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I am also highkey waiting for the lore to be expanded in First Kill Season 2…
Cuz remember the feral vampire in the cemetery?
What was that about???
Reminds me of the “rippers” from Night School…
… except the lore there was the final devolvement in the vampiric aging process…
#they better explain this lore#first kill#first kill netflix#first kill series#calliope burns#first kill season two#first kill season one#night school#the weirn books#night school the weirn books#svetlana chmakova
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The month’s “big” week but at least one piece is lacking
#Night School#The Weirn Books#Dead Mount Death Play#Dead Dead Demon's DeDeDeDe Destruction#20th Century Boys#Twentieth Century Boys#A Witch's Printing Office#The Saga of Tanya the Evil#New Game#Phantom Tales of the Night#Little Miss P#Bungo Stray Dogs#Restaurant to Another World#Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear#Tomo Chan is a Girl#Konosuba#Hinamatsuri
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The Weirn Books Volume 1 | ARC Review
The Weirn Books Volume 1 | ARC Review
Thank you to Yen Press and Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in anyway.
Book: Be Wary of the Silent Woods (The Weirn Books Volume 1) by Svetlana ChmakovaRelease Date: June 16th 2020Tags: Graphic Novel | Middle Grade | Fantasy | Creepy Woods | Night School | Vampires | Werewolves | Witches | Weirn | Spirits | Family
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April l was apparently the month for me to revisit some children’s authors who are steeped in controversy at the moment. So here’s my hot (well, lukewarm) takes on issues that absolutely do not need a single other person talking about them. Also some actual good books that I read this month!
Badger in the Basement
The Animal Ark books are a childhood classic — though I recently found out that apparently there’s a difference between American and British publications, and the American versions didn’t include a lot of actual COOL animals which is… bizarre. As a Canadian stuck in the middle of this, this nonsense drives me nuts. This one was about the main character, the daughter of pair of vets, trying to protect a local badger sett from men wanting to participate in badger digging and baiting. These books are always feel-good, and it was a nice single-day-read while I waited for a library book to come in.
Chi’s Sweet Home
The cutest manga series about the misadventures of a little kitten, Chi, who has been adopted by a loving family. I’ve never bothered to read them in order, but apparently this time I stumbled across the last in the series -- whoops! Still, stood on it’s own pretty easily, and it was a fun read! Things get tense when the family realize that they may have found Chi’s original home… and may have to give up Chi forever.
Earth Before Us: Dinosaur Empire!
This was an odd graphic novel, I feel like I’m not sure who the target audience was exactly. It was a nonfiction comic done in a Magic School Bus style, with the purpose of teaching current, up-to-date facts about the animals that lived in the Mesozoic Era. If you’re into dinosaurs, you’ll probably enjoy this! The art is absolutely adorable, I love the dinosaur illustrations, and I learnt some really neat facts. That being said, the pages are really dense, and there’s a lot of info crammed in… some of it will probably go way over a child’s head without specific additional teaching or a very strong personal interest. But that being said, a dinosaur obsessed kid is still probably going to really dig this… as would a dinosaur obsessed adult. It wasn’t my cup of tea exactly but I’m sure it is someone’s.
assorted Dr Seuss Books
I love these types of controversies because it means getting to listen to every moron who has never had an opinion on Dr Seuss ever start generating a mile of them out of the aether. So many people are so mad about the six books that are getting retired and I bet most of them haven’t even read them. These are not the friggin Cat In The Hat or The Lorax or even the likes of Yertle The Turtle. I was raised by a grade one teacher, was a voracious reader who loved Dr Seuss, and wrote my university thesis on children’s literature, and I still only knew two of the six books on that list. So by all means, if you want to write an essay explaining why those specific books are worth clinging to, feel free, but if you haven’t even heard of them maybe it’s not a big deal. *grumble*
Anyway, my grousing aside, it gave me the urge to reread a bunch of Seuss books, including the two retiring books I personally knew: McElligot’s Pool and To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street. I do still enjoy both, especially McElligot’s Pool which always sparked my imagination, but it’s obvious why they’re being retired and I personally think it’s the right choice. There’s so much good kidlit out there, we can survive without these.
Goodbye, My Rose Garden
A f/f romance manga, fairly standard fair though cute if you’re looking for some historical angst, pretty dresses, and mutual pining. A young Japanese woman moves to England in the hopes of meeting a writer (Mr Frank) who she has long admired. Along the way she is employed by an enigmatic woman with plenty of money, rumours, and melancholy following her. I’ll be honest, uncut romance isn’t really my genre, but I’ll probably still try to the second book to see if the story picks up.
