Ah, okay, reading this one so closely after the first one meant that a lot of the charm had worn off for me. I mean, it was cute. Wouldn't super recommend it to most adult readers--Louise's complete obliviousness to all known history gets a little grating (especially given that she's allegedly a 7th grader in "AP French", which just seems like poor fact checking on the editor's behalf...) . These books WOULD be great for younger tween readers, though--very clean. Like, when Louise time travels back to Marie Antoinette's Versailles, she declines a glass of champagne because her mom would disapprove. And she *almost* kisses a boy but gets interrupted.

Oh, and I read this one in print and I really like the color illustrations of all the dresses! (I read the other one in ebook and it had b&w illustrations that weren't as pretty.) There's also limited historical information in the form of a little timeline and a chapter where Louise gets back to the future and reads about Marie Antoinette on Wikipedia.

And I do really like the series' insistence that being interested in fashion isn't just a silly girl thing. It's serious business (that might possibly lead to time travel).

It took me a little while to get into this one. Also, the chapters go back and forth between Cullen, Bentley, and Cabot, and I kept getting the weird-named teenage boys confused. After a few chapters I got everybody figured out, and I was definitely intrigued to see how all their stories would come together. (I was startled by how they did!)

This is definitely a self-aware, smart-ass teen book, in the vein of, I hate to say it, but something like Catcher in the Rye or a John Green novel. If you enjoy those things, you might enjoy this. If you're hoping for something with a strong female character or a bit more diversity, eh, maybe check elsewhere.

Hmm. I did like a lot about this--I think it's good and important to have YA books that realistically deal with PTSD and the way it can impact teens. Hayley's narration of her first year in public school after years of being "unschooled" by her dad reminded me a lot of Mean Girls. Hayley thinks all high schoolers are either freaks or zombies (she herself is a freak), and I could definitely see her POV being appreciated by a lot of teen readers.

I also enjoyed her nonconformist approach to high school classes, especially her willingness to call out her history teacher on his imperialist viewpoint. You tell him, Hayley.

I have read some reviews noting the implausibility of the ending, but to be honest I was reading the last 1/4 or so on the edge of my seat and I didn't stop to question it as I read it.

This will be a hit with teen fans of Laurie Halse Anderson's contemporary YAs like Speak and Wintergirls, as well as any teens looking for books with some psychological drama.

I assumed this was some kind of high school romantic comedy, but it's more like a ghost story?? HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THIS WAS A GHOST STORY? I would have read this way sooner if I'd known it was a ghost story.

Now that I think about it... why was it a ghost story?? Like,

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at first I assumed it was something to do with her missing mom, but then it seemed like all of her brothers also saw the ghost, just like, cuz?? I really liked the ghost story as it was happening, but now that I'm thinking about it... whaaat?

I know this was originally a webcomic. Is this ALL of the webcomic? It almost seemed like the end of this book was the point where it got really interesting to me. IDK.

It was a fun high school/family ghost story! Would recommend to teen fans of, oh, maybe like the Ghost and the Goth books or Dead is the New Black? But it's not exactly a mystery... or it kind of is? Uh... IDK. The art was really cute and I think Maggie was a cool protagonist. And I liked the ghost.

I read this one right after [b:Friends with Boys|11389398|Friends with Boys|Faith Erin Hicks|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1317794304s/11389398.jpg|16321405] (catchin' up on my realistic GNs) and I felt like this one was also not quite the book its cover & title wanted me to think it was? I again assumed it was a teen romance. (Maybe I just assume everything is a teen romance?) But it's much more of a story about one girl facing her fears and grief through the power of art and friendship. It was also remarkably funny, with a lot of currently-timely pop culture references that I enjoyed, and that I think a lot of nerdy teens will too. It's a little bit hipstery (what with the family thrift store and the performance art space carnival and the constant obsession with how other kids use their cell phones too much) but I was kind of into that, and a certain flavor of teen reader will be too. (Think maybe fans of like Perks of Being a Wallflower, but less angsty.)

I also thought the art was really pretty!

This was a quick read and good at explaining the science of nuclear fission, but it's a little light on the history and backmatter for my tastes.

I wrote a longer review of it for the library blog here: http://nafcteens.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/rave-and-rant-nonfiction-graphic-novels/

This is the kind of thing where I could easily see another reader rolling their eyes at it for being a little too meta, but I have a super high threshold for meta and I dug it.

I thought I knew a fair amount about Greek mythology, but I learned a LOT from this. And it was a fun read with cool, gory adventures. I'd definitely recommend this to tween, teen, and adults who are interested in mythology--especially those looking for Percy Jackson readalikes. I'll be checking out the rest of O'Connor's Olympians series for sure. (This volume contains a story of the OG Perseus.)

Oh, and it was awesome that the art Andromeda was a beautiful black woman. Like, duh, she's Ethopian, but do they usually show her that way? Representation, holla.

This was... fine? I'm still a little burned out on post-apocalyptic type dystopias. Also parts of this were really gross to me. Teen readers who are into dystopias and gross stuff would get more mileage from this probably.

Still, I'm always here for Clint Eastwood-y Logan, and Hawkeye was a cool bonus. (He's not on the cover or the back matter like, at all, so it was a surprise to me that he was in this at all, let alone how much he's in it?)

I could see this being a very hit-or-miss title, but it was a hit for me. This is the first solo Deadpool book I've read, and I'm definitely a fan of his nonstop jokes. I'm also a bit of a history nerd so I was 100% here for all of the presidential humor. Like, if the idea of zombie T.R. fighting a bear appeals to you, you should maybe check this out. (Yes, zombie Taft gets stuck in a bathtub; yes, that is a tired joke by now, but THIS time he has Abraham Lincoln's severed head on a rubber duck's body.) Oh, and also Dr. Strange quotes GOB Bluth, so, that was pretty great. A really fun read, plus some gross zombie stuff that I didn't like but which obviously appeals to some other readers.