I had the same reaction to this one that I did to French Milk: it was an interesting read, with some awesome moments, but it lacked a unifying story arc that I find necessary in a book. Dewey said she really enjoyed it, because it reminded her of her childhood. I read this memoir, which is about Dawson’s love of Queen from childhood through adulthood, for the Dewey’s books challenge. That being said, it was still neat to read a book by someone about my age! :) I think the editor could’ve done a better job. So while I enjoyed reading this, I didn’t love it. And to me, at least, a published book needs some kind of arc to it. Like a real journal, it didn’t really tell a story. That being said, I thought the book was a bit random. I loved the drawing style, which is very much ‘sketches I happened to draw in a Parisian cafe.’ And I thought it was refreshing of Knisley to acknowledge culture shock-that some days, she didn’t feel like being in Paris, trying to speak a different language, etc. This is a travel memoir Knisley spends a month of her college senior year living in Paris with her mom. And hopefully approach it with a more open mind this go round! :) I think I mentioned it on a Library Loot vlog as ‘weird.’ But now I’ve had time to think about it, and I find myself really curious about the characters! What will Scott get up to next? So I’m going to go ahead and put the second volume on hold. And as such, I wasn’t a huge fan of it when I first read it. I’m not going to lie this series is a big departure for me, much closer to what people think of as comics than any other graphic book I’ve read. Incognegro by Mat Johnson and Warren PleeceĬhris recommended this series, in a wonderfully written review of volumes one through five (all of the published ones so far) that you should go read to find out more about the actual books.

1 by Bryan Lee O’Malleyįacts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli It’s been fun seeing such a great variety of the genre, and I thought it was about time to discuss them! In reverse chronological order, then: In the last two months, I’ve read nine graphic books, either novel or memoir.

Alice in sunderland graphic novel