Library Hold Challenge #4: “A Rope of Thorns” by Gemma Files. Book 2. I read book 1 in 2011, but I don’t think it
was incredibly important that I remember all the details to enjoy this one.
Which I certainly did. I really like the voice and the humor.
“Akira Vol 4” These still
count because I still read “Infinite Jest” in my lifetime. I lack a certain
critical vocabulary for reading manga, I think, because when I started this
volume I kind of thought to myself, I really hadn’t a clue where we all were, so
I read the synopses for the first 3 volumes on Wikipedia. There was some stuff
I missed. The other graphic novel I read this year, Persepolis, I didn’t have
the same problem, but that was written in much more of an obvious
chapter-style, so this time I tried to slow down and see where the transitions
were. This helped a lot.
LHC #5: “Welcome to Nightvale” by Joseph Finker. It took a little while to start tolerating the
voice, but this moved right along. Maybe if I had any other context than just
an occasional retweet turning up in my feed I wouldn’t have had that problem.
There were some delightful moments in this book, but sometimes it felt like it
was trying really hard.