Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

3 stars An interesting collection of short stories from Gaiman. His work is often hit or miss for me. I either really love it or it’s just alright. This collection was much the same. The majority of these stories were previously published elsewhere or in another format (“Black Dog” the only exception). So if you’re…

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Cat’s Café A Comics Collection by Maxx Tarpley

5 stars SO. WHOLESOME! I absolutely loved this comics collection. A perfect book to have on hand when you need a pick-me-up or a reason to smile. I’ll admit, I’m slightly obsessed with this series. I started reading it on Webtoon and follow Tarpley on all the social media platforms. Whenever a new comic comes…

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The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nyguyen

5 stars Jaw-droppingly beautiful. A stunning, heartwarming story about family, love, and acceptance. This book was a pleasure to read. As soon as I finished, I wanted to pick it back up and do it all over again. I find when I really love a book, my review tends to be short. This is one…

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The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp, Illustrated by Manuel Preitano

2 stars I really wanted to like this. I’m fascinated with the various iterations of Barbara Gordon. After absolutely hating that notorious scene in The Killing Joke, I was interested to see how a teenage Babs would become Oracle. The story omits the Joker plotline (thankfully) and instead gives a vague story about interrupting a…

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Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

5 stars I don’t think anything I can write will do this book justice so I’ll keep this short. I loved this story. Yu perfectly balances self-aware humor with heartbreaking reality. Centered around identity, the story explores the way American society pigeonholes people of Asian decent, lumping them all into one group and a set…

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The Arrival by Shaun Tan

5 stars An absolute treasure. This is a phenomenal book. This wordless graphic novel tells the tale of a man immigrating to a strange new place and working to create a life for his family there. The fantastic world Tan creates allows all migrant stories to come together. It isn’t a story about immigrating to…

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