Welcome to Litsy!

I‘ve had this graphic novel on my shelves for years. I now read it for one of my reading challenges. The graphics are amazing, yet all over the place, just like the various storylines. Not my kind of book but I know I am selling it short, I can totally see why it is unique in its sort. #TBRTarot

DNFing. Nothing to do with the story or the art, I just can't deal with this lettering.

Impulse Libby borrow. We shall see what we shall see.

The threads of this story were a bit all over the place, but they came together at the end and the caliber of the art kept me reading until they did. Printed as if you‘re looking at a spiral bound lined school notebook covered with crosshatch pencil drawings , the art style is totally unique and completely engaging.

#OminousOctober #Day7 #Monster I‘ve had this GN about monsters for a few years now, I really should read it! Maybe this years #Scarathlon will be the time🤞 #TeamSlaughter 6pts

Did I choose this based on the cover? Yes, yes I did. No idea if it‘s actually up my alley, but we‘ll find out! #monster #OminousOctober #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs @StayCurious

I adored this graphic novel set in late 1960s Chicago. Amazing art and 10-year old Karen Reyes is such a wonderful character.

#Setin1960s #BookMoods
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This was a good graphic (excellent illustrations) and good story - just not for me right now.

#BookSpinBingo
#AwesomeApril

Make a great day everyone - 🌞

#ThinkPositiveBePositive
Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Source: Streets, Beats and Eats

Tagging anyone who wants to post and spread some positive thoughts today -

make a great day everyone 🙂

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1. Wordle
2. fishing
3. Batman: The Long Halloween - #2022ReadingBracket @chasjjlee

Make a great day everyone 🙂

Surprise book mail is, perhaps, the best book mail. Super excited a friend sent this to me—I know of it but somehow, have never read it. Looking forward to reading and then discussing it with my friend.

This is my tentative #stack for all this weekends ‘thons including #Deweys24hr #readathon #24B4Monday #Scarathlon2020 #Screamathon2020 #CocosTurning50 #ReadYourWayReadathon etc Plus I‘m almost finished with All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders. Who else is doing some hard ‘thonning this weekend?

I spent much of the book thinking “the author is really taking on too much with this plot.” Having finished it, I think there‘s some validity in that view...but I have to admit I was completely absorbed over the final third of the story. The worst part is that I didn‘t realize this wasn‘t a stand alone graphic novel until I hit the final page and the next installment has been pushed back to next September!!😱🤬😭

126 points

My next #LPMBC book just showed up!

This is the last one in this round of the swap, and I have really enjoyed being in the graphic novel group.

This is a genre I have not read much at all and I have enjoyed the opportunity to change that.

#lmpbc
This was not my fave. I had a hard time reading it due to block lettering.
I did however live the art work!
@REPollock @mklong @LibrarianRyan

I think I was expecting more from this graphic novel based on some of the reviews I had read. It didn‘t work as strongly for me - found the main character very distant. That being said, I will read the sequel coming later in the year. That might bring the whole story into focus and give me a new perspective to reassess this first book.

#bookmail from our old comic shop in San Francisco, Comix Experience. They're awesome. If you're in the market for any graphic novels, they have an online store 🙂

#BiblioMAYnia Day 14: This is a clear #SequelPlease, hopefully soon. This is a book that one should take time reading. It is hefty, fairly thick and detailed, and tears at one‘s insides. I had to take a breather for every major section as it was pretty heavy going. Yet, there is also that voyeuristic aspect to the storytelling, compelling the reader to look further and deeper. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jkn

This book really surprised me. I didn't think I was liking it and then suddenly I was half way through and couldn't put it down. The art work is beautifully done. I love the way everyone's stories are told a little differently. looking forward to the next one.

An early birthday present that I cannot wait to tap into! Thanks for the recommendation, @TheBookstorePodcast !

My picks for #bookspin #doublespin Excited to get to My favorite thing is monsters! @TheAromaofBooks

I devoured this book even though it wasn't what I was expecting. The artwork is amazing and the story keeps you on your toes. Looking forward to volume 2.

I seriously have the best friends in the universe! I am very very lucky! 💕 Look at the amazing Christmas gifts I just received from the marvelous @DaveGreen7777 !!! Star Trek! Graphic novels! Badass ladies! TWO SPOCKS! 😍 You are way too good to me! Thank you SO much! I am endlessly grateful for our awesome nerdy friendship! Merry Christmas, Dave! 🎅🎄☃️💕

Should I feel guilty for putting all these Star Trek gifts on my Star Wars rug? 🤔🤣😂🙊

Ferris creates the art journal and diary of Karen Reyes, a 1960s Chicago pre-teen, balancing the difficulties of her own adolescence with a family that‘s only marginally stable. And what she wants most in the world is to become a werewolf.

