Filter blog posts Post category Any category Articles (1) Discussions (0) Housekeeping (0) Images (1) Interviews (0) Reviews (2) Reviews: Positive only (2) Uncategorized (0) Disabilities Any disability anxiety disorder (1) deafness (1) depression (1) mental illness (2) Genres Any genre contemporary (86) fantasy (43) graphic novel (3) historical (12) horror (9) memoir (1) romance (11) science fiction (23) thriller (5) Age categories middle grade(1)young adult(2) Tag All tags el deafo (1) first anniversary (1) hearing aids (1) inaugural event (1) sign language (1) skim (1) suicide (1) will & whit (1) Honor Roll titles November 4, 2016 Comments: 9 Review: Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki by Emmalia Harrington Skim does a good job of showing misguided attempts to help those with depression, and lets the reader see the absurdity for themselves. Read more July 9, 2014 Comments: 15 Chapter 9 of El Deafo Almost Wasn’t — Here’s Why by Cece Bell The toughest chapter to write in El Deafo, by far, was the chapter in which I reject sign language. Read more July 26, 2013 Comments: 0 Review: Will & Whit by Laura Lee Gulledge by Tracey Carter The best part about this story being told as a graphic novel how Gulledge shows us Will’s anxiety: we can literally see the shadows and worries that plague Will. Read more