Litsy

Last Unicorn the Lost Journey | Peter S Beagle

I'm not sure what I would have thought of this if I hadn't read The Last Unicorn many times, but for a fan it's certainly interesting. It's Beagle's original draft, which is in some ways very similar and in others very different, and though unfinished it's polished and readable. I think most will agree that its a good thing he went back to it later and found its real heart.

willaful I snuck this #AuldLangSpine read in a bit early, because it was also my last square for @Faranae's #URC. 😋 Thanks to @ShortSarahRose for getting me to try it, because honestly, I loathed the last Beagle story I read. 😭 It's nice to get back to the Beagle I love. 21h

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Robotswithpersonality

Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great | Bob Shea

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Oh yes, Shea is definitely best experienced in the full rainbow. I love that Unicorn thinks Goat is pretty great, and Goat thinks Unicorn is pretty great, but there is something a little concerning about Unicorn putting himself down in the same breath that he's admiring Goat's qualities. Goat thinks Unicorn is great, but does Unicorn know that? Unicorn seems like a happy beast, so I assume I'm reading too much into it. 1/2

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 Just trying not to pass denigrating self-talk as a compensatory social maneuver onto the next generation. 🤷🏼‍♂️ There's a sequel to this book, so maybe that talk is resolved in the next book. Happy to go on reading colourful Shea adventures. 2w

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Robotswithpersonality

Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great | Bob Shea

These endpapers make me wish I could find the pattern in fabric. Happy little cupcakes! 🧁☺️

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ncsufoxes

Unicorns Are the Worst! | Alex Willan

Another Banned Book, reason- it shows the elf‘s butt. My daughter absolutely loved this book when she was little. She thought it was hilarious & silly that you could see the elf‘s backside. How people get from something like a part of anatomy that we all have to the point that it‘s pornographic is beyond my level of comprehension. It‘s a silly story & when read in silly voices that‘s all it is. I feel bad for kids who are denied the silliness of

ncsufoxes books or having books read to you in silly voices. We‘re getting past that phase here but my kids always remember us reading to them every night. They remember their favorite books (which I‘ve kept) 3mo

lil1inblue Stacking for the niblings! I cannot comprehend the ridiculous reasons for which books are banned. My brain just won't accept them. 3mo

ncsufoxes @lil1inblue I think the author has written a few more. I think there is one about a yeti & maybe a Christmas themed one. I sadly am no longer buying these style of books, now that my 10 yo has moved more onto chapter books. Such a fun book 3mo

lil1inblue @ncsufoxes Oh, wonderful! My youngest nibling is 7 months old, so I'll be buying children's books for a while. 💓 3mo

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BethM

Unicornado: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure | Dana Simpson

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This is why I don‘t set book goals lol, summer reading is stressing me out 😂 bonus I‘m catching up on the series though.

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BethM

Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 8) | Dana Simpson

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Vintage phoebe and marigold. Loved it. Definitely plan to burn through the ones I haven‘t read.

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monalyisha

Into the Land of the Unicorns | Bruce Coville

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April‘s selection for my kids‘ fantasy book club at the library. It was my favorite when I was little, so I was eager to see how it would be received by today‘s generation, 30 years later. It dawned a gorgeous, sunny day (after a month full of rain), so I had only one attendee. Lucky for me, Maeve is my (secret) favorite! She LOVED the book, which was validating. If I‘m being honest, much of my taste today can be traced back exactly this far.👇🏻

monalyisha 1/1: A portal fantasy featuring a young girl who has a close relationship with her grandmother, and who seeks refuge inside a moody old church? It‘s *basically* my literary origin story. 😅 8mo

CSeydel That‘s so cool! I remember my son reading this one, years ago. 8mo

BethM I loved this series as a kid and still own my copies. There‘s 5 in the series I believe. I was always so sad he didn‘t give it the attention he gave his other books. 8mo

monalyisha @BethM I‘m jealous that you still have your copies! I saw that he recently reissued them as a 7-book boxed set. https://www.brucecoville.com/library/unicorn-chronicles/ 8mo

Roary47 I was a struggling reader when I met this book at a book fair as a kid. Hands down my favorite book of all time. My original got destroyed when I was in my late 20s, but one of my greatest friends found me a copy with the same cover art. 🥹 5mo

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ShananigansReads

Layla, the Last Black Unicorn | Jerdine Nolen, Tiffany Haddish

so-so

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51/150 #ShananigansReads25

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LibrarianRyan

Layla, the Last Black Unicorn | Jerdine Nolen, Tiffany Haddish

so-so

3 ⭐ First this book is too long. And there are so many ideas in here that it seems like a mishmash. There‘s the idea of being afraid, the idea of feeling left out, the idea of not fitting in. Towards the end the minotaur says they learned that black is just where all the colors meet seems to come from nowhere and belong to a different book. It‘s just altogether weird. I like the illustrations.

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