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It‘s been a while since I‘ve picked up a graphic novel. In this one 3 drunk mermaids run out of booze underwater so the sea witch gives them legs. They have to figure out how to be human and meet a bartender who is very nice and helps them out and brings them home. There are a lot of shenanigans and they need to figure out how to become mermaids again.

Just so much fun. Love the supportive girl gang/found family vibes, respect for how hard this story went on 'free the nipple', the celebration of different body types/shapes, the uncompromising freedom to be themselves that these characters all were. Pretty sure I saw some non-binary as well as queer rep?

Probably the prettiest acknowledgments page I've seen. 🌅

This was such a fun romp. An ode to friendship and found family, alcohol, chasing a good time, and accepting yourself and others as y'all are. The artwork and color palette are lovely, and everyone is a woman, a non-binary person, and/or queer, and some folks are merfolk too. 🧜🏻‍♀️

This was fun. The colorful art, the often hilarious antics, and the queer representation made this a joy to read. I honestly didn't think I was going to enjoy the mermaids turned to humans plot, but it grew on me. The thing that brought my rating down was that I thought it ended too soon. I would have liked to see Pearl, Tooth, and Eez as mermaids interacting with their new-found friends more after turning back. Maybe there's room for a sequel.

I think this is going to start getting excessive.. so for #July I chose 6 #12in2021 Woops! Sorry all of these are winners! #7thbookof2021

Thirsty Mermaids - hilarious and wonderful
The girl from the sea - touching queer romance
Soul of the Sword - I love this trilogy so hard but this is my fave
Rule of Wolves - obv choice
Tokyo Ever After - an amazing book, swept me up!
Born a Crime - a book I will never forget!

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Getting those last minute year end reading goals in 🖤🧜‍♀️

Ending the year with mermaids

They were both fantastic! #LMPBC #Round12

I wished I liked the characters more. Gorgeous art and great representation though.
@WanderingBookaneer sending this out to you today, sorry for the delay
#LMPBC #GroupG

More catch up! You can tell that this is from one if the creators of Lumberjanes. There's sass and heart and adventure, while being slightly more inappropriate. I was surprisingly pleased by this graphic novel!

4 ⭐
Do not mistakenly think this is a middle grade book like the author's last book. It is not. The mermaids are thirsty because they want to get drunk. These are party mermaids looking to have fun. One of the group says, hey I can give us legs and we can walk on land to find more bubbly drink. And she does exactly that. But she forgets to tell them she doesn‘t know the counter spell.

Well it‘s been a great July for reading and probably my last month of crazy reading as I head back into school this month.

I read 46 books.

TBR: 10
Ebooks: 4
Audio: 29
Library: 36
Graphic novels: 15
Pretty good month 🎉

Stand out reads include:
Graphic novels: The Girl from the Sea, Thirsty Mermaids and A Map to the Sun
Other books: Shadow of the Fox trilogy, From Blood and Ash, Rule of Wolves, Tokyo Ever After and Born a Crime

Wow 9 books! This #20in4 really helped me get through some of my books and some fo my #bookspin list too! Thanks @Andrew65 for hosting! I even started a 10th book - a reread of Fablehaven!

Happy July! I finally sat and made my #bookspinbingo card! I‘m making some good progress I think I finished both my number books for the drawing this month I just need to post about them! @TheAromaofBooks

I adore this charming & very queer graphic novel! No sex: it‘s friendship to the max, reminding me of the Lumberjanes series which is coauthored by Kat Leyh, although this standalone is definitely for age 18 & up. That‘s because of the alcohol consumption, which is the reason a couple of merfolk & a sea witch have ventured onto dry land. Poor decision-making while inebriated & the hangover price do counteract the alcohol message. #LGBTQ

I giggled often while reading this graphic novel. The humour is never mean, which I appreciate. With characters who are naive sea folk pretending to be humans, creator Kat Leyh has plenty of opportunities to work the “fish out of water” angle.

This was so much fun! I didn‘t know anything about this going on other than Mermaids! so I didn‘t have any expectations. These wacky fun loving merfolk get stuck as humans and have to navigate the weirdness that is humanity while trying to figure out how to get back to themselves. Lots of great messages about friendship and found family here and representation as well. Loved this one. 🧜‍♀️ 💜

Switching over to something lighter.

Mermaids trying to fit in as humans, y'all, I can't 😂 This graphic novel was just what I needed today

Took me a few pages to get into this but once I did boy oh boy did I fall in love with these rowdy mermaids. Three mermaids transform into humans to get booze but then realize they can't turn back. Good thing their new bartender friend is there to help. Loved everything about this from the ride or die friendship of the mermaids to the lowkey queerness. Also Tooth. God bless sectet-softie shark fighting Tooth.