From The Holocaust to Hogan’s Heroes: The Autobiography of Robert Clary
It’s no secret that I’ve been on a Hogan’s Heroes kick. This is the autobiography of Roberty Clary, who plays my favourite character in the show, Louis Lebeau. And holy shit what a life this man has had. He was a Jew growing up in France before the start of the war, and who was one of many children taken away from his family and sent off to the concentration camps in Germany. This was an amazing, intense, inspiring, and heartbreaking read… it has Clary’s voice all over it, and it tells everything from the charming childhood he had, to the horrors of the concentration camps, the brutality of survival, and then about his exciting journey into the entertainment industry afterwards. It’s an experience, would recommend if you’re a fan of the show.
The Ickabog
The second controversial author I read this month. Originally I was going to give Rowling’s new book a miss, given everything that’s been going on over the past few years, but in the end my curiosity got the better of me. Politics aside, it was a fun read! Not groundbreaking, but enjoyable enough and written in an interesting style. It didn’t read the same as a lot of modern kidlit, it felt more like a cross between a classic fairytale and a Dahl book. Perhaps a bit like Despereaux. It tells the tale of how an idyllic country gradually falls into ruin through the ignorance, inaction, and greed, and how a supposedly fictional monster hides the very real, human monsters at the heart of the country. It was cute and pleasant and I’m glad I decided to get it from the library, though for anyone who is choosing not to engage for political reasons: you aren’t missing anything major.
Franklin In The Dark
A Canadian classic. I don’t think there’s a single person my age who hasn’t read or been read a pile of these books, and the nostalgia is so comforting. I found this on Youtube and listened to someone read it to me, and honestly 10/10 would recommend for a calm evening.
The big reason I decided to seek this one out though, was because I finally got to the M*A*S*H episode that inspired this entire series! In the episode C*A*V*E, in which Hawkeye is freaking out over his claustrophia while the camp is forced to take shelter in a nearby cave during some intense shelling, he mentions that if he had been born a turtle he would have been afraid of his own shell, and that the other turtles would make fun of him cause he’d be forced to walk around in his underwear. And so this first story about a young turtle who’s afraid to sleep in his own shell and drags it around behind him. So if you were ever curious, Franklin the Turtle is in fact named after Dr Benjamin Franklin Pierce. (this is also why the French version is named Benjamin!)
Wolves of the Beyond: Lone Wolf
I loved the Guardians of Ga’Hoole books as a kid but I never read the Wolves of the Beyond series. This first book was an interesting read, Lasky does a great job creating worlds and societies for the animals that inhabit them. Lone Wolf is about a deformed wolf cub who was abandoned in the wilderness to die. And he would have, if a desperate mother bear, who had recently had her only cub killed, hadn’t stumbled across him and saved him, vowing to raise him as her own...
Petals
A “silent” graphic novel. It has beautiful artwork and is told entirely through pictures, no text at all. It’s loves and heart-wrenching, though it left me feeling somewhat unsatisfied… I felt like there should have been more. Still, a neat story.
The Southern Book Club‘s Guide To Slaying Vampires
What a banger of a novel!! I can’t recommend this one enough. It’s about a group of suburban mothers in the ‘80s who form a book club out of a shared need for community and a love of grisly true crime novels. But when a strange drifter appears in town and starts setting down roots… and when children begin disappearing… these women need to band together to confront the horrors that have invaded their neighbourhood, and face down not only a terrifying monster among them but the patriarchal system that allows it to flourish. To quote the preface:
“Because vampires are the original serial killers, stripped of everything that makes us human — they have no friends, no family, no roots, no children. All they have is hunger. They eat and eat but they’re never full. With this book, I wanted to pit a man freed from all responsibilities but his appetites against women whose lives are shaped by their endless responsibilities. I wanted to pit Dracula against my mom. As you’ll see, it’s not a fair fight.“
The Weirn Books: Be Wary of the Silent Woods
I love Chmakova’s graphic novels, though I’ve only ever read her slice-of-life middle grade series before. This one is pure fantasy and very fun. It’s about two cousin “weirns” — witches with demon familiars — who attend the local night school. Things get strange though when an ominous figure appears outside the old, abandoned school house deep in the Silent Woods, and begins tempting children down its path…
I’m very much looking forward to word of a second book and was honestly kind of surprised that I haven’t heard more about this book given how popular her other series is. This has all the same charm and quirks but for those of us who prefer stories based in fantasy rather than reality.
And A Bonus...
