Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier and Sheets by Brenna Thummler

This entry is part 10 of 23 in the series 2023 Reads

Like all the posts in my 2023 reads list, this comes at a lag, meaning I read this a while ago.  I recently read a couple of comics aimed at younger readers. Basically, I stumbled onto them at the library while waiting for my son to pick out some comics, and figured I’d give them a shot, as a contrast to the more challenging reading I’ve got on the go at the moment. They’re interesting in different ways.  Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts is about a pair of sisters who move to a town with a notable ghost population. The story is …

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Sandman Omnibus Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman (et. al)

This entry is part 3 of 23 in the series 2023 Reads

I’m continuing with posting about the books I’ve read. The tag has changed to #booksread2023, but not much has changed: the posts get published with some lag—though I’m trying to shorten the lag a little, too. This time, I’m discussing the first half of the Sandman series. I should count that as multiple graphic novels, but, eh, whatever.  

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The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell

This entry is part 29 of 56 in the series 2022 Reads

As always, I’m posting this weeks and weeks after I read it. Well, weeks, anyway.  I sometimes feel like I’m the only person I know who’s never actually read a novel by Neil Gaiman. I have read a couple of short stories and a few of the Sandman comics, yeah, and I’ve seen Coraline, but I’ve never read one of his novels. Decades ago I signed out Good Omens (his early collaboration with Terry Pratchett) from the library: this was back in high school, and I never got very far into it. (I haven’t even looked at the copy of …

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My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

This entry is part 23 of 56 in the series 2022 Reads

As with other posts in this series, these #booksread2022 posts go anywhere from a few weeks to a month after I’ve read them. I read this particular book back in April, wrote up this post, and then… never go around to editing it. So it’s going up now.  This book was given to me by by friend M.R. (@ageekinkorea) Thanks! My Friend Dahmer is a weird and uncomfortable read, for a few reasons. It’s sympathetic (to a point) with the twisted figure of Jeffrey Dahmer as a serial-killer-to-be, unflinching in its depiction of the strange and bizarre cruelty of high …

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