Litsy

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Just a wonderful book with the illustrated history of how Heartstopper started.

For the rest of the review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/WFgztZImP1M?feature=share

Enjoy!

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LapReader

The Pocket Scavenger | Keri Smith

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Wednes I ventured into Salvos Cardiff for the 1st time. The tagged 📕 is a fun activity for me to do with the nieces & nephews in the hols as are the 😇. The other 📕 has some great playlists in it that I‘ve been👂 to over the last few evenings while sipping🍷. It‘s been 🥶 , 🌬️ & rainy & I hate that. I‘ve skipped a few 💃 classes this wk as I can‘t stand when 🌧️ comes at me from the side & flips my ☔️ Total 🟰 $15 as I had some credits saved up

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JulietteReadsALot

Blue Period 11 | Tsubasa Yamaguchi

Good reading month, with a lot of manga.
Still reading the Blue Period series. Even if some books are less interesting than others, I really enjoy following the journey of the main character through art school in Japan.
Why I love it so much? Because it shows you the actual struggle of artists, the self-doubt, the good and bad sides, with at moments, the main character hating art.

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llwheeler

Afterimage | Helen Humphreys

July reads! +1 Reactor magazine short story collection.
Pretty good reading month, definitely ended on a strong note. Both The Forgotten Beasts of Eld and afterimage were great.

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kspenmoll

The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Howard Hibbard

The August 4, 2025 issue of The New Yorker arrived today. I love the cover featuring the steps of the MET. Below are 3 previous issues: 1955, 1977, 2007 whose covers featured the MET. Just “for fun” post. I feel blessed that we are but a train ride away from this museum, with all it‘s beauty for us to peruse.

Lesliereadsalot Great cover! I had a New Yorker subscription for so many years and I still love their covers. 1d

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Jadams89

Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson

Hey #WithTheBanned readers!

I apologize, but time got away from me and there will be no discussion for July.

Our August book is Speak. Hopefully I‘ll be back on track with discussion posts this month.

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Read4life Thank you. I really enjoyed Speak. Very powerful. 2d

CatLass007 I appreciate that you go out of your way to come up with the questions for discussion. It‘s your time and your decision about how to spend it. 😘 1d

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Robotswithpersonality

Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1 | Taiyo Matsumoto

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I liked it. I feel like it's hard to say more because it's a linear narrative spread across three volumes, but I'm glad I have the next out from the library already.
The idea of addressing the difficulty of being an artist or editor of a manga in the medium of manga manages to be fresh, even though examples of the parallel idea of novels about people in the literary/publishing world are certainly plentiful.
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Robotswithpersonality 2/? Similar to Cats of the Louvre, the art feels more thoughtful, more care obviously put into each panel than other manga I've picked up (though I acknowledge that's a limited sample size).
The reality that a profession could either feed an uneven temperament, inflate an ego, and/or exhaust you, burn you out enough that you don't feel you have anything left to contribute to the art form, that there are those this recently-quit editor Shiozawa 3d

Robotswithpersonality 3/? knows from the industry who do not want to be associated with it anymore, it may even harm their mental health to engage, to the extent that they are happy to take menial(?) jobs that appear to be less fulfilling, and yet the protagonist wants to put together one more manga, won't let go of his manga collection. Again, being haunted or obsessed by a chosen career is fairly well-traveled ground, but somehow Matsumoto makes it work. 3d

Robotswithpersonality 4/? I love that Shiozawa has discussions with his bird; that the tone seems to shift from ominous to mournful to hopeful.
Glad to see that of all the artist prospects, formerly or currently working in manga, the one to take Shiozawa up on his invitation for collaboration is the cashier, mother and wife who seems to be reclaiming something by taking on this last project, reawakening the creative impulse, rather than those who have made the choice (edited) 3d

Robotswithpersonality 5/5 to step away for their health.
On a separate note:
There are a few coloured pages but they're muted in tone, and they have less detail that the work in black/white/gray-scale. Got to be the first time I didn't wish there was more colour in a story told with images.
On to the next!
⚠️Animal death 3d

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MamaGina

Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers | Bob Eckstein

I had the delightful experience in April of traveling to England with my adult son. Our primary purpose was to travel to Liverpool to see our favorite football team play at their home stadium, Anfield. We had an amazing time, made more precious by the fact we witnessed Jota‘s final goal for Liverpool (IYKYN, RIP) During time after spent in London we fell in love with the Foyles flagship store, might be my favorite bookshop visit ever!!! 📚 ❤️

mcctrish What a wonderful and memorable trip #ripjota 4d

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