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“It’s fear that makes us lose our conscience. It’s also what transforms us into cowards.”

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh)

August 27, 2015 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

This year as I began making my epic list of things to read for Cannonball I asked some of my friends what they would suggest. While having these conversations my coworker mentioned that she hadn’t read Persepolis yet, but kept meaning to, and had I. I had not, so on the list it went, since she’s the mom of two small kiddoes, I could certainly do a little market research for her reading intake. Good news for her and you is that I *really* liked […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Anjali Singh, banned book, banned books, Blake Ferris, challenged book, faintingviolet, Graphic Novel, Iran Revolution, Islam, Marjane Satrapi, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh), Persepolis, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:66 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Anjali Singh, banned book, banned books, Blake Ferris, challenged book, faintingviolet, Graphic Novel, Iran Revolution, Islam, Marjane Satrapi, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Marjane Satrapi (translated by Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh), Persepolis, works in translation ·
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Saga! Saga! Saga! Saga!

August 24, 2015 by bonnie Leave a Comment

Oh, now I’m sad. I’ve read all my Saga and now I have to wait until September. Like the rest of everybody. That’s the problem with really loving something in the moment—you catch up and you can’t binge read/watch it. Blargh. Volume 4 takes place a few years after the events of the third. By now, Hazel is an adorable toddler, though her narrative voice is still that of a much older individual. Both Alana and Marko are trying to figure out how to make […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel, Saga

bonnie's CBR7 Review No:166 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel, Saga ·
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SAGA x3!!!

August 24, 2015 by bonnie Leave a Comment

I can’t imagine how torturous it must have been to read Saga as the issues and volumes were released. Volume 2 ended on a cliffhanger (I won’t say what it was, obviously), so I was very grateful to have Volumes 1-4 on my hands right away. You’ll want to read Volume 3 quickly after Volume 2, that’s all I’m saying. Again, in her irreverent style, Hazel narrates the text. But this time, the narration goes back and forth in time a little bit. Here, I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel, Saga

bonnie's CBR7 Review No:165 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel, Saga ·
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MOAR SAGA

August 24, 2015 by bonnie Leave a Comment

So, I definitely polished off the published volumes of Saga way too quickly. How could I help it? I’ve never read anything quite so compulsively readable and addicting! I think just about every graphic novel I read from here on out is going to be hampered by unfair comparisons to Saga. It’s pretty much the most perfect space opera I’ve ever read: adventure, gory action, romance, and deliciously dark humor. Side note: it’s going to be difficult to say a whole lot about Saga that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel, Saga

bonnie's CBR7 Review No:164 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel, Saga ·
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Bro, what are you, bro?

August 18, 2015 by Emmalita 4 Comments

Why wasn’t this Clint Barton in the Avengers movies? Seriously? This Clint Barton is awesome!!! Have I told you about how I have a thing for (fictional) bad boy, smartass, not fully on the right side of the law heros? Matt Fraction’s Clint Barton is exactly that. He doesn’t really consider himself one of the Avengers, and he’s no Captain America boyscout do-gooder, but he does do the right things. He does them with arrows and attitude. This run isn’t about Clint being Hawkeye the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: David Aja, Graphic Novel, marvel now!, Matt Fraction

Emmalita's CBR7 Review No:42 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: David Aja, Graphic Novel, marvel now!, Matt Fraction ·
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OMG SAGA!!!!! [that sums it up, yes?]

August 16, 2015 by bonnie 2 Comments

Two years ago, my sister loaned me issues of a comic she’d gotten into, Saga. “It’s really, really good. You’re going to love it.” I agreed, mostly to get her to stop talking about it. One thing led to another, and somehow, I kept putting it off. The Chancellor read several issues and agreed with my sister. And still…I kept forgetting to read it. But then, she came over last weekend, and I decided that I needed to give her back her comics, but I’d […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel

bonnie's CBR7 Review No:162 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bonnie, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Graphic Novel ·
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