So I continue to be back on the “finishing a few books a month” bandwagon, except the ones I finished this month were two longer ones and then a couple of comic volumes. I will definitely get to an average of 2 books per month at the rate I’m going, and potentially 3, but I’m […]
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Books – November Roundup
Guys – SIX BOOKS! And only one of them is a comic book. It’s like the good old days. And if you’re wondering how I did it and thinking, “Oh – it must have been all that time off she had at Thanksgiving” – think again. I took no time off at Thanksgiving, and still […]
Books – October Roundup
If you have eyes you can see that I read a lot of comic books this month. Lucky for you, I’ll group those all together since they’re part of one series. FINISHED: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki One of the stranger and more metaphysical books that I’ve read in recent years. […]
Books – September Roundup
I’m going to defend my reading of comic books and graphic novels and counting them as “books” up front – because they just are. I’m a librarian, and we as a profession have decided that these count, and that’s why you’ll find things like X-Men, Justice League, and lots of other comics shelves in the […]
Book – The Complete Persepolis
Remember how I was totally behind on reading my feminist books for Our Shared Shelf? Well, the struggle continues to be real, and I continue to fall behind on a daily basis. This stunning graphic novel was the choice for…June. Which yes, was a couple months ago. But fact: I ordered the book nearly […]
Comics – Saga
For a lot of newbies out there, getting into comics is scary. Comic book shops have historically been dens of comfort for nerds, and because the guys who are into comics will spend good money there, it is those guys who have been there since time immemorial that are catered to, even though the face […]