Harrow County Library Edition, Vols. 1-4, by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook

This entry is part 17 of 23 in the series 2023 Reads

Like all the posts in my 2023 reads list, this four-volume set of enormous hardback graphic novels appaears here on my blog at a slight lag, meaning I read this a while back. Not much of one, oin this case, though: I finished this yesterday.  I was completely unfamiliar with this comic series, but it was in the holdings at the local branch of the National Library, so I figured I’d give it a shot. The books were heavy—which is to say, really nice quality, large, durable hardbacks with very thick pages, and they’re striking-looking books.  The stories are fun and …

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Saga, Vols. 2–3, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

This entry is part 51 of 56 in the series 2022 Reads

As with other posts in this series, these #booksread2022 posts get published with some lag. I’m trying to be more punctual, though, and this one’s very recent. I’ve been taking my time with this series, I think mostly just because I’ve been on-and-off busy with other things, but I’m enjoying it enough to keep coming back every once in a while and read a few more on my tablet. (I have the whole thing there, after getting the comics through a Humble Bundle deal sometime last year.) Why am I enjoying it? There’s a few reasons. First of all, Vaughan …

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Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson

This entry is part 45 of 56 in the series 2022 Reads

As with other posts in this series, these #booksread2022 posts get published with some lag. I’m trying to be more punctual, though, and this one’s very recent. I don’t note every book I’ve read to my son here, but this one sort of stands out. Aside from occasionally seeing it in the newspaper, I’d never actually read Calvin & Hobbes before my son stumbled onto this volume. It was one of many I’d ended up with thanks to a nearby bookstore’s regular bulk sales of kids’ books ($30 for a box of books, I think I got him five or …

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