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Mini Reviews: Heartstopper, Vol. 3 and 4

June 9, 2022June 1, 2022by MariLeave a Comment

Fun fact: As I was writing this review, "History Maker" from Yuri!!! On Ice came up and I ended up belting along to it as I finished up the graphics for the mini reviews, which then made me think of Red, White, and Royal Blue, which then made me think of the quote, "History, huh? [...]

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Mini Reviews: Heartstopper, Vols. 1 and 2

June 2, 2022June 1, 2022by Mari1 Comment

Happy Pride Month y'all! I did a LOT of reading in the month of May, so I have a lot of books I wanted to throw down and talk about, but here's a highlight on the fact that some of my students have been urging me to read Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. So naturally, I [...]

Mari-with-an-I prefers her fantasies drenched in oil and fried up in faerie, but when that’s not the case, she’ll read it anyway. She likes writing what she reads, and likes baking while she writes. She’s written a few things for anthologies, including an anthology that got translated into Czech (I know, right?! Eeeeee!), and if you haven’t read them yet, she urges you to do so! Who knows, there might be a few cookies waiting for you at the end of the read.

…Or not. (Blast her pet steampoctopus for eating them all!)