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Colleen Frakes

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in Walla Walla, The United States

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Http://www.tragicrelief.com

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Comics, Fantasy, Horror

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	Knots: A Graphic Novel 3.89 avg rating — 798 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir 3.14 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shirley Jackson Project: Comics Inspired by her Life and Work by Robert Kirby (Goodreads Author) (Editor & Contributor), Asher Craw, Lillie Craw 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woman King 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tragic Relief 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iron Scars (Volume #1) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trials of Sir Christopher 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch (Tragic Relief No. 17) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Saint's Eyes 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knots 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Colleen Frakes rated a book it was ok Manic Pixie Dream Earl (Earls Trip, #2) by Jenny Holiday (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book attempts to do a reverse "manic pixie dream girl", but it never really comes together. ...more
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Colleen Frakes rated a book liked it Butterfly Effects (InCryptid, #15) by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Struggled to get through this one. I miss when this series was about cryptids.
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Colleen Frakes rated a book liked it Earls Trip (Earls Trip #1) by Jenny Holiday (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you can ignore the anachronisms it's a quick, fun read. ...more
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Colleen Frakes rated a book really liked it Thief of Night (Book of Night, #2) by Holly Black (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Like the last book in this series, it's a bit of a slog at the beginning, but once it got going it really surprised me. ...more
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Colleen Frakes rated a book really liked it The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief by Carol Tyler	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The handwriting is difficult to read and for a graphic novel there's too many words and too few pictures. Those criticisms aside, it's a beautiful book about a difficult subject and always great to see more from Carol Tyler. ...more
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Colleen Frakes rated a book really liked it Tough Guy (Game Changers, #3) by Rachel Reid	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This has been the best of the series, as it's the first one where the characters have fully formed personalities with character growth over the course of the story. ...more
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