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[orangerful]

• was there no #BSG podcast this past week or is my iTunes being stupid? #
• Want to read: Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Chi... by Rick Geary - tinyurl.com/aenq9w #
• Want to read: J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography by Rick Geary - tinyurl.com/c3hrrs #
• gave 5 stars to The Fatal Bullet: The True Account of the Assassin... by Rick Geary - tinyurl.com/bzs988 #
• gave 4 stars to The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Doubl... by Rick Geary - tinyurl.com/atdvwv #
• gave 3 stars to The Mystery of Mary Rogers by Rick Geary - tinyurl.com/abdfan #

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[bittertwee.livejournal.com]

funny- I'm rereading Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation (it's my coffeeshop read) and I just finished the part about Garfield. You end up feeling so bad for the poor guy- it sounds like he would rather have been home with a good book than be president.

I wish there were more historical fiction (or non-fiction) graphic novels. It's a good medium for this genre because when you're reading straight text it can be difficult to picture the world they're describing. This is my one complaint about Persepolis- the drawing style is so crude that you don't get a real sense of what Iranian homes/towns were like during that period. I'm in the middle of reading Berlin, which is a graphic novel about Germany in the late 20s, and I HIGHLY recommend it. The first two trade books are out and I guess the comic is still coming out periodically, but I don't know when the third trade book will be compiled or if it will be the last.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I read Assassination Vacation right after I read the Rick Geary book so it was like Garfield overload. But considering I knew absolutely nothing about him before that, it was quite eye-opening.

OOH I will definitely add Berlin to my reading list. Sounds fantastic. I love Persepolis but I understand what you mean about the artwork - the simplistic style makes it accessible but it does mean you don't get a feel for Iran as much.