Wednesday Reading
Aug. 16th, 2017 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehousei can't actually say it's been a slow reading week, since I plowed through the remaining 21 volumes of Pandora Hearts. I also read an on-line, one volume, one-shot yaoi called One Yen Man / 1-en Otoko as well as got through volume 2 of another manga called Bunny Drop last night, which I mentioned here previously (and I have volumes 3-6 on my TBR pile).
It's funny how, despite the number of pages that the above represents, I always feel like I've read NOTHING when I've only read manga. That's kind of sad, because, obviously, graphic novels and manga are just as "real" reading as any traditional novel. I don't really know why I buy into the idea that somehow they're 'lesser.'
Speaking of my my TBR pile, on it is a graphic novel called Skim by Marika Tamaki / Jillian Tamaki, a traditional novel called The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North, the second collected volume of Bitch Planet, Bitch Planet: President Bitch by Kelly Sue Decconnick / Valantine DeLandro, and a graphic novel The Stoneman Mysteries: Book One by Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple / Orion Zangara.
We'll see how much of this I get through in a week. I need to at least get though The Stoneman Mysteries since I told Twin Cities Geek that I'd review that one for them. Adam is, of course, a local author and Twin Cities Geeks likes to highlight the local interest stuff whenever possible.
Meanwhile, I still have a pretty intense case of the blahs. I blame the weather and the Nazis.
It's funny how, despite the number of pages that the above represents, I always feel like I've read NOTHING when I've only read manga. That's kind of sad, because, obviously, graphic novels and manga are just as "real" reading as any traditional novel. I don't really know why I buy into the idea that somehow they're 'lesser.'
Speaking of my my TBR pile, on it is a graphic novel called Skim by Marika Tamaki / Jillian Tamaki, a traditional novel called The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North, the second collected volume of Bitch Planet, Bitch Planet: President Bitch by Kelly Sue Decconnick / Valantine DeLandro, and a graphic novel The Stoneman Mysteries: Book One by Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple / Orion Zangara.
We'll see how much of this I get through in a week. I need to at least get though The Stoneman Mysteries since I told Twin Cities Geek that I'd review that one for them. Adam is, of course, a local author and Twin Cities Geeks likes to highlight the local interest stuff whenever possible.
Meanwhile, I still have a pretty intense case of the blahs. I blame the weather and the Nazis.
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Date: 2017-08-18 04:19 pm (UTC)In the middle of that Claire North too, though it had to return to the library before I got very far. I generally like her books, though.
Looking at the local library system, I see that Jane Yolen collaborates with a lot of Stemples, not just Adam, lol. Alas, they don't carry The Stoneman Mysteries yet.