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Heart and Brain: Body Language

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This collection continues everything that is so wonderful about the Heart and Brain series. With plenty of humor and fun, this collection manages to speak straight to the heart of many of the struggles, hopes, fears, and triumphs that comprise the human experience. These comics are sincere, fun, relatable, and very funny. It's everything I was hoping to read.

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This comic is just what I needed this week. And it has so many fewer calories than #sheetcaking! Every time I’ve listened to some news, I’ve then turned to Heart, Brain, and their body buddies to lift me back up.

I love the conflict between Heart and Brain. They obviously work together, but pull equally hard in opposite directions too. Brain is the reader in me, always looking for more data and details. Heart is the mother in me, with ready hugs and ecstatic butterfly dances. The panels about Gut and intuition were great also, since I trust my gut most of the time.

This is a comic that’ll stand the test of time. I can’t wait to share it with the next generation.

Since this is the first time I’ve read one of The Awkward Yeti books, I’m now looking forward to going back to the earlier books and following them on social media. Maybe this way I’ll survive all the crazy in our world.

Thanks to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for a digital advance readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

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After only reading this comic when someone shares it on social media I knew I would enjoy this and boy was I right. I wasn’t planning on tearing through it in one read but it was impossible to stop. Now I need to get the rest of the comics. I didn’t feel at all left out since this isn’t the first collection. Most of these comics are self-contained and self-explanatory. Brain is being logical and heart lets his emotions take control. A fun and entertaining read and I now need to pick up more of them.

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I have read all three of the heart and brain comic books now and I love all of them! This one follows in the footsteps of the first two with more comics showing other organs in the body and them talking to each other. I was so happy to get to see an advance copy of this book. I love heart, brain, and the other body organs are funny too, tongue especially. It's a good mix of light hearted humor. Highly recommend this one, it was an easy and good read! I received an advance copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Heart and Brain: Body Language is a graphic novel about the adventures of Heart and Brain. Besides Heart and Brain, you also have Gallbladder, Muscle,Tongue, Eyes,... Heart and Brain: Body Language is about the daily struggles of life.

Heart and Brain: Body Language is such a funny and relatable graphic novel! I couldn't stop laughing while going through the comics. It's such a brilliant book and I can't help notice that it's already the third book by Andrews McMeel Publishing that I love!

Heart and Brain: Body Language is a real recommendation for those who want to read something light and funny! I cannot wait to read another Heart and Brain book!

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I picked up a calendar last year based on this comic strip and I wanted more! This book has it. We all know the divide between what the heart wants and what the brain wants. A lot of funny wisdom here.

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Heart and Brain is my favorite comic on Instagram and this book lived up to my expectations. Hilarious and way too relatable, Heart and Brain are definitely my spirit animals.

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Okay, I lied.

After reading Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts I said it will probably be the last collection I read by The Awkward Yeti/Nick Seluk but that clearly wasn't the case and I am a bit glad that it was.

This reminded me of why I loved Heart and Brain when I read it 2 years ago. Content wise the comics this time around were much stronger and flowed much better and weren't as choppy.

You can say whatever you like about these comics but you can never deny their awkward truths and painfully relatable words.

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This is a very quick and easy read, some laugh out loud moments and it's very relatable.

Ideal to give you a little break if reading a heavy going book or one to help get you out of a reading slump or even when you just want a laugh.

Big thumbs up from me.

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Heart and brain: Body Language is a collection of the hilarious awkward Yeti comics that are perfect to read in a relaxing evening.

Heart and Brain are hilarious but their situations in the comics are also so relatable to day to day real life situations and how feelings quite often over ride logic.

The comics are bright and vibrant and are sure to captivate the reader from start to finish, it is definitely easy to read in one sitting.

*ARC received from publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

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I love coming across these comics on meme pages. I look forward to them. I follow the artist on social media sites. It is always a treat. I was stoked when I saw there was a book. Clearly I am behind the times as this is the third book out.

The basic premise is the organs of the body have personalities and they interact in pretty stereotypical ways. I just love the partnership between Brain and Heart. It might be weird to say, but I totally ship them. It took reading this book to understand that.

This book introduced me to a new character: Spleen. I hadn’t seen Spleen before and I have to say, I need to see more of them. They are dark and mysterious. I love it. I want to know so much more.

The book is hilarious in a nerdy way. The jokes are like those of the longer running comic strips like Calvin and Hobbes. The jokes are much deeper and I can appreciate that to no end. I am not a fan of low brow humor, it generally annoys me. You have to give this book a shot if you are a nerd or if you are tired of fart jokes. Trust me.

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This is a comic I have read bits and pieces of. When I got the chance to read a whole book, I jumped at it. All of the panels were good. Some were hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud. It was often relatable and always interesting. This was a really fun read and I highly recommend it.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

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I love Heart and Brain - they perfectly illustrate my total inability to handle money. Brain says: you don't need that. Heart says: I want it! Unfortunately, my heart never learned the difference between a "want" and a "need" which is why I blew all my textbook money on VIP Comic Con tickets. Anyway: Heart and Brain is one of my favorite webcomics ever, and I'm so happy to see them featured in another book.

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Another cute volume about the heart/brain divide - no earth-shattering revelations, but enough laughs to be worth a quick read.

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I love these comics and I love this compilation.. It is almost exactly how I feel, especially when it came to anxiety ones

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Body Language is the third print book in the Awkward Yeti series, there is also a webcomic. The comic follows the day to day activities and struggle of a personified Brain, Heart and other organs. Heart is impulsive and whimsical while the Brain is logical and well organized.

I really enjoyed this book and seeing the struggle between impulse and logic. I myself, like many others, feel this struggle daily especially when it comes to food and impulse buys. This collection had me smiling and enjoying the stories and personalities that they organs had beyond what would be expected. I have been enjoying The Awkward Yeti webcomics for years and also really enjoyed this collection.

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A VERY cute, funny and clever collections of comics starring the Human Body. This would be a FANTASTIC gift for anyone graduating from a medical program or working in medicine/biology/anatomy etc. It would also make an AMAZING gift for someone in the hospital or with an illness. My husband is waiting for a kidney transplant and I intend to pick him up a copy to lift his spirits during recovery!

As a medical professional myself and a previous Anatomy and Physiology tutor, I loved this book. But you don't have to be a doctor to enjoy these cartoons, all you need to have is a body.

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I stumbled on to this book and just had to read it even though I'm not sure I've actually ever seen anything from this comic line before. I'm glad I took the chance on it.

Heart and Brain: Body Language is cute and insightful. Showing all the ways your heart, your brain, and some of your other organs work together to help you live the fullest and best life possible. Brain always wants to go about things logically. Heart has all the feels and wants to be happy whatever the cost. Since neither can survive without the other, these delightful friends must find ways to work in conjunction or learn to live with the consequences of the other's choices. It's a cartoon full of fancy free wit that draws attention to realities of life but in a pleasing and humorous way.

4 stars!

Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for giving me this review opportunity.

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Another great collection of Heart & Brain comics. Gut shares his irritations and instincts without giving any help
whatsoever, Brain tries unsuccessfully to keep Heart in line and Tongue keeps keeps everyone eating delicious treats.

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Might be my favorite Heart and Brain collection yet.

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