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November's Genre is Sequential art

Most important question here is: did you have fun?! Did you find a favourite illustrator?

I know that I have jumped the queue since today is Halloween. Still I could not wait to read the story in The Tea Dragon Society. The drawings and story were delightful! 4*

So far, I have read:
Kind, which turned out to be book #3 rather than the composite book with all three GN in same book. Oh, well. I haven't decided if I will go back and read book #1 and book #2 as I now know the ending. Still I enjoyed the story of humans and faeries and how their combined world of conflict was solved. I didn't enjoy the illustrations but they did convey emotion. I gave it 3*.

The Sprite and the Gardener - Oh, this book was so much fun! Totally recommend it. 4*

We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel - What a good look at how citizens in Seattle - especially one particular citizen - acted in response to the Japanese interment during WWII! The ending reminded me that there are positive ways to combat evil. 5*

Bea wrote: "I know that I have jumped the queue since today is Halloween. Still I could not wait to read the story in The Tea Dragon Society. The drawings and story were delightful! 4*"

oh I love the series, Bea - they are so very cute!

Others that I read:

A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun - This is the story of 3 Asian American girls who met in college and continued to live together as they sought jobs in the publishing industry. It follows them through their first jobs and adjusting to being working women. I had some trouble remembering who was who as the drawings were, to me, very similar. I loved the old lady character of Veronica Vo. 3*

The Magic Fish - This story is of a young man being raised by his Vietnamese mother in America. He is gay and is trying to find a way to communicate this fact with his mother who speaks primarily Vietnamese rather than English. They communicate through the fairytales his mother shares with him. The author used different background colors for the fairytales and real life. The illustrations are beautiful as are the fairytales. I loved this cultural approach to the LGTBQ dilemma of coming out to a parent. 4*