March Book Review (2)

Happy Tuesday everyone it's not Tuesday and it's not the day I'm supposed to post this either. First, I missed the due date then, I procrastinated taking the pictures and then, I had to get a new laptop. There goes my New Year's Resolution after just two months. Hopefully, I recover for the rest of the year.

The Giver by Lois Lowry (Graphic Novel)

My rating: ★★★★★

I'm not really a graphic novel or comic book person. I have a collection of Hazel comics that were created in 1943 by Ted Key (that's right your girl did some research) that I found at a used book store and read when I'm sad because they're really funny and always perk me up. I think I've mentioned them on this blog before but I can't think of where. I also have a collection of Peanut Comics my mom gave me when I was in elementary school. I haven't read it since then but I still have it because I have a fondness for the memory of my mom giving it to me out of the blue. I also have Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson because I enjoyed the book when I was younger and the main character is an artist and I wanted to see how the illustrator would portray it.

The Giver is a similar situation to Speak for me. I don't remember the first time I read The Giver but I remember doing a project on it my Sophomore year of high school in my favorite English class. When I saw the graphic novel version I was really excited because a really cool concept Lois Lowry writes about is that the community members don't see in color. The main character, Jonas only sees flashes here and there until he receives memories from the giver. If you don't know what I'm talking about why haven't you read The Giver? Just why? It's a classic but not like Moby Dick, like it's actually good. Anyway, so I was excited to see how the illustrator portrayed that concept and I was not disappointed.

While the art in graphic novels are really cool I find that there isn't enough actual reading for me to get the same satisfaction as an actual book so I did have that problem but that's just personal preference.


The second book contains trigger warnings.

Finding Zach by Rowan Speedwell (Kindle Edition)

My rating: ★★★★

This is a gay romance between Zach and his childhood crush that takes place after Zach is rescued from being held hostage and treated like a dog for several years. There are many scenes where Zach is @bused, r@ped and suffering symptoms of PTSD that could be triggering for readers. I would NOT recommend this to everyone.

Totally Ky
P.S. Full disclosure I only read two and a half books this month because I've been reading a lot of fanfiction.