While She Knits - Whatcha Been Reading?

Mar 31, 2017 15:36

I've been in a bit of a reading slump lately. How about you?

Have you read something recently that you'd like to recommend to others? Tell us about it.

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frosted_feather April 1 2017, 15:54:39 UTC
I've discovered my first (and only) webcomic called "Noblesse" which is very addicting. A story about an immortal who wakes up after 800 years asleep in the modern age, who is awesomely powerful but a very gentle soul and confused by modern technology. His sidekick/servant is a sassy guy named Frankenstein who kicks butt and laughs at his enemies (never will I associate that name with the monster again.) Everyone is gorgeous in this full-color comic, and there is humor, though a lot of knock-down, drag out fights between good guys, bad guys, and bad guying turning good.

There are 450 episodes, and the artist/writer duo have been releasing it once a week (for free!) for 10 years.

Okay, now back to writing for me.

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ext_2352886 April 1 2017, 19:24:24 UTC
I've been in a bit of a reading slump myself lately, so I can relate. I have, however, read a few good things recently that I can share. I don't normally read much contemporary fiction, but when I do, it's probably written by someone from Australia. There must be something in the water down there that makes them churn out so many quality authors. Anyway, I managed to get my hands on an e-galley of Cath Crowley's Words in Deep Blue, which I have been looking forward to reading for ages. It did not disappoint and had such lovely thoughts on the nature of life, death, and love, and the power of the written word. Made me wish I had a used bookstore to hang out at like Howling Books. You also can't go wrong with her Graffiti Moon, which I've been meaning to reread ( ... )

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smallsotong April 1 2017, 22:17:38 UTC
Having read Ursula Vernon's Digger webcomic (diggercomic.com) for the thousandth time, I finally sprang for the printed version. It has a wombat and gods and prophetic slugs, and is lots of fun.

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live_momma April 2 2017, 03:18:20 UTC
I loved Digger! Have you read any of her grown-up fiction? I recently started Summer in Orcus, but haven't finished it yet.

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smallsotong April 2 2017, 05:24:15 UTC
Your icon is very appropriate :D

I haven't read any of her other work - are you liking it? And are there any other comics/webcomics that you enjoy? Evan Dahm's Rice Boy and Jeff Smith's Bone are some of my favourites.

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live_momma April 3 2017, 03:03:24 UTC
Summer in Orcus is good so far. I think Seventh Bride was better, but I haven't finished SiO yet, so we'll see.

Digger is the only webcomic series I've really gotten into.

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Not much live_momma April 3 2017, 03:15:02 UTC
I'm reading Summer in Orcus by Ursula Vernon and re-listening to Android's Dream by John Scalzi.

I've been listening to a LOT of podcasts in my spare time lately, which has cut into my reading time. I've added 4 German Language or German Learning podcasts, and I've been listening intensively to the archives. I'm planning to cancel my Dish Network tomorrow, and have been listening to select Cord Killers eps as research. I always enjoy Penn's Sunday School, Ice Cream Social (NSFW!), Hidden Almanac, and Talkin' Birds.

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Late to the party... rosaleeluann April 5 2017, 01:27:16 UTC
I'm not sure if I'm in a reading slump or if life is just getting in the way. Maybe both? But mostly life, really. I have a toddler, we're shopping for our first home, and I even occasionally have work.

That being said, I have been working my way through the All the Wonders podcast while working and am really loving it. It helps to have a host that is so enthusiastic about kidlit.

I recently finished the Newbery winner, The Girl Who Drank the Moon. I liked it, but didn't love it. As an artist, though, it was wonderful--there were lots of great images in it, and I couldn't resist the urge to sketch some.

I've been meaning to put together a black-and-white/middle-grade section for my portfolio lately, and I've been trying to find recent-ish (last decade? last 5 years is better) MG novels I could illustrate for that purpose, SO, if anyone happens to read this and has any recommendations, I'm all ears.

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Re: Late to the party... mander_lee April 5 2017, 01:55:39 UTC
Oh, what a coincidence! I'm reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon right now! (Along with a reread of KoA...)

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