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emilyctrigg
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
Fearbook club is a graphic novel about a new student-- Whit-- who takes photographs to deal with his dad's death. He finds himself at a new school and forced into the yearbook club. Unfortunately, he has started seeing ghosts through his camera lens every time he takes photos.
Parts of this story were really intriguing. The mystery was good and definitely threw me for some twists. I also liked the art style quite a bit. The yearbook advisor character was HILARIOUS. I totally loved him.... probably more than I was supposed to.
Sad to say, that's about all I enjoyed about this book. The story itself was pretty chaotic-- I had a hard time keeping up with what was happening and found myself rereading a bunch of panels to see if I had missed something (I hadn't). While the resolution of the mystery was pretty satisfying, the ending wasn't. I felt like there were a lot of unanswered questions and things that were glossed over. Additionally, the characters were barely one-dimensional. I needed a lot more character development to be able to genuinely enjoy this title.
Fearbook club is a graphic novel about a new student-- Whit-- who takes photographs to deal with his dad's death. He finds himself at a new school and forced into the yearbook club. Unfortunately, he has started seeing ghosts through his camera lens every time he takes photos.
Parts of this story were really intriguing. The mystery was good and definitely threw me for some twists. I also liked the art style quite a bit. The yearbook advisor character was HILARIOUS. I totally loved him.... probably more than I was supposed to.
Sad to say, that's about all I enjoyed about this book. The story itself was pretty chaotic-- I had a hard time keeping up with what was happening and found myself rereading a bunch of panels to see if I had missed something (I hadn't). While the resolution of the mystery was pretty satisfying, the ending wasn't. I felt like there were a lot of unanswered questions and things that were glossed over. Additionally, the characters were barely one-dimensional. I needed a lot more character development to be able to genuinely enjoy this title.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
This is a children's poetry book that runs the gamut from animals to adults and bodily noises to talking foods. Some of the poems were pretty funny, but some were just... too much. I know I am not the intended audience for this title, but I don't think any of my nieces and nephews (7 kids; ages 4-14) would genuinely enjoy this whole book. A few of them may like a couple of the poems, but probably wouldn't sit still and read more than a few at once.
Several of the poems do have a TON in common too. I got tired of poems about kids with crazy double names "Sandy Sedd" and "Oliver Grundy" etc etc etc. And of animals pretending to be other animals or wishing they were different animals. It got really repetitive.
My favorite poems were:
-The penguin who couldn't swim
-Watermelon seed
-The bestest animal in the world
Overall, I would recommend this if you have kid who is into silly poetry, but I would probably recommend several other poets before recommending this one.
This is a children's poetry book that runs the gamut from animals to adults and bodily noises to talking foods. Some of the poems were pretty funny, but some were just... too much. I know I am not the intended audience for this title, but I don't think any of my nieces and nephews (7 kids; ages 4-14) would genuinely enjoy this whole book. A few of them may like a couple of the poems, but probably wouldn't sit still and read more than a few at once.
Several of the poems do have a TON in common too. I got tired of poems about kids with crazy double names "Sandy Sedd" and "Oliver Grundy" etc etc etc. And of animals pretending to be other animals or wishing they were different animals. It got really repetitive.
My favorite poems were:
-The penguin who couldn't swim
-Watermelon seed
-The bestest animal in the world
Overall, I would recommend this if you have kid who is into silly poetry, but I would probably recommend several other poets before recommending this one.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
This was super cute. Lissy goes to see her Grandma to give her birthday presents. One of the presents is a diary, but Lissy doesn't know what that is. Grandma begins reading "stories" to her from her old diary and Lissy falls in love with the plucky little girl from the stories. When she realizes the girl in the stories is her grandma, she decides she needs a diary too so she can record the things from her life.
I loved this sweet story about family and tradition. I would definitely purchase this title for a child in my life.
This was super cute. Lissy goes to see her Grandma to give her birthday presents. One of the presents is a diary, but Lissy doesn't know what that is. Grandma begins reading "stories" to her from her old diary and Lissy falls in love with the plucky little girl from the stories. When she realizes the girl in the stories is her grandma, she decides she needs a diary too so she can record the things from her life.
I loved this sweet story about family and tradition. I would definitely purchase this title for a child in my life.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advanced audio copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
What a mushroom lives for is about the matsutake mushroom and the impact it has had on the mushroom trade in general, as well as the communities that forage for this mushroom.
Parts of this book were really interesting. I enjoyed the parts about the communities that build their lives around foraging for the matsutake, but these parts of he book didn't make up nearly as much of the book as I wanted them to.
Honestly, my biggest problem with this title was the author's attitude about plants, animals, and fungi. He calls the matsutake "a world maker" and seems to genuinely believe that all plants/animals/fungi have agency. Obviously, different types of intelligence exist, but plants and fungi don't have brains! It was so weird to me that he was basically saying that we should think about fungi and plants on the same level as people. It was really off-putting and it felt preachy. This book was meant to be able the matsutake and their impact on the world. But really it was about Hathaway telling us how we are wrong in thinking that fungi are less important than people.
What a mushroom lives for is about the matsutake mushroom and the impact it has had on the mushroom trade in general, as well as the communities that forage for this mushroom.
Parts of this book were really interesting. I enjoyed the parts about the communities that build their lives around foraging for the matsutake, but these parts of he book didn't make up nearly as much of the book as I wanted them to.
Honestly, my biggest problem with this title was the author's attitude about plants, animals, and fungi. He calls the matsutake "a world maker" and seems to genuinely believe that all plants/animals/fungi have agency. Obviously, different types of intelligence exist, but plants and fungi don't have brains! It was so weird to me that he was basically saying that we should think about fungi and plants on the same level as people. It was really off-putting and it felt preachy. This book was meant to be able the matsutake and their impact on the world. But really it was about Hathaway telling us how we are wrong in thinking that fungi are less important than people.
