What I read in April.
Nothing I absolutely love this month, which is a shame, not many books either compared to the rest of the year so far.
I liked Pnin, very well observed and some very funny bits. Similarly, I loved sections of The Biographer’s Tale but didn’t feel like it amounted to anything particularly interesting, my least favourite Byatt I’ve read. Road Dogs was fine, but nothing like as witty or readable as other Elmore Leonard books I’ve read.
Saga 9 and 10 both good as usual, some big twists, lots of beautiful art.
Oh well, not every month brings a new favourite! I’m halfway through a couple of things I’m very much enjoying, so fingers crossed for May
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Mystique certainly knows how to deliver a solid burn to the hypocritical double-standards of those bigoted homo-sapiens!
From Mystique (2003) #1 by Brian K. Vaughan & Jorge Lucas (no not THAT George Lucas; lol!).
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The last time I was up to date on Saga was when I was in high school, finishing up Vol. 5 so obviously a lot of time has passed. It’s time to catch up again and I just finished reading Vol. 1, just as good as I remember.
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Someone asked for my favorite books of the nearly 200 I read in 2022, so, in no particular order:
The story of a girl, a book, and secret doors. The sort of book you lose an entire evening to. Harrow is one of my favorite authors of late.
Police brutality through the lens of mythos. My review for this one was simply “I desperately need to know what comes next.”
This whole trilogy belongs on the list. Magic, family, and politics unspool in a world that leaps off the page. Rarely have I found a series so alive, I forget I’m reading.
A creepy tale of sisterhood. The eerie energy rendered this impossible to put down.
A much sadder tale of sisterhood. There are images in this book that are still haunting me months later.
A sapphic YA mystery with complex characters. Honestly, at this point, I’d read McQuiston’s grocery lists.
No best of list would be complete without Paper Girls. The comic story is much weirder and wilder than the show, but both are excellent at *getting* what it is to be a girl on the cusp of growing up.
Music, magic, and a battle for New Orleans. Fantastical storytelling at its best. I was utterly absorbed.
A mother who subsists on books fights to protect her much more complicated son. It has a dark fairy tale energy I couldn’t get enough of, and a sapphic romance to boot.
Part real-life story of a 1629 shipwreck, part invented tale of a young boy coping with grief in 1989. It’s absolutely brutal on about six different levels, but entrancing.
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I have now read Doctor Strange: The Oath. It’s a very compelling story for him as a literal medical doctor, and the art’s just lovely.
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Volume 1: Unmanned
Volume 2: Cycles
Volume 3: One Small Step
Volume 4: Safeword
Volume 5: Ring of Truth
Volume 6: Girl on Girl
Volume 7: Paper Dolls
Volume 8: Kimono Dragons
Volume 9: Motherland
Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores
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this is probably funny to like 2 people tops
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Honestly why didn’t I discover comics sooner?
I mean, I’ve loved Calvin and Hobbes since I could read, but I didn’t discover the rest of what comics had to offer until I was an adult. No one told me how fun they are!
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One of my favorite comic panels of all time.
For context, Sophia (the girl) was rescued from an abusive situation. The cat, Lying Cat, has the ability to sense when people are lying, and says so. It’s the only word Lying Cat can say.
A beautiful page.
(Comic: Saga, Chapter 14)
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