Candy Bunny Reader

  Happy Trans Day of Visibility!  Here are some of my favorite books featuring trans characters in them, whether they are the main or side characters. Either way, they are all great stories with great representation. Links to their Goodreads pages are provided! 1. Snapdragon by Kat Leyh 2. Loveless by Alice Oseman 3. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 4. Speak Up! by Rebecca Burgess 5. Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier 6. Magical Boy duology by The Kao (links to the first book) 7. Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Winans 8. Stars in their Eyes by Jessica Walton 9. Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers (links to the first book) 10. I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver 11. Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione 12. The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught

  Before I get into it, I have decided this will be the last Nonfiction November prompt of this year I will participate in.  I also don't feel like participating in NN next year. I don't think my feelings will change from here and next November. So what illustrated nonfiction books do I recommend? Pretty much every graphic novel memoir that I like, such as: (Pics were found on Google Images) I hope you like these books as much as I do!

I forgot to post this yesterday! But that's okay. Today's (Day 5) prompt was just telling me to go vote. Which I already did.  The prompt for Day 4 is: what is my favorite subject? I seem to mostly gravitate towards memoirs! Most of my favorite nonfiction books are memoirs. Here's a list I recommend (links to Goodreads are provided): 1. Persepolis (and its sequel) by Marjane Satrapi 2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 3. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei 4. My Life in France by Julia Child 5. Greetings From Utopia Park by Claire Hoffman 6. Smile (and Sisters ) by Raina Telgemeier 7. Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman 8. Messy Roots by Laura Gao 9. Huda F Are You (and Huda F Cares ) by Huda Fahmy

All the books I read in July! I read a total of 5 books, and they were all really great. 1. Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono-4 stars . Full book description here on Goodreads. Read my (kind of) review here . I mostly just compare the book and movie.  2. Messy Roots by Laura Gao-4.5 stars. Full book description here . Read my review for it here  . 3. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender-4 stars. Full book description here . Read my review here . 4. Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty-4 stars. Full book description here . Read my review here . 5. The Legend of Shadow High by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale - 4 stars. Full book description here . Read my review here . 

 TW: Mentions of pandemics, queerphobia, racism, and cancer Now I am in the mood for White Rabbit candies!  Messy Roots by Laura Gao is a graphic novel memoir of the author's experience growing up Chinese-American, struggling with their identity, and other typical experiences of growing up. She and her family also happen to be from Wuhan--which would make international headlines in 2020 as that is where the Covid-19 pandemic began. But the pandemic part of the story is quite minimal--the real focus is on Laura tells us their own story on how she came to accept and celebrate every part of themselves.  This was a great memoir! The artwork is one of my favorite aspects of this book. I am not an immigrant myself but I do have immigrant parents, and I related heavily to a lot of the experiences Laura had, especially with her parents. Laura Gao is queer, too, and they briefly talks about it.  I gave it 4.5 stars . I had to take off half a point for some triggering subject...