Reading Wednesday Meme
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kitewithfishWhat I've Read
Far Sector by NK Jemisin - Hugo Nominee for Best Graphic Novel - I really liked this! It had a very solid detective story at its core and a really compelling main character with some really excellent art. I really liked it, and the themes were very much in keeping with Jemisin's other work.
Golden Age and Other Stories - Naomi Novik - A bunch of short stories set in the Temeraire universe - aka, Horatio Hornblower but with intelligent dragons.
Once and Future by Kieron Gillen -Vol 3 - Hugo Nominee for Best Graphic Novel - A solid horror adventure comic with a quick pace and some fun characters. It's not particularly deep on characterization, and I think it coasts a bit on the feeling attached to watching neo-Nazis watching their plans blow up in their faces. I am highly susceptible to the joys of watching Nazis get murdered, tho, so... There is a thread of narrative determination with Gillen, where he writes about people getting wrapped up in larger stories that carry them along and transform them. The main trend in this novel is that King Arthur's stories carry people along and transform them to fit the narrative. I think Die also has a thread of this. However, this story is fun and has a murderous badass granny, so I have a clear preference.
It turns out that like novellas, graphic novels are quick to read and get to their point fast - excellent for gaining some momentum.
What I'm Reading
Die - Vol 4: Bleed - Also by Kieron Gillen - Hugo Nominee for Best Graphic Novel - Far more on the horror side of things, I honestly think I would prefer to read this from the start of the story. It seems like it has a much darker tone and involves people being trapped in a DnD inspired world that actually works like DnD does - dice and chance determine a lot of people's fates.
A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark - Hugo Nominee for Best Novel - This is fun and interesting and feels like a solid movie premise. I'm interested in how this is going to end to the point that I might actually buy it so that I can read it on vacation without worrying about losing the library copy.
I'm going into chapter 3 of Monsters in the Closet - delightful stuff.
What I'll Read Next
She who became the sun, never say you can't survive, the Hugo short stories. I just bought The Invention of Love and Coming Out Under Fire and it's going to be great to get into those - probably on vacation.
Knitting notes - Well, I think I have gotten to a good point on my socks but I have had to modify the pattern to the points where I will be doing a lot of winging it for the next section. The Sock Madness Competition came to an end, and the winner complete a truly insane pair of color work socks in literally less than 16 hours - I am honestly pleased that I got as far as I did. And I came out of it with some truly great patterns that I'll be able to modify to suit my own tastes for the rest of the year.
Far Sector by NK Jemisin - Hugo Nominee for Best Graphic Novel - I really liked this! It had a very solid detective story at its core and a really compelling main character with some really excellent art. I really liked it, and the themes were very much in keeping with Jemisin's other work.
Golden Age and Other Stories - Naomi Novik - A bunch of short stories set in the Temeraire universe - aka, Horatio Hornblower but with intelligent dragons.
Once and Future by Kieron Gillen -Vol 3 - Hugo Nominee for Best Graphic Novel - A solid horror adventure comic with a quick pace and some fun characters. It's not particularly deep on characterization, and I think it coasts a bit on the feeling attached to watching neo-Nazis watching their plans blow up in their faces. I am highly susceptible to the joys of watching Nazis get murdered, tho, so... There is a thread of narrative determination with Gillen, where he writes about people getting wrapped up in larger stories that carry them along and transform them. The main trend in this novel is that King Arthur's stories carry people along and transform them to fit the narrative. I think Die also has a thread of this. However, this story is fun and has a murderous badass granny, so I have a clear preference.
It turns out that like novellas, graphic novels are quick to read and get to their point fast - excellent for gaining some momentum.
What I'm Reading
Die - Vol 4: Bleed - Also by Kieron Gillen - Hugo Nominee for Best Graphic Novel - Far more on the horror side of things, I honestly think I would prefer to read this from the start of the story. It seems like it has a much darker tone and involves people being trapped in a DnD inspired world that actually works like DnD does - dice and chance determine a lot of people's fates.
A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark - Hugo Nominee for Best Novel - This is fun and interesting and feels like a solid movie premise. I'm interested in how this is going to end to the point that I might actually buy it so that I can read it on vacation without worrying about losing the library copy.
I'm going into chapter 3 of Monsters in the Closet - delightful stuff.
What I'll Read Next
She who became the sun, never say you can't survive, the Hugo short stories. I just bought The Invention of Love and Coming Out Under Fire and it's going to be great to get into those - probably on vacation.
Knitting notes - Well, I think I have gotten to a good point on my socks but I have had to modify the pattern to the points where I will be doing a lot of winging it for the next section. The Sock Madness Competition came to an end, and the winner complete a truly insane pair of color work socks in literally less than 16 hours - I am honestly pleased that I got as far as I did. And I came out of it with some truly great patterns that I'll be able to modify to suit my own tastes for the rest of the year.
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