Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen
Started: 11/25/22
Finished: 11/25/22
Sequel to Garlic and the Vampire, which was super cute. This one was also super cute, and I read it in about 20 minutes. Nice story, with nice characters.
graphic novel
Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
Started: 10/8/22
Finished: 10/9/22
I gave up on SEVEN BOOKS IN A ROW. This is the first book I finished in three whole weeks, and it was a super nice and cute little graphic novel. Adorable. There’s a sequel. I will read it.
Castle Waiting Vol II by Linda Medley
Started: 3/14/21
Finished: 3/16/21
Volume 2 of a graphic novel full of NICE fairy tale mashups. I really really hope there’s a 3rd volume.
Castle Waiting, Vol I by Linda Medley
Started: 2/17/21
Finished: 2/21/21
I heard about this one in a Tor.com article about re-imagined fairy tales. This is a graphic novel with a fairy tale premise and references to ALL the fairy tales. I just finished the first volume, and I’m looking for the next one. It’s telling the back stories of these characters who have moved into Sleeping Beauty’s castle, long after Sleeping Beauty woke up and moved out. What’s appealing is that, so far, these are good people, and they have such nice stories with happy endings.
The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente
Started: 1/21/18
Finished: 1/23/18
There’s a trope in comics, movies, TV, books, everything, about how the hero’s love interest has to die or be raped or whatever in order to give the hero a reason to go be heroic. The love interest is an object, a plot device, not a character. The trope (and there’s a website) is called Women in Refrigerators because a particularly egregious example involved a Green Lantern comic where the girlfriend was killed and actually stuffed into a fridge for the hero to find. This novella, focused on the comics aspect, is about turning those women into characters. Pretty darn good, too.