Books Read in December 2017
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orangerfulSince I don't think I'm going to finish 'Mindhunter' tonight or do any reading tomorrow, I think I can safely post this list of December reads:
Demon, Volume 4 by Jason Shiga
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was quite an insane finale to a fantastic 4-part series. Not my favorite of the four, but you gotta end is somewhere. And the last page had me "WTF?!" but in a good way. Sometimes it is better to not tie things up in a nice bow but let the reader/audience sit and think and decide how they feel about it all.
Fans of really weird stuff should pick this up, but be ready for insane violence, surprise nudity and some perverted (yet kind of hilarious) moments.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together by Noelle Stevenson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not my favorite collection, wasn't really feeling the merpeople story. And for some reason I didn't catch on that the first story was a prequel until halfway through. Still fun though.
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another great entry in this series. if you haven't picked it up yet, get on it!
Artemis by Andy Weir
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Andy Weir's writing style was a perfect fit for 'The Martian' but I didn't feel like it quite worked for this story. Jazz's talking to the reader felt weird at times and the pop culture references threw me because I was like "wait, how far in the future are we and these are still touchstones?"
Got a bit ridiculous at the end too. Not bad but not that great.
Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid by Nathan Hale
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another great entry into the collection, a lesser known story from World War II. Hale made some smart choices as a writer, hinting at all the stories that tie together to make this one and hopefully encouraging readers to go beyond these pages to find out more (or perhaps hinting at books to come, though one of the reasons I enjoy this series is that it is not just World War II) rather than trying to cram it all into this one book.
The Vision, Volume 2: Little Better than a Beast by Tom King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Really loved this collection and this series.
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I love YA but I do tend to have issues with YA romance, mostly because, while I think of myself as a pretty positive person, I cringe when YA romance makes it sound like the high school boyfriend could be forever. But I think this book has a nice balance of the over-the-top way first romances feel and a young adult trying to figure out their place in the world before adding a second person to their life.
So, if you like YA romance, this will probably be a 5 star one for you. The audiobook is fantastic, I actually enjoyed listening to it more than reading because it was hard to keep the narrators straight when I was reading the longer sections sometimes. But having two voices helped, plus it was nice to her the Indian words pronounced correctly vs whatever my brain would have done with them.
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Demon, Volume 4 by Jason ShigaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was quite an insane finale to a fantastic 4-part series. Not my favorite of the four, but you gotta end is somewhere. And the last page had me "WTF?!" but in a good way. Sometimes it is better to not tie things up in a nice bow but let the reader/audience sit and think and decide how they feel about it all.
Fans of really weird stuff should pick this up, but be ready for insane violence, surprise nudity and some perverted (yet kind of hilarious) moments.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together by Noelle StevensonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not my favorite collection, wasn't really feeling the merpeople story. And for some reason I didn't catch on that the first story was a prequel until halfway through. Still fun though.
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. VaughanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another great entry in this series. if you haven't picked it up yet, get on it!
Artemis by Andy WeirMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Andy Weir's writing style was a perfect fit for 'The Martian' but I didn't feel like it quite worked for this story. Jazz's talking to the reader felt weird at times and the pop culture references threw me because I was like "wait, how far in the future are we and these are still touchstones?"
Got a bit ridiculous at the end too. Not bad but not that great.
Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid by Nathan HaleMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another great entry into the collection, a lesser known story from World War II. Hale made some smart choices as a writer, hinting at all the stories that tie together to make this one and hopefully encouraging readers to go beyond these pages to find out more (or perhaps hinting at books to come, though one of the reasons I enjoy this series is that it is not just World War II) rather than trying to cram it all into this one book.
The Vision, Volume 2: Little Better than a Beast by Tom KingMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Really loved this collection and this series.
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I love YA but I do tend to have issues with YA romance, mostly because, while I think of myself as a pretty positive person, I cringe when YA romance makes it sound like the high school boyfriend could be forever. But I think this book has a nice balance of the over-the-top way first romances feel and a young adult trying to figure out their place in the world before adding a second person to their life.
So, if you like YA romance, this will probably be a 5 star one for you. The audiobook is fantastic, I actually enjoyed listening to it more than reading because it was hard to keep the narrators straight when I was reading the longer sections sometimes. But having two voices helped, plus it was nice to her the Indian words pronounced correctly vs whatever my brain would have done with them.
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