Phew… round 3? And here we are starting in JUNE (ending in JULY).
Lets cut right to it~
READS CONTINUED:
[between JUNE and–]
STAG DANCE — TORREY PETERS I wasn’t sure about this anthology at first. I think there’s a pattern for self/community-hatred within trans writing that is definitely worth being critical but I’d read like 3 other books repeating the same motif (the tension between trans identities) it was starting to bum me out. Reading the actual novella I bought this anthology for (Stag Dance) didn’t disappoint, though. I think I just have a personal preference towards slightly weirder/niche interpretations of a feeling. Also the narrative voice on that one was incredible.
I AM THEIR SILENCE — JORDI LAFEBRE I think I preferred Malgré Tout from this author (which is not saying much, both of them were stunning reads of their own right) but this story was just as fun. Murder mystery told over the course of a day. The character acting is incredible in this comic, the simplicity of the story really just has me questioning my own comics and how I can potentially make them more concise. Beautiful work. High up there on my favourites.
LET’S GET BURGERS — ASH S. cute and fun. It’s pretty much what I expected picking it up. Made me laugh a couple times. Silly. I wish it had a LITTLE more substance, personally but It was good nonetheless.
SLEEPING GIANTS — SYLVAIN NEUVEL I didn’t finish this one. What an idiotic book.
SCARLET MORNING (1) — NATE STEVENSON man this was just fun. I felt like I was 12 again reading Inkheart for the first time. Lots of really fun worldbuilding. Lots of fun play with sailing and the salt floes imitating ice floes… (are we all just really into weird expeditions lately…? hmm). A fun romp, it took a few turns I didn’t expect.
THE UNSINKABLE SHIP OF FOOLS — JONAS GOONFACE yeah sure I’ll slap my porn reads on here too, why not. Uh the art is incredible in this one but I’ve been a fan of Jonas for a while now. I thought this book was just really fun. Idk. It was just my vibe, the characters are all extremely silly, the artwork was incredible. [thumbsup]
AUDITION — PIP ADAM incredible. I’m not really sure what I was expecting going into this but I know its going to sit with me for a while. Extremely weird type of fever dream with a real anchor to its core theme. I was left floating but thinking and thinking hard. It wasn’t difficult connecting with a lot of the emotional beats of this story. I think its gone ahead an rattled me. I’m gonna need to take a little break to soak it all in.
THE ODYSSEY — HOMER (Translated by EMILY WILSON) I jokingly decided to binge-read this in 2 weeks so I would be fully refreshed for Nolan’s new Odyssey film which I’ll be seeing on a nice cheapie Tuesday–turns out this text was one of the ones that informed his retelling so that should be even MORE FUN. Emily Wilson’s translation is…. incredible? I think I spent even more time fascinated and inspired by her Introduction and Translator’s note leading into the text than the text itself. Reading is good actually. I think!
I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED – JENNETTE MCCURDY oh i have a lot of complicated feelings after reading this one (personal anyway) her voice in this is incredibly addictive, both my partner and I absolutely devoured this in the span of 2-3 days. Incredibly powerful, painfully relatable in some instances. I’m happy she got out of acting and seems to be doing something she much prefers (writing). I’ve already got her fiction book on hold at the library (it had been on my radar for a little while I just didn’t click that SHE was the one who wrote it).
GORM — NEB un histoire assez simple mais biens fait. Les illustrations sont évoquant. Le traitement des couleurs excellent, specifiquement quand les deux utilise le ‘sopp’. J’ai vraiment aimée le rythme des cases.
DEAD WAKE — ERIK LARSON this one had been in my periphery for a long time I just wasn’t much the type to pick up nonfiction but here I am! I liked Erik’s writing style. It pretty much satiated my curiosity about the sinking of the Lusitania–18 minutes?? Damn;; It got a bit too… American by the end there. Americans have a tendency to be a bit self aggrandizing.
Phew that’s 10 more books this year yahoo! Time to pick up something a bit more my speed.
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