Completely Full Bookshelf

Y'all, this semester has been something else!  I was going to find 30 minutes or an hour to finish my book and write a blog post last night, and even that wasn't doable. But at the very least, I did want to post a reminder about... The Kidlit Lovers' Meetup! The fourth  Kidlit Lovers' Meetup , a chance for us book bloggers to hang out and connect over a Zoom call, is scheduled for: This Saturday, September 28, 2024 4-5 PM Pacific / 5-6 PM Mountain / 6-7 PM Central / 7-8 PM Eastern RSVP here >> We'll be talking about books, blogging, reading, and more, and I'll have discussion questions prepared to keep the conversation going. The whole thing is designed to be very low-stress—even if you're as chronically introverted as I am, my goal is for you to still feel welcome and enjoy yourself! You can  RSVP for the meetup here , or  learn more about the meetups here . Feel free to email me at completelyfullbookshelf [at] gmail [dot] com with any questions. Plea...

Update (Monday morning): I added a sentence I forgot to add! I meant to save an hour at the end of the day to get my book finished and my blog posted, but then things ran late (as they love to do) and my plans went awry! So while I don't have any images or fancy formatting to share with you all, I do have some random tidbits and observations to send your way: After my delightful time reading The Tea Dragon Festival  (second in the series) by K. O'Neill last week, I have since started the third and final book, The Tea Dragon Tapestry ! I'm loving it so far, and it's reminding me of a funny quirk of reading series (which I rarely do): it's helpful when you can remember the books beforehand! I have completely forgotten book 1, The Tea Dragon Society , so maybe a re-read is in my near future. (Or a re-read of The Moth Keeper  too!) Honestly, if I had the energy or initiative, I'd love to do a longer post dissecting themes of O'Neill's work across multiple bo...

I finally read a book, y'all!!! Took an entire month, but we made it here. Last week , I considered reading a book by K. O'Neill, and that's exactly what I did—and it was so good . So let's talk about it! The Tea Dragon Festival Written and illustrated by K. O'Neill Middle grade · Graphic novel · 2019 Book 2 of 3 ( The Tea Dragon Society  · The Tea Dragon Festival · The Tea Dragon Tapestry ) Add it on Goodreads · Preview the illustrations · · · The publisher says: · · · Now available in paperback, revisit the enchanting world of Tea Dragons with the beloved companion story to the two-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novel The Tea Dragon Society . Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who was appointed to protect the village, but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago. With the aid of Rinn’s adventuring uncle Erik and his partner...

I think I've conceived of an entirely new idea for book blogging, and it involves posts where I talk about all the books I didn't  read, rather than the ones I did! How scintillating. /s Seriously, though, this is the third week where I don't have a book to share, not even one I'm in the middle of. Usually when this happens, I'd just not post at all. But hosting the Kidlit Lovers' Meetups has made me feel more connected to this community, so I don't want to drop off the face of the earth just because I haven't read! I completely failed at my goal of reading four graphic novels in August. (Call me Completely Failed Bookshelf.) I did read two, which is definitely not four, but is also not zero, so that's a win! And both of them, Sunhead  and Blackward , were deeply meaningful in their own unique ways. Also, in my defense, I actually did get partway into Ash's Cabin  by Jen Wang, after my previous DNF from a few weeks ago. And it's such an incr...