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While looking for another book by her on the library shelf , I found this graphic novel. As a child she had an interest/fear of sharks. A fun read on a wet Saturday afternoon. My partner also read it as she won‘t go into the ocean because of her fear.

Taking a break from My Dark Vanessa to dip into this graphic memoir, which I'm counting for #ATY2020 (book by a woman the ABE Best Women Writers list https://www.abebooks.com/books/best-female-authors/index.shtml)

#libraryhaul

This one was a little strange for my taste, but to each their own.

Saw this at the library and thought I would give it a try.

1. Interesting graphic novel I stumbled upon. I love sharks, so I had to check it out!
2. Chocolate
3. My engagement and wedding rings, 10 year anniversary ring, and a necklace with a charm shaped like The state of Indiana.
4. Usually pants and a long sweater when it is cold, sundress or skirt when warmer.
5. Nope!!
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Wonderful illustration. I can appreciate the significance of sharks on her life, but I was left wanting to know more about her and her family.

More accurate depictions of #childhood
#GraphicNovels #SFPL #boredom

Such good portrayals of #childhood in this book #GraphicNovels #SFPL

I read this whole thing during a breastfeeding session. It's not very long, but oh my, the feels it bestows! Equal parts dark and hilarious. I really enjoyed the comic book format and artwork. If you have about an hour, pls dive into this one. #recommendsday

This sums up Australia quite nicely.

#junebookbugs day 22: #teeth
Two books (one graphic novel, the other is part of a crime series set in Laos) I've read with teeth in the title

I thought I would take a bit of a break from action heavy comics after last week's Saga binge.

This is a lovely graphic memoir, quiet and deceptively straight forward. The art is excellent, I love the cartoon style of her childhood juxtaposed with the terrifying realism of the shark. I find myself thinking back to the story again and again after reading. Definitely worth a re-read before it goes back to the library.

It's 10pm and I just got home from work and I have a homework assignment to submit tonight. But first, reading.

Fascinated and haunted by sharks as a child, Wyld looks back on her fears and how they shaped her coming-to-terms with mortality as an adult. A moving, charming and subtle memoir in graphic format. Beautiful art by Joe Sumner combines high contrast inked cartoony images with realistic, delicate pencil work.

Striking artwork by Joe Sumner perfectly evokes nighttime childhood fears in this graphic memoir.

You gotta love a 6-year-old girl who covets boxing gloves.

Fine memoir in graphic novel form. The art work is beautiful!!

When I was little I once stepped on a baby shark on the pier. My uncle spent many years recounting this story. Now I'm both terrified and fascinated by them. Evie Wyld's graphic memoir about sharks in her childhood was so good and entertaining. None of her sharks wear cool sunglasses though.

Borrowed today

As lovely as I've heard! Very quick read so give it a go if you get a chance! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I'm in a #bookslump where I can't seem to finish anything. Hoping a #graphicnovel break will help me reset and I've heard such lovely things about this one. #libraryhaul

A beautifully macabre ode to childhood fears & fixations.

So sparse. So lovely.

Piercing little memoir about childhood

I have loved sharks since Dad and I established a tradition of watching Shark Week together when I was about 10. So, I was probably destined to really enjoy this part-memoir, part-shark ode. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I don't know why we are having perfect fall weather here in MO, but I'm not going to question it. Just going to sit here and read and ignore all the things I should be doing.

Wyld's narration is stark and threatening, full of holes for the reader's own mind to fill, like shadows under water. Its panels are bare, empty, near-colorless as it recounts Evie's childhood obsession with sharks--a danger she can know in a way she can't with her family's problems--and they teach her to hope, to survive. Her idol, shark attack survivor Rodney Fox, fought and lived. Evie can too, as long as she doesn't give up.

I always hope the thing beneath the water turns out to be a man eater.
And it usually does.

Quiet graphic memoir about the cycles of life, family, apex predators, and a girl's fascination with sharks. Great illustrations - the shark attack pictures were graphic, and my youngest pointed out all the different species of sharks drawn throughout the book.

Very simply illustrated but oh so striking. It's a simple story about a girl's lifelong obsession with sharks and things that lurk out of sight. I wish it was more indepth but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

TBR Tuesday includes today's library haul for me and the kiddos.

In this engaging memoir we get snippets of Evie's childhood experiences and lifelong obsession with sharks. I really liked the juxtaposition of drawings and photorealistic sharks. Glad this caught my eye at the library!

It's about a girl's obsession with sharks, but so much more besides. I keep flipping between the pages, trying to choose a favourite image and failing. My graphic novel pick of the year so far.

My laundromat read. Washing all the comforters & bedspreads today-so exciting. 😉 At least I get some uninterrupted reading time.

Had to....because wiener dog in the pool and Shark Week....appropriate book for the time.

As someone who shares Evie Wyld's fascination with sharks, I love this graphic novel with its mix of photorealistic sharks and cute art style. Very appropriate for shark week.

Got this little gem at the library today but am slightly panicking b/c I went a little overboard and checked out eleven books! How many books have you guys checked out at one time?

Apparently Mollie does not want me to return these to the library yet

Quick yet satisfying read. Loved the illustrations

I wish this book were longer because it's a great mix of family story, childhood obsession, and the art that captures everything the words don't say.

This was an awesome graphic memoir. I have an obsession with sharks and could relate to many of the things that she talks about. Shark week is probably my favorite thing to watch in the summer. She does an incredible job telling her story of growing up in Australia and the artwork is stunning.

"Baths are difficult for a while." (Because SHARKS ??)

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I wondered why Evie Wyld chose the comic form for her memoir, but the second I opened this and saw Joe Sumner's incredible art, I knew exactly why. This tale of Wyld's childhood obsession with sharks is gorgeous and visceral.