I learned to read late, and I hated reading. Probably because I was behind my peers. I was behind because I have a language based learning disability(Dyslexia)and so reading was hard and felt impossible. Of course didn’t want to spend my time doing something that difficult and exhausting. It felt like torture.

Kat’s life is a lie. She lives with her grandparents (but tells everyone she lives with her parents and brother because that’s what her mother requested when she was 5). Her family isn’t this big happy picture perfect entity, though her mother likes to portray it as such over social media and to everyone she’s around.

In this particular book,one of the things that Laura dose to get ready for the holiday is help her Mama make maple syrup candy. They made it sound so simple and easy, I almost couldn’t believe it!

As you can see, it was a lineup of mundane, forgettable, and unknown characters, OK'd by the DC editorial staff precisely BECAUSE no one cared.

It was a heroic version of Suicide Squad.

Malik has never had it easy. When he was seven years old, he witnessed his mother’s possible death when he walked into a situation he didn’t understand. Ten years later, after being shuffled around to multiple foster homes, he’s now emancipated and aims to remove his little brother, Taye. In the process, he finds himself approached by a stranger who claims to have knowledge of Malik,his unknown family and his past while being able to care for Taye’s medical needs.

As you may know, Mike and I have a podcast in which we talk about what books and movies we experience called Saturday Night In. Ironically, my husband is not a big reader and I don’t watch a lot of movies anymore. Maybe because of this,or maybe because it gives us a direction,or maybe it has nothing to do with any of those things, but at the beginning of the year,we set goals for ourselves at the beginning of the year.

Nathan is an 11 year old boy who lives in Arizona. At an attempt to avoid his father, well his father’s girlfriend really, while his mom travels for work, Nathan convinces his parents to let him stay with him grandmother in her mobil home where she lives during the summer breaks from teaching the Navajo language in college.

Sally finds her self the only one who is not rendered in a magical sleep in the first book. In the second, Sally visits a very sleepy town. It feels like a cozy, sleepy drink perfect for these fun fairy tale books.

The numerous Year One's (Started with Frank Miller's Batman Year One) are amazing reimaginings of the stories we thought we knew. And that's always what's so great about them...we THOUGHT we knew.

These were the books that stayed with me, that stole my heart and that I’m eagerly awaiting for more of! These are the first books I’ll recommend when talking about those released in 2025 and I have no regrets.

And I tried to come clean, but I guess it's no use

The Covid Nineteen is on the six o'clock news

They cleared the street and then they closed the schools

I can't even get inside

This means celebrating it. This means not being afraid of it, even when it’s imperfect or unexpected. To do this in a purposeful way…

It’s the major topic of discussion around here and I know my house isn’t the only one buzzing and falling in love with this game.

So, while this is pushing me out of my comfort zone in more ways than one, I thought it would be fun to talk to those who love the game and compile book recommendations similar to the game. But when I googled it, I found little to no help. So I turned to my Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 experts for help.

I absolutely loved the representation in this book. I know, I say that alot, but I can’t help it. Using Etan to get a better understanding of the struggles, including physical struggles of selective mutism and talking about the psychological component was awesome. And then, Malia came into the story. Malia who has eczema, something my daughter struggles with (on a lesser degree but it’s still a struggle).

Time will leave memories

Life will leave pain

But the world will still turn

She’ll be stronger.

In this Sleeping Beauty reimagining, Princess Lex learns that, when she was born, a fairy cursed her.

So, go with me here. Imagine Baseball but instead of using all of the traditional rules, some of the rules are new, fresh and very much not baseball.

Honestly, I was drawn to this book because of the cover. I mean, did you see it? How could you walk past that? Of course, synopsis on the back didn’t hurt my need to read it. And it was a need.

Oh it's oh so sweet/

What my childhood needs/

myself and the likelihood of knowing me

I have a….rocky…relationship with The Hunger Games series. When I read the first three books, I didn’t read many books like it. The dystopian craze hadn’t hit and something so dark and angry wasn’t exactly what I was drawn to. But someone I trusted told me I had to read it and, so, I did.