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Fantasy Novels & Graphic Novels

@abramskids @piquebeyond @tamora.pierce #SongoftheLioness #Alanna #TamoraPierce #middlegrade #graphicnovel @tlcbooktours About Song of the Lioness: Alanna • Publisher: Abrams Fanfare (May 13, 2025 • Paperback: 256 pages The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce’s award-winning Song of the Lioness quartet, adapted into a gorgeous, full-color graphic novel In Song of the Lioness, Book 1: Alanna, the first of four volumes adapting #1 New York Times bes

The most awaited graphic novel of this year. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ #1 ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴏʀᴋ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ʙᴇꜱᴛꜱᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ᴏɴ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴡ ᴀ ꜰᴜʟʟ-ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ! 👉 Monster Apocalypse is here 👉 Jack Sullivan, 13-year-old living in a tree house is well prepared 👉 He is not alone. His team: his dorky best friend, Quint; reformed middle school bully, Dirk; Jack's loyal pet monster, Rover; and the fiercest girl Jack knows, June. Qotd: this or that What do you like to get as extra with books?

🥰Two mini reviews , two surprising creative plots Full reviews on my usual platforms (goodreads, storygraph, Amazon, blog, bookbub, B&N) ON A WING AND A TEAR 4 stars - #onawingandatear An unexpected road trip of an Indigenous Nations family (grandfather and two grandchildren) from Chicago to Georgia with a talking Bat and Squirrel. Connecting to roots, life lessons. THE NO BRAINER'S GUIDE TO DECOMPOSITION 5 stars #thenobrainersguidetodecomposition The main character lives in

My SEPTEMBER audios with @macmillan.audio and some from the same publisher but with @librofm influencer Program My #MacAudio2024 September 4 picks : (My full reviews on my usual platforms 👉 THE TALK - #thetalk is an amazing book that should be in every school. Graphic memoir but the audio is adapted well and reads like a novel. Racism, prejudice, relatable Get audio here. 👉 DEATH AT THE SANATORIUM- an investigation in the present of an old case that will get a darker turn..

Happy Release Day #thedaynoraatethesun I loved book 2, so much went out and bought book 1. Thank you @andrewsmcmeelkids @andrewsmcmeel for the second book. 👉 Do YOU know what builds character during the Summer? GOATSITTING 😆 and she is no ordinary goat. 🐐 👉 Hilarious tale of a boy who gets a summer job to build character as his father suggested 👉 Has lots of humor that boys will appreciate 👉 The goat is as hilarious as Heihei (my personal opinion). I was always excited

Welcome SPOOKY season, not without welcoming the King of Frights. Thank you @scholastic and @tvsmediagroup for books 2 and 3. This is an awesome series, easy to read and fun. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗳𝘂𝗻, 𝟲 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹�

📚📮Most recent book you got❓️ 🧡Monday Bookmail with @theshelfstuff ( @harperkids @harpercollins @harpercollinschin @harperalley) 🧡 Tales from Cabin 23 #talesfromcabin23August 27: #nightofthelivingdead book 2Spooky fun reads. Created by bestselling and critically acclaimed authors Justina Ireland and Hanna Alkaf. 🧡 Augst 27th: #thetruthabout5thgradeHilarious illustrations and awesome plot twists, perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. 🧡 Sep 3: #noplaceformonsters Litt

📚📮 Author Spotlight. Can you believe that... 👉 I only discovered this author when I was an adult because of a Master Class subscription. It was awesome listening to him explain his love for spooky but also having fun/enjoying humor. 👉 I knew of Goosebumps because of the TV show, but I had never read one 🧡 The covers are always amazing. I can't wait to review these. 💙❓️Share with me your experience/memories of reading this author. 💜 The best Spooky recs for this Fall. I

❓️You are the sister/brother of the MC of your current read. What will you be doing next? Coming this September... 2024... Dragons. Thank you for the advance copy. @randomhousekids "*This spectacular book features foil and embossing on the jacket, full-color designed endpapers, red stained edges, and a red case cover with gold stamping.** Two kids race to save the world’s last magical place in the first book of a landmark new fantasy series, from “a writer with an utterly dis

Book here ● Review ● #gamerville This is an auto-buy graphic novel author for me. There is always a great balance between drama, serious themes, and positive resolutions. Great values and life lessons. In this volume, we have two main cores and several subthemes. First: the life of gamers who focus on online lifestyle vs. outdoor activities. The author shows more similarities than differences, and I appreciate that, I love both: games and the outdoors in a balanced way, and I

Take a stick, leave a stick 🥰 Dogs & Books 🐶 🌺👉Here is a fun extra for a #lfl for our dear companions and friends. Stick library. Books & Dogs & Books : Some of these books were gifted, some I bought 🐕 I'm still here - poetry - @andrewsmcmeel 🐩 The Dog Knight - @mackids 🐶 They call me No Sam! - @theshelfstuff 🦮 Felix Powell, Boy Dog - @greenwillowbooks 🐕‍🦺 Dog Day Afternoon - @minotaur_books 🐾 Elf Dog & Owl Head - @candlewick 🐕 Hary, Heroes Dog @theshelfstuff 🐶 G

📚📮Bookmail Monday Happy Monday #bookmailisthebestmail #bookmail📮 #bookishmail Gifted by the publisher (thank you) : 👉 @theshelfstuff ● Felix Powell Boy Dog By Erin Entrada Kelly ● The Creeping of Dogwood House by Eden Royce ● Release the Wolves 👉 @littlebrown ● So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky 👉 @minotaur_books #smpinfluencers ● Dog Day Afternoon by David Rosenfelt 👉 @forgereads ● A Certain Kind of Starlight by Heather Webber 👉 @tordotcom Award Locus 2024 winn

An underrated awesome story. #oddity review. @candlewickpress By Eli Brown , illustrated by @karin_rytter_studio 👉 Magic- Fantasy 👉 Very cool alternative 1800s America , the territory is controlled by France. Men wage war with the use of powerful magical Oddities instead of using it for good. Magic is power. 👉 Clover is just 13 years old and wants to know more about her mother's past, and why her father died for her but she is one of the bravest characters in a violent wor

As a superfan of #studioghibli I jumped into this one immediately. Don't miss this one. @rgraudin #TheGirlWhoKeptTheCastle #storygramkids @theshelfstuff and @storygramkids Thank you for the free copy. My review: A fun read with humor magic and adventure, making it an uplifting girl rising to power kind of story & entertaining. It's not a portal fantasy. Wonderful magical worlds. Great fans of Diana Wynne Jones and the magic words of Studio Ghibli. Awesome. Fae is a girl cau

👻Spooky in June, Spooky all year. Here is an exciting, thrilling mystery in a haunted manor on an island filled with mysteries. Gus can see ghosts, and so does Cat (Catherine of Aragon the cat) he moves with his mom to an old mansion on a remote island... his mom doesn't believe in ghosts she believes in restoring this mansion, and she has little time to do it... Gus is not alone. New friends will help him solve the mysteries. Very cool illustrated book by @andrewsmcmeel @an

My May Favorite Reads: 📕Middlegrades: The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman The Hatmakers Tidemagic Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All Wolf Road The Last Human Kelcie Murphy #2 The One And Only Family 📗Scifi: Aximon's End Service Model Muderbot #7 📘Fantasy How to Become the Darklord... Door in the Dark Whisperer in the Walls Masquerade 📙Fiction: Attached at the hip 📚Authors to support: @jameswestwritings - Fantasy (The Guardians if Light) @nick.burgoyne.art - Fantasy (Deepest Shor