French Milk by Lucy Knisley
If you read any of the same blogs as I do then you may recall seeing French Milk mentioned on a number of them. The first review I recall seeing was this one by JoAnn of Lakeside Musing last year; I immediately coveted the book, thinking that it looked and sounded enchanting, and ever since [...]
Review-a-thon: Bone, Blankets, and The Finishing School
In the aftermath of consecutive Angela Carter month and Persephone Reading Week, I have a lot of blogging to catch up with. I have a few weeks’ worth of reviews to be scheduled and haven’t yet reviewed those books read during the read-a-thon that I participated in early April. This post is actually micro-reveiws of [...]
Library Loot: the Eclectic
I returned a number of books to the library unread this week; I am struggling with the time and inclination. I am far preferring to read on a whim and the library pile was becoming overwhelming. I intend to read some of them at another time, a time where I feel more relaxed about it. [...]
Embroideries
When I read The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi a couple of years ago, I found it illuminating and a good access point into the form of graphic novels but I didn’t fully enjoy it and found parts dry. However, this didn’t discourage me from seeking out Embroideries when I learned that it [...]
The Complete Maus
If you read one graphic novel then let it be The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman. Theordor W. Adorno wrote that to “write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric” but later retracted it by stating that “Perennial suffering has as much right to expression as the tortured have to scream”; Maus is not poetry, [...]
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