Welcome to Litsy!

Such a fun and strange (in a good way) graphic novel!

The premise is very cool. It‘s about a soon to be 13 year old girl who starts getting nightmares of her impending doom filled birthday (she‘s born on 4/4, which is considered unlucky in Chinese culture). These dreams somehow end up in the comic she is creating.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/review-the-many-misfortunes-of-eu...

This is a must read. Such an incredible dive into being Asian American. With a focus on art, and what she describes as the invisible area between Black and White America.

Park Hong is a poet and her writing shows. It is not overwritten but is very well told.

I‘m glad our library picked this book for One Book One Denver this year so that I finally got around to it. I loved Hsu‘s approach to this memoir about his college experience, his relationship with his friend Ken, and his identity as Taiwanese American. Trying to find his place and who he wants to be in the context of who he is and who others are around him. It felt so relatable despite our different experiences. A sign of a great memoir.

This book is about Hsu‘s young adulthood and his friendship with Ken. It feels very familiar as a coming of age story. I enjoyed it a great deal.

Nominated for the 2026 Washington State Children's Choice Award, Built to Last is a simple story with intense illustrations about perseverance, patience, and friendship.

Continental Drifter is an excellent graphic memoir about a childhood spent between Bangkok and Maine, and the search for belonging.

And it has a lighthouse on the cover, so that's July done! #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

Also. Bangkok is Somewhere Hot @julieclair #FictionalTraveler

Such a fun display at my library. 🏁