Category: Graphic Novel

Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

4/26/2020

First and foremost, thank you to Penguin Teen for sending me a free copy of Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder.
You’ve really made me love being a #penguinteenpartner with this latest read!

Dancing at the Pity Party is a graphic novel I wish I had been given years ago. Having lost my dad nearly 13 years ago (only 2 years before Feder lost her mother), I could relate to so many emotions and moments in this story. I’ve never been able to articulate how it feels to meet someone who is also a part of the Dead Parents Club, but Feder does it perfectly. The way she explains the connections you find by meeting people who “know” what those experiences are like because they’ve been there too is the most relatable thing I’ve read in a long time. There is an unspeakable bond that you find with those friends, and I found it again while reading this book.

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Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

3/5/2018

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This is going to be a rare moment where I take the time to share about a book that I did not like. In 2018, I made a goal to read more graphic novels. No set number and no set parameters. Just more. Fun Home was one that had been on my radar for a while. After the recommendation of several friends on Instagram to pick it up, I was happy to find it nestled among the shelves of my local library while I was browsing. It seemed like it was meant to be. Until it wasn’t.

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