Julie Jarema

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sketchbook pages opened to watercolor sketches of georgia o'keefe's sky abov clouds iv and magritte's the banquet
Illustrated animation of galloping pink horse. Border text reads year of the horse 2026.
books I read in 2025 (pic books not drawn here): Run for the Hills A Film in Which I Play Everyone Apple Crush ¡¡Manu!! The Wondrous Wonders I Love Hearing Your Dreams Hothouse Bloom The Road to Tender Hearts Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth Witches of Brooklyn 3 Witches of Brooklyn 4 Sour Cherry elseship Skim Plain Jane and the Mermaid Lucky Penny Next Stop Ghostroots Cyclettes Sato the Rabbit, Morning Light Spent Things Become Other Things Hotel Balzaar The Unforgettable Party If You Cry Like a Fountain the past is a jean jacket Little Shrew The Unfortunate Lives of Worms You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems A Song for You & I Alphabetical Diaries John the Skeleton The Orange and other Poems Atavists Flamer Huda F Are You? Into the Bewilderness Biologicity Dyke (Geology) My Lesbian Novel Belly Full of Heart Checked Out How Far the Light Reaches Babysitters club gn Creaky Acres Overstaying The Faraway Forest: Wally's Route Cornbread & Poppy The Year of Blue Water Never, Not Ever The 5 Misfits Bear and Wolf The Snail The Snail with the Right Heart Make Meatballs Sing The Unmaking of June Farrow Angelica and the Bear Prince Free Piano (Not Haunted) Charlie and Mouse Are Magic The Bear Out There The Apartment House on Poppy Hill This Place Kills Me The Third Hotel Young Hag and the Witches' Quest Hilda and Twig Lunar New Year Love Story Out of Left Field Mixed Up Club Microbe The Deep Dark First Kiss with Fangs Triple Sec This Was Our Pact Big Jim and the White Boy Blue Opening Sugar Shack Night Chef Stop Me If You've Heard This One Lullaby for the Grieving Flip Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands Saint Catherine This Country The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate’s Revenge Broken Cannon Silverborn Land of Mirrors The Chromatic Fantasy Nigel and the Moon Several People Are Typing French Milk Someone You Can Build a Nest In Words with Wings and Magic Things Small Talk The Time of the Novel Stone Fruit Amelia, If Only Wendy, Master of Art Inciting Joy Thir…
Gouache painting of giant black cat, biking skeleton, white rabbit, witch, fox, ghost, demon, and dragon kite framed by moons
Holding a copy of The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà
BLUE OPENING by Chet’la Sebree SUGAR SHACK by Lucy Knisley, colored by Whitney Cogar NIGHT CHEF by Mika Song STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE by Kristen Arnett LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING by Ashley M. Jones FLIP by Ngozi Ukazu EMILY WILDE’S MAP OF OTHERWORLDS by Heather Fawcett SAINT CATHERINE by Anna Meyer THIS COUNTRY: SEARCHING FOR HOME IN (VERY) RURAL AMERICA by Navied Mahdavian THE FIRST CAT IN SPACE & THE BABY PIRATE’S REVENGE by Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris CANNON by Lee Lai SILVERBORN by Jessica Townsend LAND OF MIRRORS by María Medem, translated by Aleshia Jensen and Daniela Ortiz
Page with ghost wearing socks from AGGIE AND THE GHOST by Matthew Forsythe
Books read in June 2025 CLUB MICROBE by Elise Gravel THE DEEP DARK by Molly Knox Ostertag THIS WAS OUR PACT by Ryan Andrew’s (reread) TRIPLE SEC by TJ Alexander FIRST KISS WITH FANGS by Marker Snyder BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson
