Wednesday Reading Meme?
Dec. 12th, 2018 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatReading?
I figured a real good way to meet the Good Reads Reading Challenge -- just read comic books. I can easily plow through 20 comic books between now and December 31. (Although I'm currently twenty-five books behind, because I hit a reading slump, stopped reading entirely for five months and wrote instead on the subway in long hand, and before bed at night. Basically my creative writing got in the way of my reading. I was more interested in writing down my own story than reading someone else's. Now, my muse has settled down a bit and I'm catching up. It's a persnickety muse. And hardly cooperative. Likes to bug me with a story when I'm knee deep in something else or traveling between places -- not when I'm home with lots of free time on my hands.)
Not that I really care about the Good Reads Reading Challenge, for one thing most of the people doing it haven't exactly read their books so much as listened to them on the car ride to and from work, to and from the grocery store or on the tread mill. Or while doing something boring at work. I'm not sure listening to an audio book counts as reading. Totally different process. If it did, shouldn't you count pod-casts and radio web serials? (Oh I read 121 books -- wait 98% of them were audio books, whee. Not that I have anything against that -- I'm basically just envious. I can't do audio books, my attention wanders. I've no idea what happened. I was trying to listen to a couple of podcasts last night and got lost. In short, I'm not someone who can walk, chew gum, and listen to a podcast at the same time -- I'll run into a wall or a truck. And that would not be pretty. Besides I have a dangerous commute -- there's all sorts of ways I can get myself injured. Far safer just to read on trains or while waiting for trains.)
Another thing? The Reading Challenge counts books I couldn't finish. LOL!. I should not let it count them -- but I figure if I wasted a few days to a couple of weeks trying to read the thing, it should be counted. That, and I couldn't figure out how to remove them from the list without hitting read. (I'm not the most tech savvy person on the planet.)
Anyhow...I'm reading X-men comics again. They actually got good again, after the lackluster post Marvel NOW period. I didn't like the whole X-men vs. Inhumans storyline or the Inhuman story line period. Also, the teen X-men had begun to get on my nerves...but now they are on the way out, finally, so I'm back. Weirdly they are more interesting now that are about to vamoose than they were when I left. But I'm really honest? I'm reading them again because I got burned out on romance novels, and they are bringing back Cyclops.
X-men books read currently?
* X-men Red 1 & 2, better than expected. Have decided to read entire series. Turns out I missed Nightcrawler, who knew? Also rather like Honeybadger and X-23 -- which are sort of the female versions of Sabertooth and Wolverine, but less blood-thirsty.
* X-men Blue #35 and 36 -- was also surprisingly good and character centric. This leads into the X-Men-Exterminated Event, which will provide the long-overdue exit of the time-displaced original X-men. It was a fun exercise...but could never work long term. I do however think returning them, may bring back Cyclops and Wolverine, who died after they arrived and whose deaths may have been linked to whatever their arrival did to the Time Line. (Apparently Charles Xaviar has been resurrected in Fantomex, but I've yet to see him. The original Jean Grey (sans Phoenix) is back finally. Also they have allegedly resurrected Wolverine -- but I'm not sure I've seen him. I've seen a venom version of Wolverine, which is just weird. The X-men is like this insane soap opera, which only works if you like insane soap operas and don't care about convoluted plot arcs, as long as characters get explored and you get real emotional moments.)
* X-men Exterminated -- 1-3, much better than expected. Was quite surprised by how good these issues are on all fronts. We get real moments. The art is definitely good. Everyone looks different, you can see how they are feeling and what they are feeling, the women and men don't all have the same bodies. And their bodies are weirdly proportioned for sexy pin-ups (see Jim Lee era).
What I'm reading outside of the X-men?
Children of Blood and Bone by Toni Adeymei -- which is a YA dystopic fantasy novel that takes place in Africa. Utilizing Nigerian folklore. It's different, but also the same. We have the strong, kick-ass female character who needs to learn patience and humility, and impulse control. She's a teen, and tough as nails. Also has magic, but it's not awakened yet. Also, along for the ride -- Amari, a princess who is weak, and timid, who brings her a magic scroll and asks for her help, her older brother trying to protect, Tzain, the Princess's older brother Inan who is trying to find her and bring her back to the palace before anyone else finds her and kills her. They are trying to bring magic back, even though the Kingdom doesn't want it.
It's more complex than expected. We have two groups who each think the other is evil. The Royal non-magical group who hates the magical group because they killed various members of the royal family in a bid to usurp power. The magical group who has lost their magic and hates the royals for the Raid (which killed their families). A lot of revenge madness going on here.
But some interesting themes, and it is told in the way of folk stories or fairy tales. Definitely skews Young Adult.
I got it for my neice for Christmas, but I'm wondering if it will work for her? (Shrugs) Oh well I got her a cool t-shirt from the Museum of Flight. And it's not like I've read the book she gave me last year -- it's in hard back. I can't read hard back books -- they don't travel well. Too bulky.
