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Ayxan Solongo

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Joined 10 months ago

Ich lese auf deutsch und englisch, und bin für alle möglichen Genres offen. Meine liebste Stimmung: liebevoll (besonders naturverbunden oder tierlieb), unhinged (lässig verrückt/gestört mutig), queer, melancholisch, komisch/merkwürdig, sensibel, langsam. (Nicht alles auf einmal, aber wäre interessant, hihi.) Ich lese hauptsächlich Mangas/Comics/GNs, aber gerne auch text-basierte Bücher ab und zu.

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I read in english and german, and am open for all kinds of genres. My favorite vibes: lovely (especially nature-loving or animal-kind), unhinged, queer, melancholy, weird, soft, slow. (Not all at once, but would be interesting hehe.) I mostly read mangas/comics/GNs, but occasionally also love to dive into text-only books.

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2026 Reading Goal

7% complete! Ayxan Solongo has read 7 of 100 books.

Cheryl Olsten: Mimi and the Gold Baton (2023, Fleecydale Press)

some issues

My issues: - False stereotype: mice’s favorite food is cheese (just like cats and every other animal, “not your mother, not your milk”, everyone’s lactose intolerant to other species’ milk by default. Mice only eat cheese cause it’s common in a lot of households. - Females have eyelashes, males don’t. It’s a children’s illustration pet peeve! Why! Have you never seen a male with eyelashes? Why is that distinction even necessary?? - Only city mice wore clothes, not even the other animals (apart from the humans). So the others are basically naked? The males also wore pants, Mimi (female) doesn’t. Why is she the only one with a nude bottom? (I mean, apart from the completely nude animals.) - I expected a much different story based on the cover. More in a direction of “Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten”. The fact that the cover image/moment only appears for like 10% of the …

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Anna Clementine: Every Summer Day (2026, Anna & Observations Books)

Find Your 5-Minute Moment of Quiet Observation

Discover the art of observation through 16 …

relaxing warmth

The pictures are drawn in a similar style as from the impressionism and pointillism period, particularly what I call "Strichelismus" in German (xP). Pointillism is one of my favorite art periods, so that's nice.

I do like how each drawing or a particular item in the image is sort of like a character, telling a bit from themself from their own perspective. Sweet idea. Albeit I wasn't much a fan of the font used – it kinda works with the handwritten style, but the texture maybe could've been different.

Summer is also my favorite season. Although, to be honest, this didn't feel like summer in particular. Might just be me, as I mostly associate beaches and swimming with summer, and while lush juicy greenery is totally apart of it, this garden scenery could've also come from Spring. Not that that's a bad thing per se.

I did …

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Inuhiko Doronoda: Spacewalking with You 1 (2025, Kodansha America, Incorporated)

good autism rep

Very cute.

Usa, the main character is very autism-coded – no labels were used but he has many traits. Not in a bad way though, and not very stereotypical either. Either the mangaka is autistic themselves or they’ve done genuine research. I could relate to Usa a lot at least.

I love how the mangaka is providing helpful examples how autistic(-coded) people could easier navigate through life. And how one doesn’t need to be neurodivergent to do things a little differently or get oneself a Gedankenstütze, like writing notes down when starting a new job; as shown with Koba, the second main character.

It’s also cool how the space theme isn’t just used as an “I feel like an alien in this world” metaphor/analogy, but that Usa is actually into astronomy and the two also join an astronomy club.

Very friendship-focused, and I love the healthy …

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reviewed The Well by Jon Allen

Jon Allen: The Well (2025, Top Shelf Productions)

cartoon network vibes

“Click click click goes the mouse, tap tap tap goes the keyboard. And everything else disappears.”

A slice-of-life story that turned dark and intriguing quite quick and kinda unexpected (pacing-wise). In a good way. I loved the daily life parts, and I loved the sneaking around, detective-like parts. (The publisher suggests similar shows being Bojack Horseman, Severance, The Menu, Get Out; I haven’t seen them though, so can’t confirm.)

By the way, don’t be put off by the page count! It’s printed in 1:1 format (18x18 cm) and there’s always 1-3, sometimes 4 panels per page. The artstyle is very stylized, comic format, giving Cartoon Network (Bluey, Peppa Pig, Inside Job) vibes. Definitely cool and cute, but not very detailed, so you’ll get through it pretty quickly. It took me about 6 hours (I’m a slow reader).

