Recent Reads December 6: a poor choice of an audiobook, then a great choice (Murderbot is always great) plus lots of stunning visual narratives in my latest booktube episode:
https://youtu.be/Pf7IInjEvV4
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It can be a monumental challenge to capture the idiosyncrasies of youth, mental health, and high school friendships in a graphic memoir... but to do so while also tackling the intersections of race, culture, family, and identity is quite the feat.
Lee tackled these subjects with grace and honesty in a stunningly delicate and detailed illustrative style that, although entirely monochromatic, beautifully complimented the themes depicted.
so-soI have GOT to stop reading graphic memoirs. Somehow the art always ends up taking a distant second place to the story that needs to be told. Which, hey, tell your story, but maybe memoir is just too wordy a concept to represent visually? This cover is stunning, but the interior is all gray scale, and mostly talking heads, photorealism over more creative representation. 1/?
pickLee looks back on their difficult high school years in this emotional graphic memoir. They share their mental health struggles and feelings of being an outsider as a Korean American teen in New Jersey. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations.
In Limbo | 
