Books

Every year at around this time, an onslaught of feel-good movies seem to be perpetually airing on the Hallmark Channel (and its sister channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries). These movies stick rigidly to a now-familiar formula in which snowball fights, sipping hot chocolate while strolling down a picturesque street, and almost-but-not-actually kissing are fundamental steps
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If you are blessed with a library with a Hoopla subscription, you really have no excuse to not try out comics. Here are just a few of my favorite, must-read nonfiction comics on Hoopla. They cover gender, mental illness, racism, family histories, war, and so many more important topics about this wild ride called life.
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Last year, a Book Riot contributor thanked Naoko Takeuchi for creating Sailor Moon. In a similar vein, I would like to thank everybody responsible for putting all five seasons of Sailor Moon on Hulu. Firstly, thank you for restoring this childhood love. Secondly, thank you for finally inspiring me to read the manga where it
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I first read Batman: Mad Love in high school. I was starting to be vaguely interested in superheroes, and a friend of mine lent it to me. “You need to read this,” she said, handing it to me the way someone would handle a sacred text. “I am Harley Quinn.” If you’re not familiar with
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A Hero’s Heart is compelling, but difficult listening, narrating a life of abandonment, physical and sexual abuse, serious illness, and loss. But it also offers a course in survival, even from the severest of tragedies.” (IndieReader) A Hero’s Heart is a true story of victory, captivatingly told for the first time, from the survivor herself.
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