For some masochistic reason I got a Garfield book out of the library. Jeez, if I didn’t love these as a kid, I found them absolutely laugh out loud hilarious, and now I just don’t see it anymore. But here I will share the one strip in the book that actually made me laugh
#book review#book reviews#chatter#dr seuss#hogan's heroes#robert clary#the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires#animal ark#dinosaur empire#the weirn books#svetlana chmakova#canadian literature#canlit#kidlit#children's literature#wolves of the beyond#mash#franklin the turtle#chi's sweet home#manga#goodbye my rose garden#kathryn lasky#the ickabog#jk rowling
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Middle School Monday: The Weirn Books Vol 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova
Ailis and Na’ya belong to the Night Realm. They go to school with night things like werewolves, vampires, and weirns like themselves. They each have a demon guardian spirit called an astral, which they must learn to control. Several strange things start happening around them -- Ailis notices a strange creature following her, the Silent Woods feel more dangerous than usual, and the meanest girl in their class suddenly starts acting nice. But when Na’ya’s little brother goes missing, Ailis and Na’ya must jump into action, venturing with their friends into the cold and dangerous heart of the Silent Woods to save him.
This is a cute and colorful graphic novel with lots of manga influences. The story is fast-paced and suspenseful, and it will definitely keep readers engaged and hook them into this new series.
Give this book to older kids and younger teens who are fans of fantasy, suspense, and paranormal characters who feel just as human as you and me.
#Middle School Monday#The Weirn Books#Be Wary of the Silent Woods#Svetlana Chmakova#graphic novels#Kid Lit#paranormal#Kingsbridge Library#NYPL
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Pick of the Week: Not Quite Flocking Together
KATE: I’ll be honest: even though there’s a tidal wave of manga heading our way, there isn’t much on this list that I’m jazzed about. One bright spot, however, is the return of Svetlana Chmakova’s Night School: The Weirn Books in a new, deluxe edition. If you know a middle-schooler who loves supernatural mysteries, steer them to Night School, which has sharp art, good characters, and just the right mix of sass, humor, and scares for tweens.
MICHELLE: I am kind of intrigued by the prospect of revisiting Chobits, since it’s been a very long time since I first read it, but I’m most looking forward to getting caught up on Ran the Peerless Beauty. It’s a soothing sort of shoujo series and I’ve fallen a few volumes behind. Time to remedy that!
ANNA: I’m most excited for the third volume of Given, I really like the way this series started and the combination of teen angst and rock music is compelling.
ASH: The next volume of Given is very high on my list this week, too, but I’ll give my official pick to SuBLime’s other release this week, the debut of Toritan: Birds of a Feather, which sounds like it should be delightful.
SEAN: Given I’ve had no power, water or Internet since Tuesday, I feel a lot like Myne. Ascendance of a Bookworm’s new novel is my pick.
MELINDA: I’d like to give a shout-out to Kate’s pick this week, because I really loved Night School when it first came around. But I think I share a pick with Ash. A man who talks to birds is kind of an irresistible hook for me, so I’m ready for SuBLime’s Toritan: Birds of a Feather.
By: Katherine Dacey
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Pick of the Week: Not Quite Flocking Together
Pick of the Week: Not Quite Flocking Together
KATE: I’ll be honest: even though there’s a tidal wave of manga heading our way, there isn’t much on this list that I’m jazzed about. One bright spot, however, is the return of Svetlana Chmakova’s Night School: The Weirn Books in a new, deluxe edition. If you know a middle-schooler who loves supernatural mysteries, steer them to Night School, which has sharp art, good characters, and just the…
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Publishers Weekly’s Books on Tap Live: Svetlana Chmakova
Publishers Weekly’s Books on Tap Live: Svetlana Chmakova
“In the Night Realm, shifters, vampires, weirns, and other night things passing for human may prowl the streets, but school is still in session–and you still have to do your homework!”
Enter The Weirn Book: Be Wary Of The Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova. This is a a middle grade graphic novel series that established the world before her Nightschool trilogy.
The series will debut on June 16,…
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Svetlana Chmakova New 'Weirn Books' Debut In June
Svetlana Chmakova New ‘Weirn Books’ Debut In June
JY is Yen Press’ imprint dedicated to middle grade readers. Recently, they introduced the lead characters of their upcoming brand new series, The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods.
The story takes place in the Night Realm where supernatural beings such as shifters, vampires and weirns take to the streets assuming a human exterior. Despite these threats, school is still in session…
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Shitara for favorite Trans lady character
Jaq for favorite Trans male character
#1bitheart#shitara yukomo#night school the weirn books#jaq idk his last name#okay i know shitara may not be trans and is just a really boyish girl but let me believe okay#**might#who knows?
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