If you like a quirky kid, stories of growing up too fast, and fantastic art, give this graphic novel a whirl.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2019 #booked2019 #comicorgraphicnovel

I bought this AGES ago, thought maybe I‘d read it for the Halloween season this year. Alas, I‘m just now starting...but it‘s intriguing so far. Can‘t wait to see what my granddaughter thinks of it this afternoon (she‘s nine). #comicorgraphicnovel #booked2020 #lasthosttofinish

#ChillingPhotoChallenge #day18 #Monster Shame on me, I‘ve had this beautifully drawn graphic novel about monsters for over a year, and I still haven‘t read it! I have flicked through it and it‘s gorgeous, guess it‘s going on my #24B4Monday playlist. #Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-754

Day 2🧛‍♀️🧟‍♀️🦹‍♀️ #7Covers7Days #CoverLove

Thanks for the tag @Ruthiella

“Like I said, basements usually smell like surrealism. But kitchens and gardens almost always smell like impressionism. Because our kitchen is part of a basement apartment, it smells like the early impressionism of Vincent Van Gogh - all big strokes of umber and ochre - a peppery greasy I-love-you smell.”

#QuotsyJuly19 | 29: #Impression

📷: Made with Typorama

For those of you that can't wait until 2020 for Book 2, there is a My Favorite Thing Is Monsters comic in celebration of Free Comic Book Day. It consists of shorts, memoirs, and Emil Ferris's amazing artwork. Ferris's bout with illness that led to the book's creation is a triumphant story.

Happy free comic book day everyone!!! I got to pick of these plus a few graphic novels I‘ve been wanting and even got all my manga holds from the library today! Good day for some illustrated novels 😍

#comicbook #freecomicbookday #graphicnovels #graphicnovel2019 #manga #mpls #twincities

I absolutely adore this graphic novel! It's huge and heavy, but so worth the read! Karen Reyes is a 10 yr old monster loving artist who uses her notebook and drawings to capture the essence of her emotions and surroundings as she lives with her ill mother, her sometimes dysfunctional brother and a murder in their building. A superb read; some of the most awesome line drawing I've ever seen. Can't wait to get my hands on Vol. 2! 🤗

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Celebrating spring and feeling better by relaxing this afternoon with this AMAZING graphic novel. This is my eighth time reading it. It is one of the most incredible works of art I have ever seen, and even though it won awards, it could stand to win another 100 or so. The sad news is Vol. 2 appears to have been pushed until 2020. 😢 But that‘s okay, it will be worth the wait. (This could also be me spreading misinformation - let‘s hope!) 📚❤️📚

1. Tagged book and either Dead Witch Walking or An Unwanted Guest - I have a stack of library books looking at me!
2. Having friends over on Saturday to hang out and drink. That‘s it!
3. Nope
4. No, but will visit eventually!! (Hopefully)
5. 🍀🍀Luck to a few new followers! @Lydsters @BookHoarder32

#HelloThursday #StPatricksDayEdition

Fruit: mango
Chunkster:City on Fire
Graphic: My Favorite Thing is Monsters
5 Years: RETIRED
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday

#wondrouswednesday
1. Watermelon
2. None recently, but currently reading N0S482 and Black Leopard, Red Wolf which are 600+ pages.
3. See tagged book.
4. Hopefully healthy and happy.
@Eggs

Okay. WOW.

Emil Ferris knows how to construct a story, y'all. This comic has layers on layers on layers, and each one gives the reader about a million new puzzle pieces to consider. Nothing's simple, whether it's Karen's family dynamic, the politics of her Chicago neighbourhood, the murder she sets out to solve, or the true nature of each monster she encounters. The ending gets a bit abstract, but it's still damned remarkable.

Art-wise... ⬇️

The story here is one thing but the art in this is beyond amazing and impressive. Art!🎨

I went a little crazy at the library....

I'm looooooving this book. How gorgeous is it? Plus the story is intriguing and super fun.
I think I got this because lst year someone recommended it here si, once again, THANK YOU LITSY!

1. Yesterday I started "My favorite thing is monsters". I had it for a long time! Can't believe I didn't read it before.
2. ¿Por qué volvías cada verano? From 2018, by Belén López Peiró, an Argentinian author.
3. Probably The Illiad.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

I‘ve never seen a graphic novel quite like this before! Great sketches and drawings, part cartoon part realism, cool mystery. I wish there weren‘t a cliffhanger ending, but at least that means there‘s a sequel coming! Thank you Holly!
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterF for author
Started during #24in48

And.... time! Whew! What a great weekend of reading! I finished two of these that I‘d already started, read the entirety of three of them, and started two others. Reviews to come over the next couple days. I‘m going to rest my eyes and make dinner 😊. I‘m one happy reader!
#24in48

This was so beautiful how could I not just love it!?

“Love is the weirdest monster out there”

It‘s beautiful!

My husband got this for me to read before he flew back home. He looked through it and believed I‘d love it. He usually is right about these things :)