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It‘s Banned Book Week and National Comic Book Day, so here are some Banned Graphic Novels 📚
#TheDiaryOfAnneFrank #Drama #RainaTelgemeier #Maus #ArtSpiegelman #GenderQueer #MaiaKobabe #TheColorOfEarth #KimDongHwa #ThisOneSummer #MarikoTamaki #PrideOfBaghdad #BrianKVaughan #BettyTheHelenBettyOsborneStory #DavidAlexanderRobertson #Persepolis #MarjaneSatrapi #BannedBookWeek #NationalComicBookDay #GraphicNovels #NonFiction #Comics #Memoir #Biography

The crew at St Mary's is determined to trap their enemy Clive Ronan and use a trip to Persepolis as a decoy. Of course, their plan goes wrong and Max gets kidnapped and sent back to St Mary's in 1399. Another great installment in the series. My May #BookSpin book. @TheAromaofBooks

I do so love this series! This book was quite a bit lighter than the last one, but still... some very poignant scenes even in the midst of the wit and humor—and madcap rushing to and fro through history—that I love so much about this series. And the ending—! Did not see that coming, and dangit, now I need the next book right away! This is my #DoubleSpin for June.

Without the dialogue bubble this is just me and my hoard of books 📚📚📚

#persepolis #marjanesatrapi #graphicnovel #graphicmemoir #memoir #comic

“...I have always endeavored to employ the best and brightest people in their fields. I am not sure which particular field you occupy, Mr. Halcombe, but I think it is very apparent to everyone that, whichever it is, you are very far from being the best and brightest in it.”

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5-10-21: My 46th finished book of 2021! Book 9 of the series. This time Max and her cronies are off to Persepolis to see Alexander the Great when something goes awry and Max finds herself stranded in 1399 at the original St. Mary‘s. As usual, there is time travel, tea, Time Police and lots of craziness always centered around Max. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏼📖#️⃣4️⃣6️⃣ #anargumentationofhistorians #joditaylor

This book reminded me of all the beautiful and heartbreaking stories my Palestinian friend Laila told me in college.

Anaële is a Belgian volunteer worker in Palestine for 9 months. Her sister, Delphine, who was in Belgium, illustrated their correspondence for this epistolary graphic memoir.

(Anecdote: Laila is now a cookbook author and was on Bourdain‘s Parts Unknown Palestine episode. Link below ⬇️)

#readingasia2021 #palestine #hoopla

My 100th book for the year! This time the crew of St. Mary's pops back to Tudor England, checks out Alexander the Great at Persepolis, and Max gets herself stranded (through no fault of her own) in medieval England for a year!
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To say things went wonky for the team is an understatement as their attempt to capture the dastardly and wiley Clive Ronan leads to some startling revelations and a betrayal no one saw coming. Another wonderful read!

#audiowalk early in the morning in hopes to beat the heat... but the heat beat me.🙃

As for the book: the author gives us the mother of a cliffhanger.

Help Littens! This is the reading list for my son‘s summer class (he‘s 14). He has to choose one...I‘ve only read #All the Light We Cannot See and liked it but I‘m thinking he may not love it. What do you recommend from this list? He loves history but typically reads fantasy. He‘s a strong reader so no worry there. I‘ve been wanting to read #Night so debated that one and reading it together. Also considering #Persepolis. Any other votes? Thanks!