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Why I am cheap when it comes to books

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  The title says it all. Here's why: the majority of the books I read and talk about on here are actually borrowed from my local library. A very small fraction of the books I read are books I actually own a copy of myself.  I don't buy any books unless I've read it before at the library, loved it, and I want to buy my own copy. Or maybe I just couldn't find it at all at my local library. Other scenarios where I have my own copy of some book include: The book was already in my house, bought by and owned by someone else (my parents, a family friend, etc.) and then they gave it to me.  It was gifted to me, so someone else bought it with their own money. I or my parents bought the book a long time ago when I was a child. Maybe I've already read it several times and kept it all these years, or I never read it as a kid but I'm glad I kept it because one day I might change my mind and want to read it.  I needed my own copy of the book to take notes and/or annotations f...

Snapdragon: Spoiler-Free Graphic Novel Review

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I went to the library the other day and I picked up a copy of Snapdragon by Kat Leyh on a whim. I did not have it on my TBR, but when I saw it I had to pick it up and read it! The cover looked really cute and I have been craving graphic novels recently. They're easy and quick reads and the stories are almost always so relatable to me! Plus the artwork is gorgeous.   Snapdragon is an urban fantasy, and is about a girl named Snapdragon who has trouble fitting in at her school, and she is obsessed with witch movies. Her dog Good Boy goes missing, and she finds him in the house of an old woman who lives secluded from everyone in her area. Snapdragon thinks the old lady is a witch, and when she goes to her house to get Good Boy back, she sees the lady has skeletons of animals everywhere, and freaks out thinking the old lady will eat her dog. Luckily the old lady doesn't eat her dog, and Snapdragon forms a bond with her after rescuing some baby opossums from her school and gets her...