Welcome to Litsy!

I feel like the most genuine comments around food are often uncouth. If you love it enough to skip the doggy bag and risk your purse contents, you REALLY loved it. Also: Bachelorettini, pfft. 🤭

The #ToB crew is hosting a horror pop-up in which 16 classic horror novels will be set up against one another in the usual way.

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/welcome-to-the-horror-popup

I don‘t think I‘ll participate (too many books too little time) but I do love that tob is alive and kicking and can‘t wait for them to follow up with the #ToB26 longlist!

I've been reading all of these collections while I have free KU; this is the first, and though the drawing technique isn't as polished as in the later comics, my favorite. I think it's because while they're all pretty much the same -- cute, relatable vignettes about coupledom -- this is the one in which Chetwynd really lets her freak flag fly. 😂

Another banned/challenged book for our local library‘s “Read for Your Rights” book club. This is a graphic memoir of the author‘s life growing up in Tehran until age 14, during the late 1970s/early 1980s —a period that covered the fall of the Shah, the rise of the Islamic state and Iran‘s war with Iraq. I don‘t read a lot of graphic novels; I‘m glad I read this one. It was the perfect format for Satrapi‘s story.

I found the way this all worked out a bit... obvious? Predictable? But it was satisfying to get there, and I do enjoy Lee Knox Ostertag's art.

Loving this NK Jemisin graphic novel.

During VADER‘s quest to root out the remaining Jedi, he takes a beat to pick out where to build a ‘fortress of solitude‘. More than a new hideout, this base on the planet Mustafar (where he was reborn as the Sith Lord) serves as a key to more power from the Dark side of the Force. It might also be the tool for him to regain the one person he so desperately wants alive again…

A grimy, noir BATMAN tale from the creators of 100 BULLETS sounds like a home run in my book. But, despite the amazing art, and the dark poetry of the narrative, I just couldn‘t muster the enthusiasm I thought this would engender. I‘m not sure why, but the book left me cold, when I should have loved it.

A collection of humorous comic strips following two (and then more) friends in their messy lives and queer experiences. The characters are heartfelt, and I enjoyed seeing their relationships grow. This style of comic never really resonates with me, so I can't speak to whether it will resonate with readers. #LGBTQIA #Humor #Comics

Thank you @Nutmegnc for the adorable tiny book replicas! I have added these two titles to me tbr-soon list 🤩

I tried to create this image to show how tiny these are! She also sent me 2 others for books I‘ve read and I am going to send on to my friend Amy, (hope Megan won‘t mind!)