, it was the first one I could get my hands on. (I almost immediately got my hands on my actual top choice, The Last Cuentista, as well, so you’ll see a review for that one next week.) While it’s not the one I immediately thought to read, I am glad that I read it because this was a fantastic graphic novel. For one thing, the art and the color are just beautiful, and for another the story is so sweet... Read the full review here

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

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challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

So, once again, my reading challenges have me reading a book that I very likely would not have picked up on my own otherwise. In part, I probably wouldn’t have picked it up because it’s almost 900 pages long and I just don’t have energy for that. I ended up tag-teaming this book by sometimes reading it in print and sometimes listening to the almost 40-hour-long audiobook. In this case, I much preferred the audiobook to the print edition, in part because the cast of narrators was just wonderful to listen to, and in part because I could do things while listening to pages and pages of exposition... Read the full review here

Eros: An Anthology Of Friendship by Patrick Anderson, Alistair Sutherland

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informative slow-paced

2.25

I could not find a synopsis for this book, so I had basically no idea what I was getting into when I started to read it. All I knew is that it had won the Stonewall Book Award, and was thus part of my personal reading challenge to read all of the Stonewall winners. Despite not really knowing what I was getting into, I did still have some expectations for what this book was going to be. For one, it says “anthology,” so I knew this book was really a collection of other pieces... Read the full review here

The Passive Programming Playbook: 101 Ways to Get Library Customers Off the Sidelines by Andria L. Amaral, Paula Willey

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informative medium-paced

3.75

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I have not read Caraval. I feel like I should start with that disclaimer because Once Upon a Broken Heart is set in the same world as Stephanie Garber’s other series, Caraval, and while knowledge of Caraval is certainly not needed to enjoy this book (as shown by the fact that I enjoyed this book), having read it would likely have affected my enjoyment of the book... Read the full review here

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