Candy Bunny Reader

  Decided to just repost what I have over on my Instagram @candybunnyreader.  

  At least one of these are actually quite well known.  You can look at the previous parts under the Navigation page, as usual! 1. Morisaki Bookshop duology by Satoshi Yagisawa --Takako just broke up with her boyfriend and left her job...and finds herself living with and working at her eccentric uncle's used book store. Slowly Takako starts enjoying life again with all the new people she meets--and finds out something shocking about her long-lost aunt.   2. Mysteries of Trash and Treasure Trilogy by Margaret Peterson Haddix --of course I have to share something by Ms. Haddix! Each book follows Colin and his new best friend Neveah figuring out life-changing mysteries through the junk each of their parents collect.  3.  I Want to be a Wall manga series by Honami Shirono-- A 3 volume manga series about an asexual lady and a closeted gay man navigating their new life as a married couple not in love with each other. They also learn more about what it means to be...

  In March, I read a total of 15 books and I DNF 9 books.     Here are the books I read and their rankings: The Shadow of Kyoshi by FC Yee and Michael DiMartino -4 stars Amari and the Great Game by BB Alston -5 stars Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones -3 stars Kilala Princess Volume 1 by Rika Tanaka -5 stars Dungeon Meshi Volume 1 by Ryoko Kui -4 stars The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix -4.5 stars Sign of Affection Volume 9 by Suu Morishita -5 stars Neighborhood Story Vol 3 by Ai Yazawa -5 stars Our Not So Lonely Planet Travel Guide by Mone Sorai -5 stars Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson- 5 stars Yotsuba&! Volumes 13, 14, and 15 by Kiyohiko Azuma -4.5 stars for 13, and 5 stars for the other two   Bye Forever I Guess by Jodi Meadows -5 stars Batter Royale by Liesl Adams -5 stars    Books I DNF because I couldn't get into them: Ophelia After All by Raquel Marie Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder Liesl and Po by La...

So this is the first book I read for Middle Grade March. It is the second book of the Amari series by BB Alston . I read the first book, Amari and the Night Brothers last month. You can read the review for that here . I can't get too into detail with this second book, Amari and the Great Game , because it's a sequel. I will say though this book was way more intense than the second one! I really love the way BB Alston writes. The story had me on the edge of my seat. I love Amari and her friends. The worldbuilding is cool, too. The mystery was mind blowing. I can't wait to read book 3! Image of book was found on Google Images

  I've known about this challenge for years but only now I decided to partcipate in it.  So here are the prompts for this year's middle grade March and the books I have decided to read for each: 1. Part of a series: For this I chose book two of the Amari series by BB Alston . I already read book one last month (review for that here). Book two is titled Amari and the Great Game . 2. An author with three names. I chose Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones . I will also be comparing it with the Studio Ghibli movie.  3. Include travel: Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver 4. Flowers on the cover: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder 5. Published in the 1900s: The Railway Children by E. Nesbit I am so excited to read all these books! I love middle grade fiction. 

  I smell a new favorite series of mine in the making... I am so glad I finally picked this up! It had me on the edge of my seat. Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston follows 13 year old Amari, whose has been struggling in school and her older brother Quinton all of a sudden went missing. One day, she finds a mysterious briefcase telling her that she has been nominated by Quinton to join The Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, which Quinton himself was a part of. The Bureau invesitigates supernatural cases around the world and also tries to keep everything supernatural away from regular humans.  Amari joins the summer camp that trains new recruits, and she decides to become an agent like her brother to make it easier to find him. But then she discovers something about herself that is quite dangerous--and it leads to more surprises from there. It includes discovering the secrets and plans of the notorious Night Brothers! What else can I say except that it is such a page-turnin...