Halloween Book Picks: All Our Hidden Gifts & Evie and the Truth About Witches
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
2y ago
Some absolutely splendid seasonal reads here courtesy of friends at Penguin Random House Canada! First on the review docket today is the young adult novel All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts #1) by Caroline O’Donoghue; second on review is John Martz’s illustrated chapter book Evie and the Truth About Witches. Happy spooky reading! ”The story of how I ended up with the Chokey Card Tarot Consultancy can be told in four detentions, three notes sent home, two bad report cards, and one Tuesday afternoon that ended with me locked in a cupboard.” Written by Irish author, journalist (and podca ..read more
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Review: Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After #1) by Emiko Jean & more great reads!
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
2y ago
Hi there readers! I had the pleasure of getting the chance to read Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean, courtesy of the lovely folks at Raincoast Books. It has been quite some time since a young adult book review here, so it’s a treat to dive back in! Read on for my thoughts on this bestselling- and Reese’s YA Bookclub pick!– novel as well as a few other teen and adult fiction titles I’ve read in the last while and would definitely recommend. Happy reading! With affectionate comparisons having been made to Meg Cabot’s blockbuster series The Princess Diaries, Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians series ..read more
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Graphic Novel Review: Flamer by Mike Curato
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
3y ago
Review: Flamer by Mike Curato Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2020 by Henry Holt and Company I know I’m not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They’re mean, and scary, and they’re always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel…unsafe. It’s the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone’s going through changes—but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can ..read more
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Reviews: Kat Leyh’s Snapdragon & Lucy Knisley’s Go to Sleep (I Miss You)
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
4y ago
A new post featuring two new reviews! Courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books, I have had the pleasure of reading Kat Leyh’s standout young adult graphic novel Snapdragon, as well as Lucy Knisley’s wonderful cartoon collection Go to Sleep (I Miss You). Please read on for my thoughts! A notable YA fantasy graphic novel with a tremendous amount of heart, surprise, and depth, Kat Leyh‘s Snapdragon has been on the receiving end of some stellar reviews. Opening on a dog rescue mission featuring the titular character Snapdragon (also known as Snap), readers are fast taken into a dynamic and e ..read more
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Spotlight: Interview with Author Jacqueline Firkins!
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
4y ago
Welcome to a very special spotlight post, readers! In an all-new interview, I have the absolute pleasure and privilege of getting to talk to Canadian author Jacqueline Firkins, whose debut, the young adult nove Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things, was recently released. Jacqueline Firkins is not only an author, but also a costume designer and faculty member at the University of British Columbia. I had the great fortune of meeting Jacqueline months ago during a publishing event; I was so taken in with Jacqueline’s presentation at the event that I reached out to Raincoast Books and Jacq ..read more
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Spotlight: The One Where I Interview Rainbow Rowell!
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
4y ago
Hello lovely readers! In case you are wondering whether the headliner is, in fact, true…IT IS! I had the tremendous and thrilling- and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity- to meet Rainbow Rowell, the New York Times bestselling author of hits such as Fangirl, Eleanor & Park, Carry On, and more!  Thanks to a generous prize draw courtesy of Raincoast Books and the author, I had a chance to interview Rainbow Rowell before a special author event featuring Rainbow and acclaimed graphic novelist (and Pumpkinheads illustrator!) Faith Erin Hicks took place. Rainbow and Faith were doing an author event ..read more
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Graphic Novel Reviews: Are You Listening? & George Orwell’s Animal Farm
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
4y ago
On review today are two new standout graphic novels, courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books: first up for review is the young adult title Are You Listening?, the latest from Eisner and Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Tillie Walden; second up for review is George Orwell’s Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel, adapted and illustrated by Brazilian painter and comics artist Odyr.   Tillie Walden, the Eisner and Ignatz Award-winner graphic novelist behind Spinning and On a Sunbeam returns with the unsettling and memorable young adult graphic novel Are You Listening?. Described ..read more
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Graphic Novel Review & Giveaway! Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
4y ago
It’s time for a look at an excellent new, perfect-for-fall graphic novel as well as a giveaway! Read on for my thoughts on Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks’ Pumpkinheads as well as information on how to enter to win a copy of it! Thank you to my friends at Raincoast Books for generously providing a copy for giveaway! Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks, color by Sarah Stern Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: August 27, 2019 by First Second Book Description: In Pumpkinheads, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow R ..read more
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Review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
4y ago
Review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: May 14, 2019 by Penguin Teen Canada/Penguin Random House Canada Book Description: When Walt Whitman fan Jonathan Hopkirk and football player Adam “Kurl” Kurlansky are partnered together in a weekly pen pal assignment, they don’t expect to get much out of it. With each letter, however, the two are led deeper into a friendship that eventually grows into love. But faced with homophobia, bullying, and devastating family secrets, Jonathan and Kurl must struggle to hold o ..read more
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Spotlight: Shout Out Anthology and Guest Post from Marie Anello!
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by michelle@fabbookreviews
5y ago
Welcome to a very special post featuring a review of the comics anthology Shout Out, courtesy of the lovely folks at Toronto-based publisher, TO Comix Press, as well as a guest post from writer and actress Marie Anello, whose story (with Liz Parlett) is featured in the anthology! Shout Out (Comics Anthology) by Andrew Wheeler (Editor), Joamette Gil and BC Holmes (Assistant Editors), Forward by Nalo Hopkinson Source: Hardcopy courtesy of TO Comix Press. Thank you! Publication: May 1, 2019 by TO Comix Press Blurb: Join us on the adventures of young demon hunters, star-crossed Viking lovers, an ..read more
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