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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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For Gina, and Meika, and Keri – thanks for picking me up.

Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator), Christelle Morelli (Translator), Susan Ouriou (Translator)

July 24, 2015 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

My choice to read Jane, the Fox, and Me was influenced by my participation in the Read Harder Challenge. Tasks 19 and 20 are to read a work originally published in another language and a graphic novel, graphic memoir, or collection of comics of any kind. I had some other books picked out for these tasks, and I have every intention of reading them, but when bonnie and the Chancellor’s reviews of this book back in January I knew that this was something I wanted […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: bullying, faintingviolet, fanny britt, Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator), Christelle Morelli (Translator), Susan Ouriou (Translator), Graphic Novel, Jane the fox and me, read harder challenge, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: bullying, faintingviolet, fanny britt, Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator), Christelle Morelli (Translator), Susan Ouriou (Translator), Graphic Novel, Jane the fox and me, read harder challenge, works in translation ·
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