Books and comics read in August 2014
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Half-Off Ragnarok - Seanan McGuire
Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 3
Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 4
The Minority Council - Kate Griffin
*Mars Evacuees - Sophia McDougall
Ultimate Spider-Man: Superstars
Amala's Blade: Spirits of Naamaron
The Drowning City - Amanda Downum
A Reckless Magick - Stephanie Burgis
Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb
Justice League of America: Dark Things
*The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls - Anton DiSclafani
Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 5
Seven Soldiers of Victory Vol 2
Shadowplay - Laura Lam
The Wine-Dark Sea - Patrick O'Brian
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Not much I felt like writing about this month, possibly because I read a lot of things that were part of a series.
Mars Evacuees
You know how sometimes you read a book and you are just so pleased with all the choices it has made? This was definitely one of those books. It's about a twelve year old girl named Alice who's evacuated to Mars to train to be a soldier in the humans vs. aliens war that's currently raging on Earth. On Mars she teams up with a handful of other children, and they end up caught in an adventure in the course of which they learn that the war is not as straightforward as it seems. It's a joy to read, very funny and charming ("three days later a few things were slightly on fire"), but also hints at the desperation of the situation the children find themselves in, as well as the fact that... they're twelve year olds training as soldiers. And it does that without being bleak: there's hope and friendship and possibility, and they're what the book is really about. ♥
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
I got this from the library thinking it had queer characters in it; I'm not sure where I got that impression from, because it didn't. D: Even leaving that disappointment aside... it was ok? I did read it all the way to the end, but I'm not entirely sure why. It fell into the litfic trap of making it seem like it was doing something unique and original and shocking, whilst not actually doing any of those things. The prose freighted the events of the story with far more meaning than they could bear, and so it just felt really melodramatic and obvious. Also, it felt like it was trying to be about the legitimacy of female desire, but it didn't quite manage it. :(
Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 3
Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 4
The Minority Council - Kate Griffin
*Mars Evacuees - Sophia McDougall
Ultimate Spider-Man: Superstars
Amala's Blade: Spirits of Naamaron
The Drowning City - Amanda Downum
A Reckless Magick - Stephanie Burgis
Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb
Justice League of America: Dark Things
*The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls - Anton DiSclafani
Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 5
Seven Soldiers of Victory Vol 2
Shadowplay - Laura Lam
The Wine-Dark Sea - Patrick O'Brian
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Not much I felt like writing about this month, possibly because I read a lot of things that were part of a series.
Mars Evacuees
You know how sometimes you read a book and you are just so pleased with all the choices it has made? This was definitely one of those books. It's about a twelve year old girl named Alice who's evacuated to Mars to train to be a soldier in the humans vs. aliens war that's currently raging on Earth. On Mars she teams up with a handful of other children, and they end up caught in an adventure in the course of which they learn that the war is not as straightforward as it seems. It's a joy to read, very funny and charming ("three days later a few things were slightly on fire"), but also hints at the desperation of the situation the children find themselves in, as well as the fact that... they're twelve year olds training as soldiers. And it does that without being bleak: there's hope and friendship and possibility, and they're what the book is really about. ♥
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
I got this from the library thinking it had queer characters in it; I'm not sure where I got that impression from, because it didn't. D: Even leaving that disappointment aside... it was ok? I did read it all the way to the end, but I'm not entirely sure why. It fell into the litfic trap of making it seem like it was doing something unique and original and shocking, whilst not actually doing any of those things. The prose freighted the events of the story with far more meaning than they could bear, and so it just felt really melodramatic and obvious. Also, it felt like it was trying to be about the legitimacy of female desire, but it didn't quite manage it. :(