tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post5998645882822097083..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: The Reluctant RomanticBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-67790368295932408022016-02-02T23:30:08.278+11:002016-02-02T23:30:08.278+11:00Wow that's a really impressive list - thank yo...Wow that's a really impressive list - thank you so much. I've heard of a couple of them but (hangs head in shame) I've never picked any of them up to even look inside. <br /><br />You've given me lots of food for thought ... watch this space :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-59856402192304741922016-01-31T22:18:59.706+11:002016-01-31T22:18:59.706+11:00*act cool, act cool!*
Okay, so I'll start wi...*act cool, act cool!* <br /><br />Okay, so I'll start with the obvious: Art Spiegelman's Maus. It's the only graphic memoir that has won a Pulitzer to date. It can get hard, though, since Spiegelman recounts the story of his Jewish family during World War 2.<br /><br />I also enjoyed Marjane Satrapi's Embroideries a lot. It's very short, specially compared to Persepolis, so you will be done in an afternoon, but it stills packs a lot.<br /><br />Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is also a classic graphic memoir that gets in many English major curricula. She's the Bechdel from the Bechdel test, so you can expect feminism. And she's lesbian, so there's a very nuanced exploration of queer identity, too. Julie Maroh's Blue is the Warmest Color is fiction but has autobiographical content, I believe, and it's a lighter graphic novel that dabs in some of the same themes of Fun Home.<br /><br />Other graphic memoirs I haven't yet read but I really want to are those of Lucy Knisley, Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese, and Craig Thompson's Blankets.<br /><br />I have to admit I haven't read that much graphic non-fiction, but my wishlist is huge: John Robert Lewis' March, Guy Delisle's Pyongyang, Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant for a comical take on history, Margaret Talbot's Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, or Sydney Padua's The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage come to mind.Masanobuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128039987943942637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-85945124111691504592016-01-31T21:35:47.282+11:002016-01-31T21:35:47.282+11:00Any tips for graphic non-fiction or graphic memoir...Any tips for graphic non-fiction or graphic memoirs would be hugely appreciated!! Thanks :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-3175305095101031072016-01-31T10:37:06.009+11:002016-01-31T10:37:06.009+11:00If you choose comics (or graphic novels/memoirs/no...If you choose comics (or graphic novels/memoirs/nonfiction or whatever) I have plenty of recommendations, should the need arise. Just ask! (*crossing fingers to see whether you give a chance to graphic storytelling*)Masanobuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128039987943942637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-16633402406256807842016-01-28T06:29:31.574+11:002016-01-28T06:29:31.574+11:00Poetry and graphic novels are both genres I'd ...Poetry and graphic novels are both genres I'd like to read more of too, so I'm sure I'll be inspired by the books you pick out for the challenge no matter which genre you choose. Thanks for joining in! :)DoingDeweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902496432225294188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-76413302020515504492016-01-27T00:31:49.073+11:002016-01-27T00:31:49.073+11:00I'm not a huge graphic novel fan either. I mea...I'm not a huge graphic novel fan either. I mean, I want to read them, but I just never get around to it. I've started a few series that I ought to finish out. My experience with poetry is similar to your own. Now that I see who has joined the challenge so far I see how I missed genres that I wish I'd read more of. :) But modernism works for me because it throws in those two Woolf books for the #woolfalong.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629744053780948715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-19086686975604746762016-01-26T11:31:25.807+11:002016-01-26T11:31:25.807+11:00This does sound like a fun challenge! I chose grap...This does sound like a fun challenge! I chose graphic novels (and nonfiction) for myself because they seem to be exploding in popularity and I'd like to see what all the fuss is about. Poetry would be a lovely choice too. Looking forward to your challenge posts!Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.com