The recent launch of Book Riot’s sister site, Panels, plus the many comics posts of folks like Sarah and Andi and Memory, have put more new comics on my radar than I have the money to keep up with. But now and then my library abruptly has all the comics I have been wanting, and then I get to do a jolly little binge. So here’s what I’ve been reading: Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson This is the same Noelle Stevenson of Lumberjanes fame! And, okay, this isn’t something the library had, because the print edition of Nimona won’t exist until May. It began its life as a…
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Mea maxima culpa! My hibiscus expanded to comprehend podcast as well, and moreover my microphone broke down. You should have seen Whiskey Jenny’s and my faces when the microphone broke down. We were so excited to record podcast together in India. ANYWAY. This week, we want to tell you about a dear pal’s new book, Mort(e), recently the subject of io9’s Book Club. After that, we’re talking about animals in books (particularly, dogs dying in books), a somewhat truncated discussion as Whiskey Jenny cannot speak of fictional animal deaths without breaking down (that is hyperbole but barely). And we wrap…
5 CommentsI had a bumpy start with Villette, insofar as I instantly loathed everybody. I’m not trying to get on Lucy Snowe’s case, but her youth seems to have prepared her exceptionally well for becoming the kind of mean governess who hits you with a ruler for saying you think Richard the Lionheart was bad at governing a nation. She is so judgey right off the top. Here are Lucy Snowe’s assessment of all the characters in the first three chapters, in GIF format. Polly: Polly’s father: Graham: The effect of this is to make me dislike all those characters (well…
24 CommentsOkay, okay, I know I’m on my hibiscus right now, but I have these links and I’ve been rounding them up all fortnight. I don’t want to deprive you. Just enjoy these links, and then be off with you, for my hibiscus continues. This is a fabulous slide show, compiled by the incomparable Linda Holmes of NPR, of the costumes in the Miss Universe costume show. I like the yellow one that is yellow because I love yellow. The Daily Dot wants us to figure out how to write about transgender people, already. Trevor Noah! More Trevor Noah, right? He starts off…
13 CommentsHi everyone! This is a quick notification that I’ll be doing adventures in the month of February, which will keep me away(ish) from blogging this month. The podcast should still be coming out on schedule, and I’ll still be visiting your blogs as often as I can, but generally it’ll be quiet around here. Get at me on Twitter or by email (readingtheend AT gmail DOT com) if something particularly amazing happens that requires my attention. Like if the fourth Raven Cycle book gets a title other than Raven Cycle IV: Children with Large Bank Accounts Finally Get What’s Coming to Them. FAQS: Q: What kind…
25 CommentsThis week, we’re doing a round-up of some superlatives from 2014 and reviewing the first book in Elena Ferrante’s famed Neapolitan series (mm, can’t see that name without thinking of ice cream). You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go. Episode 34 Or if you wish, you can find us on iTunes (and if you enjoy the podcast, give us a good rating! We appreciate it very very much). Credits Producer: Captain Hammer Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee Song is by Jeff MacDougall and comes…
9 CommentsI had to read How It Went Down in sections. It’s about a black teenager who is shot by a white man, and all the different characters — the witnesses, the families, friends — tell their perspectives of what happened on the day of Tariq’s death and in the aftermath of it. If any other author in the world had written this book, I wouldn’t have read it. But I trust Kekla Magoon from her wonderful, wrenching The Rock and the River, which is about teenage brothers and their participation (or lack of it) in the Black Panther Party. I read the first third in December, and then the…
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