{"id":21440,"date":"2023-01-05T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T00:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21440"},"modified":"2023-09-23T17:40:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T21:40:57","slug":"check-please-book-1-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21440","title":{"rendered":"Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3W4SHax\">Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey<\/a><\/em> (2018) Ngozi Ukazu<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3W4SHax\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Check-Please-Hockey.jpg?resize=214%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Check Please Hockey\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Check-Please-Hockey.jpg?w=1817&amp;ssl=1 1817w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Check-Please-Hockey.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Check-Please-Hockey.jpg?resize=729%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 729w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Check-Please-Hockey.jpg?resize=768%2C1078&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Check-Please-Hockey.jpg?resize=1094%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1094w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Check-Please-Hockey.jpg?resize=1459%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like a hug!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please.png?resize=650%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Check please characters\" width=\"650\" height=\"464\" class=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only with hockey and bad language and drinking.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please-art-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please-art-1.jpg?resize=500%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"398\" class=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Art from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkpleasecomic.com\/\">comic blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please-art-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please-art-3.jpg?resize=313%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" class=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please-art-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/check-please-art-2.jpg?resize=650%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" class=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher: First Second<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey (2018) Ngozi Ukazu It&#8217;s like a hug! Only with hockey and bad language and drinking. Art from the comic blog. Publisher: First Second Rating: 8\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,668,24,204,9,148,41,26],"tags":[402,266,544],"class_list":["post-21440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-comfort-read","category-food","category-good","category-graphic-novels","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","tag-baking","tag-check-please","tag-mm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5zO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19436,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19436","url_meta":{"origin":21440,"position":0},"title":"Check, Please! 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