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While I am reading several books at once and I haven't finished any of them yet, I will continue coming out with more tags! This is another one I saw over a month ago, this time over @linnareads Instagram page. Here we go! 1. Morning or night: Midday, actually. I find I'm more alert and I remember more midday. 2. Audiobooks or ebooks? Both. 3. Fiction or nonfiction? Both! 4. Paperbacks or hardcovers? Paperbacks 5. New release or old release? Both. Honestly, I don't care how old a book is as long as it's a story I vibe with. 6. Emotional or happy? Depends on my mood. 7. Classic lover or hater? A lover!  8. Silence or sound? Sound. Specifically lofi music. 9. Bookmark or dogear? Bookmark! 10. Mood reader or tbr? Mood reader. That's all for now! What are your answers to these questions? I'd like to see in the comments below!

  So here's the thing: I have been reading the Heartstopper graphic novel series by Alice Oseman and I have been absolutely loving them! But I realize I can't talk about the rest of the series without getting into actual spoilers, so I've decided to make this review post very unorthodox and tell you what you will find in volumes 2 and 3 as vaguely as possible. You will find: Characters deepening their relationships Characters understanding themselves better More character backstories Friendship struggles A birthday party at a bowling alley Standing up to bullies A class trip to Paris, France A lot and a lot of communication...and healing Noticed how I didn't specify any character names. That's for you to find out! Feel free to discuss volumes 2 and 3 in the comments with me if you read them already.  Also, although I didn't get into detail here, there are MASSIVE trigger warnings for these two books which include: forced outing, homophobia, biphobia, bullying,

  So a bit of a different post today. Even though I only have this blog and my Bookstagram (which you can check out on the side, the link is right there), I still love going on YouTube and watching Booktubers. Over the years, I discovered so many interesting people that I've subscribed to, and I always trust them for book recommendations. Here are five of my favorites along with links to their channels.  1. Merphy Napier:  https://www.youtube.com/@merphynapier42 Merphy usually reads from a variety of genres, but she primarily reads fantasy. I love her videos because she is always so elaborate in her explanations when explaining why she likes or doesn't like a particular book or series. She also tends to have really unique opinions, too. She also has some videos where she gets into the literary and analytical side of certain books/genres.  Aside from novels, she also reads manga.  I find her to be really relatable and fun! Two of my favorite books of all time were recommended by

 TW: Mentions of war, internment camps, racism, and politics A few days ago I read Displacement by Kiku Hughes . This is a graphic novel about a teenage girl named Kiku who, during a summer vacation with her mother, gets randomly transported back in time to the WW2 era and experiences first hand what it was like to be in the internment camps a lot of Japanese-Americans got sent to, and she learns that her own grandmother and great-grandparents were victims themselves. She tries to navigate the past while trying to figure out how to get back to her own time, and how to explain all of it to her mother when she gets back.  This graphic novel has a mix of being autobiographical (it's based on the author's own family history), science fiction, and historical, with educational bits and pieces underlying the main narrative.  I really enjoyed this book! The story did get a little sad at times, but it was so fascinating to learn about the author's family history, and what she also e

  TW: Mention of a toxic relationship and a non-consensual kiss This graphic novel is more proof Alice Oseman is one of my favorite authors ever! The first novel of this webcomic-turned graphic novel series Heartstopper is about a teenage boy named Charlie who is rather unpopular at his school. Charlie is also openly gay, and in the beginning is actively trying to get out of a toxic relationship with another guy named Ben. When the new school year starts, Charlie gets a seat next to a popular guy named Nick in one of his classes. Nick is very friendly to Charlie, and they start to hang out and form a close friendship with each other. They become even better friends after Charlie stands up for himself towards Ben and Nick tells Ben to stay away from Charlie or else. Charlie finds himself slowly falling in love with Nick, but he is not sure if Nick will also like him back the same way. At the same time, Nick is questioning his own romantic orientation. This was such a sweet book! Alice

  So I was able to finish two books on the same day. They are: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle and Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater.   I'll try to keep it as short as possible. I actually watched The Last Unicorn movie first, way back when I was a kid. I'm glad to report that the movie is 99% just like the book! The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel that follows a unicorn who, for a long time, did not know she was the last unicorn on Earth. All the other unicorns were driven out by a monster named the Red Bull, for reasons the unicorn will later find out. With the help of a magician named Schmendrick and a cook named Molly, the unicorn goes on an adventure to find out what happened to her kind and bring them back. An evil king named Haggard and his kindly son Lir also get involved in the unicorn's mission.  This was such a magical and thoughtful book! Peter S. Beagle is a writer with great, lyrical prose. If you liked the movie, you'll also l

  This book, People we Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry , only came out last year, but ever since it did, the bookish community has been obsessed with it. And I finally read it a while ago! Funnily enough, I started reading it a little bit after it was announced it was getting a movie. What a coincidence. This is a Adult Contemporary Romance book. It's about a young woman named Poppy who likes traveling with her best friend, the stoic but kind English teacher Alex.  Unfortunately, Poppy and Alex had a falling out in their friendship when something happened to the two of them when they went to Croatia several years earlier, and Poppy, feeling unfulfilled with her life working as a journalist for a travel magazine in New York City, decides to rekindle her friendship with Alex through a new trip. She decided that they go to Palm Springs, California. At the same time, it's a business trip for Poppy to write about Palm Springs for the upcoming issue of the magazine she works for, Res