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Scribbles About Books: Sisters by Raina Telgemeir

Okay! So now I read and reviewed 3 of Raina Telgemeir's books! I think my sister is working on one more so I'll read that when she is done. I love these... they are aimed more for kids or teens... but I think adults can enjoy them just as much- and if you love a nice story and some beautiful artwork- I would say definitely check these out! They are all graphic novels and I love them! I thought that this was a really fun read... I think at first I enjoyed it a little bit less than the other books from Raina that I've read... but I also think this is incredibly easy to relate to and just kind of a fun read... maybe one of the funnest reads from her. I thought the situations and the animation and everything from this story was just really funny and really good. It mostly takes place on this family road trip and 2 sisters... one 14 and one 6... who are arguing the whole time. They also include a lot of flashbacks in the story. It includes things that happen earlier in the s...

Scribbles About Books: Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Hey guys! So I just read this graphic Novel and it kind of inspired what I think I'm going to be talking about for most of the month... since it's back to school I thought I'd share a little bit of my school memories and those stories- I might review some more things that are school focused... I might talk a little about some school stories in my own life... I just thought maybe it could be fun and maybe it could help with back to school. Okay so in this graphic novel it focuses on Raina's real life story about what happened with her teeth! One day she was at her friends house and she ran back in to get to her house and she knocked her two front teeth out! She was in 6th Grade and she had already known she had to get braces anyway so this just kind of made everything worse. She was in a lot of pain and she had a lot of issues with her teeth and her braces because of this. It was just a fun way to tell the story of her going to middle school and growing up and she ki...