I figured a real good way to meet the Good Reads Reading Challenge -- just read comic books. I can easily plow through 20 comic books between now and December 31. (Although I'm currently twenty-five books behind, because I hit a reading slump, stopped reading entirely for five months and wrote instead on the subway in long hand, and before bed at night. Basically my creative writing got in the way of my reading. I was more interested in writing down my own story than reading someone else's. Now, my muse has settled down a bit and I'm catching up. It's a persnickety muse. And hardly cooperative. Likes to bug me with a story when I'm knee deep in something else or traveling between places -- not when I'm home with lots of free time on my hands.)
Not that I really care about the Good Reads Reading Challenge, for one thing most of the people doing it haven't exactly read their books so much as listened to them on the car ride to and from work, to and from the grocery store or on the tread mill. Or while doing something boring at work. I'm not sure listening to an audio book counts as reading. Totally different process. If it did, shouldn't you count pod-casts and radio web serials? (Oh I read 121 books -- wait 98% of them were audio books, whee. Not that I have anything against that -- I'm basically just envious. I can't do audio books, my attention wanders. I've no idea what happened. I was trying to listen to a couple of podcasts last night and got lost. In short, I'm not someone who can walk, chew gum, and listen to a podcast at the same time -- I'll run into a wall or a truck. And that would not be pretty. Besides I have a dangerous commute -- there's all sorts of ways I can get myself injured. Far safer just to read on trains or while waiting for trains.)
Another thing? The Reading Challenge counts books I couldn't finish. LOL!. I should not let it count them -- but I figure if I wasted a few days to a couple of weeks trying to read the thing, it should be counted. That, and I couldn't figure out how to remove them from the list without hitting read. (I'm not the most tech savvy person on the planet.)
Anyhow...I'm reading X-men comics again. They actually got good again, after the lackluster post Marvel NOW period. I didn't like the whole X-men vs. Inhumans storyline or the Inhuman story line period. Also, the teen X-men had begun to get on my nerves...but now they are on the way out, finally, so I'm back. Weirdly they are more interesting now that are about to vamoose than they were when I left. But I'm really honest? I'm reading them again because I got burned out on romance novels, and they are bringing back Cyclops.
X-men books read currently?
* X-men Red 1 & 2, better than expected. Have decided to read entire series. Turns out I missed Nightcrawler, who knew? Also rather like Honeybadger and X-23 -- which are sort of the female versions of Sabertooth and Wolverine, but less blood-thirsty.
* X-men Blue #35 and 36 -- was also surprisingly good and character centric. This leads into the X-Men-Exterminated Event, which will provide the long-overdue exit of the time-displaced original X-men. It was a fun exercise...but could never work long term. I do however think returning them, may bring back Cyclops and Wolverine, who died after they arrived and whose deaths may have been linked to whatever their arrival did to the Time Line. (Apparently Charles Xaviar has been resurrected in Fantomex, but I've yet to see him. The original Jean Grey (sans Phoenix) is back finally. Also they have allegedly resurrected Wolverine -- but I'm not sure I've seen him. I've seen a venom version of Wolverine, which is just weird. The X-men is like this insane soap opera, which only works if you like insane soap operas and don't care about convoluted plot arcs, as long as characters get explored and you get real emotional moments.)
* X-men Exterminated -- 1-3, much better than expected. Was quite surprised by how good these issues are on all fronts. We get real moments. The art is definitely good. Everyone looks different, you can see how they are feeling and what they are feeling, the women and men don't all have the same bodies. And their bodies are weirdly proportioned for sexy pin-ups (see Jim Lee era).
What I'm reading outside of the X-men?
Children of Blood and Bone by Toni Adeymei -- which is a YA dystopic fantasy novel that takes place in Africa. Utilizing Nigerian folklore. It's different, but also the same. We have the strong, kick-ass female character who needs to learn patience and humility, and impulse control. She's a teen, and tough as nails. Also has magic, but it's not awakened yet. Also, along for the ride -- Amari, a princess who is weak, and timid, who brings her a magic scroll and asks for her help, her older brother trying to protect, Tzain, the Princess's older brother Inan who is trying to find her and bring her back to the palace before anyone else finds her and kills her. They are trying to bring magic back, even though the Kingdom doesn't want it.
It's more complex than expected. We have two groups who each think the other is evil. The Royal non-magical group who hates the magical group because they killed various members of the royal family in a bid to usurp power. The magical group who has lost their magic and hates the royals for the Raid (which killed their families). A lot of revenge madness going on here.
But some interesting themes, and it is told in the way of folk stories or fairy tales. Definitely skews Young Adult.
I got it for my neice for Christmas, but I'm wondering if it will work for her? (Shrugs) Oh well I got her a cool t-shirt from the Museum of Flight. And it's not like I've read the book she gave me last year -- it's in hard back. I can't read hard back books -- they don't travel well. Too bulky.