Books read in May 2025 THE MAGIC FISH by Trung Le Nguyen (reread) ANGELICA AND THE BEAR PRINCE by Trung Le Nguyen THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg YOUNG HAG AND THE WITCHES’ QUEST by Isabel Greenberg LUNAR NEW YEAR LOVE STORY by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by LeUyen Pham THIS PLACE KILLS ME by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Nicole Goux THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW by Adrienne Young THE APARTMENT ON POPPY HILL by Nina LaCour, illustrated by Sónia Albert HILDA AND TWIG by Luke Pearson FREE PIANO (NOT HAUNTED) by Whitney Gardner CHARLIE & MOUSE ARE MAGIC by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes MIXED-UP by Kami Garcia, illustrated by Brittney Williams, lettering by Comiccraft OUT OF LEFT FIELD by Jonah Newman #books #minibooks #watercolor #fiction #nonfiction #middlegrade #ya #graphicnovels #comics #chapterbooks
Picture books: The Snail and The Snail with the Right Heart
Books read in APRIL 2025 MY LESBIAN NOVEL by Renee Gladman BELLY FULL OF HEART by Madeline Mouse OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated by Damion Searls THE YEAR OF BLUE WATER by Yanyi HOW FAR THE LIGHT REACHES by Sabrina Imbler CHECKED OUT by Katie Fricas CREAKY ACRES by Calista Brill, illus. by Nilah Magruder, color by Ellis P. THE FARAWAY FOREST: WALLY’S ROUTE by Debbie Fong, color by Kayla Catanzaro CORNBREAD & POPPY by Matthew Cordell
Books read in March 2025 THE UNFORTUNATE LIFE OF WORMS by Noemi Vola A SONG FOR YOU & I by K. O’Neill ALPHABETICAL DIARIES by Sheila Heti ATAVISTS by Lydia Millet THE ORANGE AND OTHER POEMS by Wendy Cope INTO THE BEWILDERNESS by Gus Gordon, colored by Meggie Johnson HUDA F ARE YOU? by Huda Fahmy FLAMER by Mike Curato BIOLOGICITY by Shin Hae-uk, translated by Spencer Lee-Lenfield
Illustration of a mushroom reading a book
4 panel comic. Customer calling asking if the bookshop is set up like a b&n, if there’s a diverse section, ultimately asking if we have a copy of the epic of Gilgamesh
Books read in February 2025 SOUR CHERRY by Natalia Theodoridou ELSESHIP by Tree Abraham CYCLETTES by Tree Abraham SKIM by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (reread) NEXT STOP by Debbie Fong LUCKY PENNY by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota GHOSTROOTS by ‘Pemi Aguda PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID by Vera Brosgol SPENT by Alison Bechdel THINGS BECOME OTHER THINGS by Craig Mod THE HOTEL BALZAAR by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Júlia Sardà Not pictured: THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET by Cloud Delfina Cardona (no final cover yet)
Elseship with a shelf talker review underneath
Cover of Sato the Rabbit, Morning Light
Gouache painting of a tooth with bat wings
Holding up paper heart with flowers and designs cut out
Holding up Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
Holding up Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley
Holding up book, bookie & cookie
Holding up book The Great Day by Atari Gomi
Tiny watercolor paintings of the books listed below: RUN FOR THE HILLS by Kevin Wilson HOTHOUSE BLOOM by Austyn Wohlers THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS by Annie Hartnett APPLE CRUSH by Lucy Knisley THE WONDROUS WONDERS by Camille Jourdy PATHEMATA, OR, THE STORY OF MY MOUTH by Maggie Nelson ¡¡MANU!! by Kelly Fernández A FILM IN WHICH I PLAY EVERYONE by Mary Jo Bang I LOVE HEARING YOUR DREAMS by Matthew Zapruder
Open sketchbook with sketches in blue ink from the movie La Chimera
Sketchbook spread of a Still Here Still Life prompt (week 116), drinks on an orange tray with a yellow background and brown shadows
8pm dumpling making doodle around table
4pm doodle of tayaki with cookies
12pm - doodle of ribbon dancers
11AM - doodle of Atlanta Amtrak station
3AM - Doodle of Julie tossing and turning and looking at phone