Kicking off December

Current TBR List: 18
Currently Reading: 8
Books Finished in December: 2

I am one of those people that if I open a book and read the first sentence I 

know I will eventually have to read the whole thing. Even if it takes me years to do so. I feel like even the worst books I have read there is always a line or a chapter that just hits me right in the gut. That being said, I was so happy to finally get the audio book for Fan Girl. Please don’t hate on me for my next couple comments! I picked this up immediately after reading Eleanor and Park, that book was 5+ stars <3 ohhh the feels after just 50 pages! Anyways, I digress, I picked up Fan Girl immediately after E&P and did NOT like it at all. UGHHHH. Flash forward a couple months and the audio is finally available. I ended up really enjoying listening to it! Nowhere near as good as E&P in my humble opinion, but good nonetheless! My main problem with it was the characters were a lot older than those in E&P but I felt they were super young and immature. I needed to take a break and get away from my overwhelming emotional connection to E&P to truly enjoy Fan Girl. I also had to put all the hype aside and go in with a better formed picture of what Fan Girl was about. Overall it was enjoyable listen but it would not be the first Rainbow Rowell book that I would recommend. Seriously though, a prime example of why I don’t give up on books ever. I enjoyed this read and I would have been said for the version of me that didn’t give it a fighting chance!

I am still really liking Bakuman! I just finished volume four out of a million! I first saw this on Jesse the Readers YouTube channel and thought I would give them a whirl and I have not been disappointed yet. This graphic novel series is about two young boys that want to make it big as manga artist. That is right, a manga about manga. I really enjoy the characters and the art in this series and cannot wait to continue them!

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