Candy Bunny Reader

  I never forgot about this series on my blog! As long as I keep finding underrated books, the list will get longer.  1. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech. Full book description here . A girl named Rosie and her grandma deal with Rosie's conflicts with her next door neighbor and best friend Bailey. Has disability rep.  2. Fairy Idol Kanon manga series by Mera Hakamada . Full book description here . A short but cute magical girl idols kid's manga. 3. Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier . Full book description here . Two friends, later girlfriends, deal with the challenges of cheerleading. Has queer representation.  4. Garlic duology by Bree Paulsen. Full book description for book 1 here . An anthropomorphic Garlic goes on adventures! 

  Yeah, we are technically a little past the midyear point, but better late than never! 1. Best book you read so far this year?  There's too many to pick! I guess I will have to go with Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan. 2. Best sequel you read so far this year?  Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen 3. New releases you haven't read yet, but want to.  Of course, I can't guarantee I will  get around  to them this year, but I have my eye on these three in particular: Imogen Obviously by Becky Albertalli, Deep as the Sea, Red as the Sky by Rita Chang-Eppig, and Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.  Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman! 5. Biggest disappointment of the year.  Again, too many to name, but I will have to go with 2 of my DNFs: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte .  6. Biggest surprise of...

I found this cute graphic novel on a whim the other day at the library and it was totally worth it. Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen is a graphic novel about an anthropomorphic garlic living with other anthropomorphic vegetables on a farm that belongs to a witch. They help her cultivate her garden and sell produce to the locals. On one particular day all the vegetables notice in the distance smoke coming out of a secluded castle in the distance. They all start jumping to conclusions thinking that a vampire must be living there, and they decide to send Garlic to investigate and maybe get rid of the vampire if there is one. Well, I'll leave off my spoiler free summary telling you that things aren't always what they seem. This book was soooo cute! I gave it 5 stars . I could see it being turned into a sweet little animated movie not just for little kids but for the whole family. If you like heartwarming, cozy, fantasy, mystery stories, check this graphic novel out! I'll...