I feel like the art would’ve made the experience more …

Carmen Hernández, Hv Helmut: In My Mind (Hardcover, 2026, Amplify Publishing, Mascot Kids!)

Starting school is both terrifying and exciting for Camilo. He wonders what his new teacher …

adhd rep

Having had a mind that was constantly daydreaming in school (and still is now), I was practically drawn to cover. Reading in the blurb that it’s about a child with ADHD, I definitely wanted to check that out. I’m professionally undiagnosed, but self-diagnosed ND and have lots of traits in common with autism, ADHD and AuDHD. Would’ve been nice to have books like these as a child/youngster.

However, this book doesn’t delve much into ADHD and could ‘just’ be a restless/hyperactive child, nervous about its first day of school.

Especially because it ends relatively abruptly. I’m not much a fan of that. On one hand, from a marketing perspective, I understand that this might help to grow a fan base who knows you’re gonna publish more books, especially sequels of this one (I’m guessing at least). Makes totally sense. On the other hand, from a reader’s/buyer’s perspective, it …

Sven Nordqvist: Der Weg nach Hause (Hardcover, german language, 2023, Oetinger)

Endlich wieder ein Bilderbuch von "Pettersson & Findus"-Erfinder Sven Nordqvist! In seinem unverwechselbaren, einzigartigen Stil …

wunderschöne Wimmelbilder

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So wunderschön!! Die Zeichnungen bzw. Gemälde sind mit so viel Liebe kreiert worden, was mich als Künstler selbst wärmt. Außerdem sind auf manchen Seiten teilweise ganze Wimmelbilder – so viele Details! Ich könnte stundenlang drauf starren und danach trotzdem das Gefühl haben, ich hätte noch etwas übersehen.

Die Idee mit dem Rucksack ist auch sehr super. Zwar nicht unbedingt was Neues, aber dafür nicht weniger unterhaltsam. Schließlich wusste ich nicht immer, was der Junge als Nächstes vom Rucksack bekommt oder wie es ihm aus der Patsche hilft! Und es funktioniert als Plotidee.

Genial auch, dass Sven nicht am Ende preisgibt, wie der Junge überhaupt an den Ort gekommen ist. War es ein Traum? Aber wie ist er dann an den Rucksack gekommen? Das gibt guten Gesprächsstoff für nachher, muntert die Kinder nicht nur auf, es noch einmal zu lesen, sondern auch Theorien auszudenken – und …

Milea Lee: Light and Shadow: Divided Empires (EBook, german language, 2023, Amazon Kindle Digital Publishing)

Zwei Reiche, zwei Schwestern und eine Prophezeiung, die alles verändern wird.

Arely und Noreia …

hetero klischee

Nichts Neues. Derselbe Klischee, den es schon überall im Hetero-Romantasy gibt.

Ich fühle mich schon etwas schlecht, so wenig Sterne zu geben, aber ganz ehrlich … wenn’s nicht im Klappentext steht, dass es Romantasy ist, aber Romance sehr im Vordergrund ist, selbst schuld, muss ich sagen. Die Romantasy-Fans legen das Buch womöglich weg, weil sie denken, dass kein Romance dabei ist (denn der Crush wird eigentlich immer im Klappentext erwähnt), und Nicht-Romance-Fans kaufen es, weil sie sich freuen, dass es endlich mal Fantasy ohne Romance gibt. Was einfach nicht für beide Seiten funktioniert. Lesende sind enttäuscht, und die eigentliche Zielgruppe, der es gefallen würde, findet es nicht. Außer diejenigen, die auch aktiv Rezensionen verfolgen, aber das machen ja nicht alle.

Ich mein, als ich das Buch gesehen hab, sahen Titel und Cover schon sehr typisch YA-Romantasy aus. Ich hatte keine großen Hoffnungen, aber nachdem ich den Klappentext gelesen …

reviewed Holzklotzmisere by Marion Stadler (Dorfkommissarin Mary ermittelt, #7)

Marion Stadler: Holzklotzmisere (EBook, 2024, Empire-Verlag)

Essing, im unteren idyllischen Altmühltal gelegen, hat eine tolle Touristenattraktion: den Tatzelwurm, eine Hängebrücke aus …

Plottwist

Content warning meat (on cover image)