Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Freshman Year by Sarah Mai. This tour is being hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours.
Freshman Year by Sarah Mai
Genre: Young Adult Graphic Novel
Publishing Date: February 13, 2024
A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt universal to the experience of going away to college—from a promising debut talent—for fans of Heartstopper .
Everyone gets a fresh start. Who do you want to be?
Sarah is leaving suburban Wisconsin for her freshman year in Minnesota. She has high hopes for the impress her professors, meet interesting new people, stay close to her best friends and boyfriend back home, flourish as an artist, and shed her lingering high school anxieties. What seems manageable at first quickly unravels into a Sarah’s high-achieving roommate puts her to shame, her summer love dissolves, and she is quickly overwhelmed by the freedom, the isolation, and all the possibilities that await in this new environment.
Based on the author’s personal college journal and comics, Freshman Year navigates the inner workings of an 18-year-old girl in witty, honest, and heartfelt detail. This graduation gift pairs perfectly with OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!. Dr. Seuss’s sentimental graduation picture book is beloved, but the one teens really need is Freshman Year. This graphic novel debut shows the places students actually do go—the home goods aisle at Target; lavish libraries; grungy parties off campus; cereal-for-dinner at the dining hall.
Whether you’re anxiously looking forward or nostalgically looking back, this is the perfect read for anyone who loves realistic graphic novels about the laughable growing pains of almost-adulthood, like Check, Please! and Bloom .
Book Links:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61281990
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Freshman-Year-Graphic-Novel-Sarah/dp/031640117X/
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/freshman-year-sarah-mai/1143598795
IndieBound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/freshman-year-a-graphic-novel-sarah-mai/20145301
Sarah Mai is an illustrator and writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has a degree in English Literature from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she developed a passion for graphic novels, and is the illustrator of The Cool Code and The Cool Code 2.0: The Switch Glitch written by Deirdre Langeland. Freshman Year marks her author-illustrator debut.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.sarahmai-illustration.com/books
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smaibird/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16379872
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February 12th
Midsummer Night’s Read – Review
PopTheButtefly Reads – Review
February 13th
One More Exclamation – Review
February 14th
Twirling Book Princess – Review
February 15th
Reading Stewardess – Review
February 16th
Confessions of a YA Reader – Promotional Post
February 17th
Jen Jen Reviews – Review
February 18th
the nutty bookworm reads alot – Review
What Cass Reads – Top 5 Reasons to Read Freshman Year
February 12th
bookameme – Review, TikTok
littlelibraryadventures – Review
whatkarinareads – Promotional Post
popthebutterfly – Content Creator’s Choice
February 13th
froggyreadteach – Review, Creative Post
callistoscalling – Review, Favorite Quotes
travelersguidetobooks – Review
alyssas_book_obsession – Review
onemoreexclamation – Content Creator’s Choice
February 14th
nissa_the.bookworm – Review
acourtofspinesnpages – Review
artxsouls – Review, Favorite Quotes
stargirls.magical.tale – Review
February 15th
bookdemonio – Promotional Post
ablueboxfullofbooks – Creative Post: Little Free Library Drop, TikTok
quirkylitlover – Review
silveryquills – Review
niks.bookshelf – Review
February 16th
aneedleinmybookstack – Review
bujos_n_books – Review, Favorite Quotes
by_hckilgour – Review
bookish.by.trade – Top 5 Reasons to Read Freshman Year
February 17th
ninebookishlives – Promotional Post
youngpink_bibilophile – Review
bookish_aly_cat – Review
kathreadsall – Review
jenjenreviews – Content Creator’s Choice
February 18th
tbrandbeyond – Promotional Post
justa.gal.andherbooks – Review
bookmarked.by.becky – Review
enthuse_reader – Review, TikTok
