WOW! It's been a while since I've updated the blog- been busy with young adult summer reading programs and publicizing the children's programs (part of my job as well)- sorry.
Anyway, I asked a local graphic novel aficionado (he guides me in much of my graphic novel purchasing for the Pitkin County Library) to recommend something to me so I could begin to get more comfortable with the genre. His recommendation was Blankets by Craig Thompson- a classic. It's a big book but I was assured that graphic novels are pretty quick reads. I set myself up in my hammock (my favorite place in the whole wide world) last weekend and read beginning to end in 2 hours! A story of growing up, family & first love, I highly recommend it, too.
It has prompted me to read more and my daughter has suggested Y: The Last Man by Brian Vaughan. So, Y: The Last Man, vol 1-6 (we need to purchase 7-10 for the library as we do not presently own them) are this weekend's hammock-read. I am intrigued by the premise of the story- a global plague has wiped out every Y chromosome on earth except for one man and one monkey. I can't wait (to read the story, that is!).
Anyway, I asked a local graphic novel aficionado (he guides me in much of my graphic novel purchasing for the Pitkin County Library) to recommend something to me so I could begin to get more comfortable with the genre. His recommendation was Blankets by Craig Thompson- a classic. It's a big book but I was assured that graphic novels are pretty quick reads. I set myself up in my hammock (my favorite place in the whole wide world) last weekend and read beginning to end in 2 hours! A story of growing up, family & first love, I highly recommend it, too.
It has prompted me to read more and my daughter has suggested Y: The Last Man by Brian Vaughan. So, Y: The Last Man, vol 1-6 (we need to purchase 7-10 for the library as we do not presently own them) are this weekend's hammock-read. I am intrigued by the premise of the story- a global plague has wiped out every Y chromosome on earth except for one man and one monkey. I can't wait (to read the story, that is!).
