Hello everyone! I’m going to update you all on how I’m doing with some of the prompts that I’m working on for HRCYED 2.0.
The ones I’ve been working on the most (and making the most progress) are the Disability Representation prompt and the Translated Works prompt.
For the Translated Works prompt, I need to read five books that were translated from five different languages. So far, I have two. One translated from German, and one translated from Korean.
The book that is translated from Korean is Firebird: A Graphic Novel by Sunmi. And the book translated from German is In the End We All Die by Tobias Aeschbacher. I loved Firebird. It’s about Caroline Kim, who is just starting her sophomore year of high school. She starts tutoring Kimberly Park-Ocampo, and while she’s originally wary, she quickly becomes fascinated by Kim. As they bond outside of tutoring, their relationship begins to change into something more. I loved this. The two main characters were so well fleshed out. They seemed like people that I could have been friends with in high school.
In the End We All Die wasn’t my favorite graphic novel. I did like that it all takes place in one apartment building. That was a pretty interesting setting for a book. There are a bunch of different stories all going on at once that all intersect. Each one of the chapters features one of those stories. Eventually, they all coalesce, and the story ends. While I wasn’t a huge fan of this, I did like most of the story. The artwork wasn’t my favorite style, though.
For the Disability Representation prompt, I need to “read five books with protagonists with different disabilities. They can be mental or physical, but cannot be repeated.” For this prompt, I have Komi Can’t Communicate by Tomohito Oda (communication disorder), A Sign of Affection by Suu Morishita (deaf), and Very Bad at Math by Hope Larson (dyscalculia). I really enjoyed all of these books. I’ve been reading the Komi Can’t Communicate series for a while now, and I love it. Komi has a communication disorder that makes it hard for her to make friends. A Sign of Affection has a deaf main character who is navigating college life. Yuki meets Itsuomi-san by chance on a train, and then they connect again at college. This is a really sweet romance. I’ve read the first 6 volumes and I can’t wait for my local library to get more volumes. Very Bad at Math is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Verity Nelson does everything: student council president, debate club, band, and much more. The only thing she can’t seem to do is math. As someone who is also not the best at math, I really connected with Verity when she was trying her best and still struggling to learn math. The frustration when you feel like you’re trying as hard as you can and still failing is relatable.
I loved all of these so much, and I can’t wait to keep reading more from these authors!
That’s it for this post! I’ll keep you guys updated as I keep working on this gigantic reading challenge. See you next time!
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