Author, Voracious Reader, Crocheter of many things, Very Autistic
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(Pronouns: they / them) Mainly reads: Young Adult (contemporary, sci-fi or fantasy), Japanese Literature, Romance, and Fantasy / Sci-fi for adults
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Chi-Chi Ekeh has one huge problem: She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who …
I really need to write a review for this beautiful graphic novel but I need to organize my thoughts first.
It's about a Freaky-Friday style switch (note: I have not seen that movie) and deals a lot in self-love and self-hatred
Anyway Read it
So far this is exactly as I imagined a graphic novel for this book should be and I don't mean that in a bad way
An epic new fantasy about a demon hunter and a foot soldier thrown together in …
PROTIP: This book goes extremely well with the Shadow Hearts I (and II / Covenant) soundtrack by Yoshitaka Hirota and Yasunori Mitsuda.
In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and …
Given where we are in Dracula Daily / Re: Dracula I thought it was an appropriate time to start
She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with …
Pausing this. It's a tome and I want to take my time with it but too many people want it right now. Added to my "try later" tag on libby
Content warning Tough Topics: Eating Disorders / Bulimia, References to a sexual assault, toxic parent, racism
I want to stress while the book deals with tough topics, it is ultimately hopeful and you should absolutely read it when you're in the right place to do so (and listen to ballet music while you read it)
A meditation on our times, cast through a reconsideration of the Justice Department’s investigation of …
Not sure of the best way to read erasure poetry especially when the unused parts are theoretically visible. I might read a poem and then go back and read that section of the report
There's a lot I could say about this one (after thinking on it for a bit). Though I do want to warn there's an instance of an Indian man being drawn as a blackface caricature.
Loving these poems
For as long as she can remember, Suleika Jaouad has kept a journal. She has …
It's a 100-day Journaling Prompt + Essays book. Due to disability, time constraints, and reality, I can't do a prompt for 100 Consecutive Days, but I can do 100 days in total. That's the plan at least
Content warning minor spoiler alert for the alien invasion plot/ talking about colonization / a joke from the artist / author
Okay so the Fake Mom has admitted she's an alien (a Moon Goblin), I don't know if she's admitting it as a scheme or genuinely wants to care for Dany, but she's talking about how the Upper Stratum (the cloud people) have taken good care of the Moon Goblins (the word "Civilized" has not been used but I think those are the vibes you're supposed to get) and she's talking about the things Colonization has provided.
In that panel there is an ad for the "British Art Museum" (the characters are in like Connecticut or somewhere else in the US) and that seems like the most scathing over your head joke you can make in what I believe is a Middle Grade Graphic Novel
Twilight (stylized as twilight) is a 2005 young adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. …
Reading it in conjunction with a book about a critical analysis of the saga. I was one of those people who dunked on it because as a high schooler I was a hater who wanted to be "not like other girls". (also I feel like I should read a bunch of stuff (YA in particular) from the past that I missed out on).
Don't miss this moving, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime) about an android …
It's volume 2 but for some reason it's regarded as another edition of volume 1????
A modern reinterpretation of the apocryphal tale of Christ's descent into Hell after his death, …
Content warning Spoiler for how it ends? I think how it ends is probably obvious but just in case
To be honest I picked this up a year or two back because I saw that it was by Evan Dahm (Vattu is one of my favorite comics EVER). I'm an ex-Catholic, agnostic on belief, currently more interested in Jesus as Historical Figure than Jesus as Religious Figure. I do not know how someone who is devoutly Christian would feel about this Graphic Novel so please keep that in mind with my review.
Dahm is also seemingly interested in Jesus more as a historical figure (though uh, spoiler for Easter: he comes back). The Gospel of Mark (And some what is it "non-canonical" (?) gospels I'm not familiar with) are used as sources.
The book is in Black & White except for the color Red-- used only for Romans, violence, and Hell itself. It works extremely well. At the end you see a Half-eaten pomegranate, which I believe (without looking it up) is less a reference to Hades & Persephone (though it's probably that too) and more that I believe Figs and Pomegranates have also been listed as candidates for the Forbidden Fruit.
I read it this past weekend because it felt like fitting timing (For those from the future, this past weekend was Good Friday / Easter Sunday weekend), but I think it'd be good no matter the time.
Damn this has beautiful art
