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Pokemon Minecraft Super Mario Bendy and The Ink Machine Animal Crossing Among Us Marvel’s Spider Man Roblox Fortnite Fifa 21 Looking for more middle grade picks? Check out our list of reads for fans of space or children’s fiction by APPI writers and illustrators to get into reading!
I’ve also highlighted both stories that deal with specifically queer issues and stories that don’t. Some of these books are about coming out, and some deal with homophobia. But not all gay comic books are about those things! You’ll also find stories here about baking, playing hockey, friendship, artificial intelligence, mortality, and a whole lot more. In short, here are ten amazing stories that feature gay characters doing all the things that humans (and other sentient beings!...
Daisy and Simon’s marriage isn’t what it seems… After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter Millie sealed everything in place. They’re a happy little family of three. So what if Simon drinks a bit too much sometimes—Daisy’s used to it. She knows he’s just letting off steam. Until one night at a party things spiral horribly out of control. And their happy little family of three will never be the same again....
A Kirkus Reviews most anticipated picture book of fall 2019. The uplifting story of a girl finding her own voice, A Likkle Miss Lou is a modern ode to language, girl power, diversity, and the arts. Louise Bennett Coverley, or Miss Lou, was an iconic entertainer known for popularizing patois in the arts—helping to pave the way for artists like Harry Belafonte and Bob Marley. This picture book tells the story of Miss Lou’s childhood in Jamaica, trying to find her own voice....
The most addictive and unpausable debut thriller audiobook you’ll hear this year. Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam’s perfect, the man she thought she’d never meet. But lurking in the shadows is a rival, a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves. While Emily chose Adam, she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever....
These unique manga roses will make a great conversational piece on your bookshelf or anywhere else you place it. If your favorite person has a tough time caring for live plants, this is a great alternative. $15 and up. If you know someone who loves to drink iced coffee all year round, this My Hero Academia cup makes for the perfect gift. It comes in some snazzy colors, so you’ll never leave it far behind....
The man we know as Lewis Carroll was born in Cheshire on 27 January 1832 to Charles Dodgson and Frances Lutwidge, an Anglican family. Carroll was the eldest boy of 11 children and attended Rugby School and then attended Oxford University in 1850. He would remain at Christ Church as student, teacher and in various others roles until his death. He enjoyed writing throughout his early life and befriended Dean Henry Liddell and his family when Liddell arrived at Oxford in 1856....
But damn, when a verse book is done well, it is done well. The craft behind it, the voice that drives it, and the way it builds a story and character and time period and setting can make verse books spectacular. Want to get started? Let me offer up 100 YA books in verse. These range from novels to non-fiction, as this category of books is privileged to have writers who can easily navigate both through poetry....
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi This story takes place the year after 9/11. Shirin is a Muslim teen trying to survive high school. Her hijab makes her a target for jeers, stereotypes, and even physical violence. Shirin keeps her head down at school, doesn’t make friends, and definitely doesn’t date boys. But when a boy named Ocean wants to hang out with her, Shirin finds herself drawn to him, and eventually starts dating him....
August has some truly brilliant releases, and while I didn’t intentionally include themes, several themes emerged as I wrote my reviews. Five books contain disability representation, and as a disabled mom and reviewer, I could not be happier about seeing more good inclusion of disabled characters. Three picture books depict loving grandmother and granddaughter relationships, and while I tried to narrow it down to just one or two, they’re all so precious and sweet that I had to include them all....
First, I’m going to need multiple lists. I have my regular running TBR (to be read) list, but grouping these lists by theme depending on my mood. As y’all know, moods during the time of COVID vary like the weather on a fall day in Virginia. All four seasons in a 24 hour period. I’m dividing my TBR lists into four groups: comfort, hope, other-worldly and emergency. Comfort Comfort reads are books I go back to again and again....
Even at the ripe old age of 34, I still love reading books aimed at middle schoolers. In a scary world, book series for middle schoolers can be a beacon of hope – there are struggles to face and dangers to overcome, but the heroes and heroines of these stories always do what’s right, brave and necessary. We’re still in a golden age of children’s literature, and there are some fantastic recent middle school series that I’d recommend to readers of any age....
Like cozy mysteries, cozy fantasy books tends to be somewhat lower stakes than is usual for the genre. And like cozy mysteries, sometimes called “cozies” for short, cozy fantasy definitely has a subjective element. What exactly makes a book cozy? It’s all about a feeling, and what’s cozy to me might not be exactly the same for you. But generally speaking, cozy mysteries feature goodhearted characters, supportive friends, magical elements, and often even found family....
Yeah, then I realised I was the ‘mother’ he was referring to. And yes, this is NOT the Sabrina I remember reading as a kid. Both Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and its partner-in-horror Afterlife with Archie are created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, with artwork by Robert Hack (Sabrina) and Francesco Francavilla (Archie). Where Archie feels like a bit of fun, I am very happy to say Sabrina creeped me right out....
Patricia also points out the downside, however. The heyday of erotic horror books seems to be behind us. Bummer. But as I delved deeper, it’s not so much that there aren’t any erotic horror novels coming out. It’s that you need to look beyond mainstream publishers to find them. Since erotic horror works often push against the limits of our comfort zones, I want to offer a blanket content warning for all the titles included on this list....
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 15, 2019 I can relate. Most people can. But not everyone can articulate it in a way that makes their reader both sympathize AND laugh aloud. In this post, I’ve compiled 15 funny cookbooks. They range in content from straightforward recipes with puns as titles, to themed books about your favorite TV shows, to desserts so intense and artful that you have to stare at them before you can eat them....
What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence has recently become a big focus in work and our personal lives. The term gained popularity with the publication of Daniel Goldman’s book on the subject in 1995, but it is broad and can apply to many different aspects of bodily and mindful intelligence. Whether it is to find ourselves or to feel better in our bodies, emotional intelligence can allow us to see ourselves and the people in our lives more clearly and compassionately....
So here: try these uplifting books. If you can’t focus enough to read, try an audiobook. Maybe that will work better. But let these books become the world you live in for a little while. 1. I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thom Written by a trans woman, this is a collection of essays and prose poetry that look at the world we live in and try to find a reason to create....
Summer itself is hectic, a frenetic series of events and experiences that are scrunched into three short months; affecting our lust-and-heatwave-skewed brains. That is part of why the concept of easy beach reads are so common, not as challenging to focus on when you are feeling a bit droopy like an unwatered plant! Another option is to spice up your summer reading with poetry as it’s short, immersive and can definitely set a mood....
