Candy Bunny Reader

  Who knows how long this series will be. Maybe as long as my underrated books one. Here are the first 5 parts: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 1. We Are Okay by Nina Lacour 2. Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour 3. The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar 4. Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers 5. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende 6. Speak Up! by Rebecca Burgess 7. How to be Ace by Rebecca Burgess 8. The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'Neill 9. The Witch Boy series by Molly Ostertag 10. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier 11. Charlotte's Web by EB White 12. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

  All the books I read in August! I read a total of 13 books .  It was a mostly positive reading month. Although I did have one 3 star book (the Josee manga).  Here are the books and links to their Goodreads summaries (click on the titles): The Witch Boy , The Hidden Witch , and The Midwinter Witch all by Molly Ostertag . All three got 5 stars! The Remarkables by Margaret Peterson Haddix . 5 stars. A Sign of Affection Omnibus (Volumes 1, 2, and 3) by Suu Morishita -5 stars. Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish by Seiko Tanabe -3 stars The Golden Road by LM Montgomery (sequel to The Story Girl )-4 stars Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin -4 stars Call the Name of the Night Volume 1 by Tama Mitsubushi -5 stars Siuil a Run Volume 1 Deluxe Edition by Nagabe -4.5 stars Witch Hat Kitchen Volume 1 by Kamome Shirahama and Hiromi Sato -5 stars Willa of Dark Hollow by Robert Beatty -4 stars Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary -5 stars

So glad I finally found this first book! I've been wanting to read it for a long time. The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag is about Aster--a boy who comes from a family where the women are witches and the men are shapeshifters. However, Aster has trouble with his shapeshifting powers, and he doesn't feel in touch with shapeshifting in general. He'd rather be a witch. He secretly looks at the witchcraft lessons the girls in his family take, and he tries out some spells of his own. His family is not happy with his witch activities whenever they catch him in the act. The only one who is happy with his witch activities and is cool with watching him do them is a new friend named Charlie.  At the same time, some of the boys in Aster's family have been mysteriously  disappearing. Aster decides to use his witch powers to save the day, even if it will stir up drama. I gave this book 5 stars . This was another pleasant, magical book by Molly Ostertag! The first book I read from her/...

  The Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag is a YA Graphic Novel about a teenage girl named Morgan Kwon who lives in a house on a small island near a small town near the mainland somewhere in Canada with her divorced mother and little brother. She has a relatively normal life there and has a group of friends she describes "is something out of a 90s teen movie."  Morgan is also a closeted lesbian, as she is scared to come out to her friends and family.  In the beginning as she is texting her friends on making plans to meet up for the weekend, she trips over a rock and falls into the sea. She is rescued by a selkie named Keltie. Morgan thinks it is all just a dream, and as a joke she kisses Keltie. It turns out the whole thing was real, and Keltie temporarily becomes a human girl. She starts hanging out with Morgan and they even  start dating. Morgan at first has to keep her dates with Keltie a secret from everyone, and at the same time, Keltie has a problem of her own...