Sign Here was not as entertaining as I expected and I found myself losing interest through a lot of the book.  I skipped around toward the end, just ready to be done.  Good premise, just didn't hold my interest.  Lot of of essayist talk about religion, human nature and doing good things.  I did not enjoy this book.

I enjoyed The Scourge Between Stars.  Jackie is a strong character and isn't afraid to put herself on the line.  This book had the whole rainbow of diversity.  Well done in that department.  Even queer representation.  There was definitely a few shockers for such a short book.  I liked that.  I wanted to punch the dad.  He is a horrible captain.  Definitely a book I recommend.

The Woods All Black has a lot to unpack in one book.  The first time I've seen trans identity expressed in Appalachia.  Well done expressing intolerance of small town folk.  Very dangerous.  I enjoyed the female empowerment angle and the horrific revenge aspects at the end.  Not too gory.  The sex scenes at the end did not seem necessary and was out of place.

Black Sheep has all the makings of a great movie.  Girl leaves religious cult only to find she can't escape it.  I really did feel sorry for Vesper and her quest to find her place in this world. She truely ran across some shallow people and some of them really got what they deserved.  That said, enjoyed the revenge aspects.  Overall, an enjoyable story with lots of familial and religious contexts.  I liked the story, but didn't love it.  Kind of predictable.

Welcome to St. Hell was a unique foray in past and present of the same person on both sides of the gender debate.  The perspectives of family and friends was a nice touch.  I enjoyed the education lesson with comedy thrown in.  His idol is Bam Margera, which is so sad. Now this author is from the UK, so I didn't understand some of the language used; however, I still was able to adequately enjoy. 

Speak was a difficult read as far as context goes, so I understand why so many people were looking to challenge and ban it.  Unfortunately what happened to the main character is all too real for so many people. The expression of emotions was lovely and expressive.  Well done. Great artistry, and black and white is very fitting. Many triggers so check them before reading.  Book was a great depiction of high school students, the changing friendships and fickleness of kids, and biased teachers. 

Galaxy: The Prettiest Star had a good plot, but was not what I expected.  I enjoyed but didn't love.  I know the characters are in high school, but I felt there was utter carelessness displayed by Taelyr once she met the love interest.  I understand the plot is to be your true authentic self, but there's a fine line to potentially putting others in danger and don't care.  I was also shocked at the sexism, but I guess that is real life.  My favorite character is the doggy.  Fun time when he enters the mix.  I did find the graphics busy and I didn't know what was going on via the pictures a lot of the time so I kept up with the dialogue mostly. 

How to Be Eaten was unique and well written, but it was just OK for me.  I loved the premise of each "fairytale" lady getting to tell her story and it being therapeutic.  I agree totally.  My favorite part of knowing each back story.  It was fun, but it wasn't what I expected and it didn't wow me.  And the ending was a shocker, but kinda fell flat for me.  Not to mention the author kept using big words like they were trying to wow us with their extensive vocabulary.  I don't like the pretentiousness. Overall, it had a good message and you get to revisit some fairytales. 

The One was such a great book.  Great premise and executed flawlessly.  So many shockers that it kept me on my toes.  I could get behind the science of it too. It would ruin the whole concept of dating and butterflies, but at least you would know you not wasting time on the wrong person.  Unless there was a glitch.  Some of these characters set themselves up.  Come on people.  This book reminded me of a documentary called Twin Flame.  Such chaos.  Look it up. This is a solidly entertaining and thought provoking book.  Deserving of more stars.

The graphic novel is a more palatable adaptation of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.  I remember being read a chapter in school about the meat packing plant and it turned my stomach.  This book doesn't go in depth at all about that.  I was a bit disappointed in that to be honest.  But it shows the exploitation of migrant workers and how capitalism chews and spits out people with little to no regard and the hard choices people have to make to survive. The images are crisp and well done. I didn't get the red color that frequently was included.  Overall, a good story.