by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: December 23rd, 2014Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 Ah, back to my reread of Saga. I did put it aside for a little bit in the runup to Christmas, and picked it up again from Volume 4ContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 4”
Tag Archives: Graphic Novels
Let’s Talk Bookish: Graphic Novel Adaptations
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. Few days late on this one but that’s okay. And it looked like such a funContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Graphic Novel Adaptations”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 23rd, 2012Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Finding myself run out of graphic novels and at a little bit of a loss as to what to pick up next, I eyed up my shelves and decided to do a re-read of what is, quite frankly, oneContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 8
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: December 27th, 2017Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars I love this series so, so much and the sooner I can get my hands on Volume 9 the better. It’s really hard to talk too much about this without giving away spoilers, but this is…well, it’s Saga, soContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 8”
Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 1
by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos (Illustrator)Publisher: MAXFormat: PaperbackGenre: Superhero – CrimeRelease Date: September 1st, 2015Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Jessica Jones used to be a superhero, but she’s hung up her cape in favour of opening her own PI firm, Alias Investigations, specialising in superhuman cases. Like most noir stories, danger comes for Jessica when a womanContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 1”
Graphic Novel Review: The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
by Neil Gaiman, Shawn McManus (Illustrator), Colleen Doran (Illustrator), Bryan Talbot (Illustrator), George Pratt (Illustrator), Stan Woch (Illustrator), Dick Giordano (Illustrator), Todd Klein (Letterer) Publisher: DC VertigoFormat: PaperbackGenre: Urban Fantasy/Horror/MythologyRelease Date: March 5th, 2019 (First Published January 1st, 1992)Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Sometimes I end up with a bit of a double-edged sword with graphic novels; I pick up a relatively popular series, read anContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You”
Top Ten Tuesday: Random Books Grabbed From My Shelf
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. For this week’s Top Ten, due to time constraints I’mContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Random Books Grabbed From My Shelf”
Graphic Novel Review: Women of Marvel
by Marvel VariousPublisher: MarvelFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/SuperheroesRelease Date: March 15th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars Things I loved about this graphic novel: some of the one-shots were really fun, and I liked the fact it was women across Marvel for many of them, with varying stories. What I absolutely loved more than anything else, however, were theContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Women of Marvel”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Comics!
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. April 7th: Comics! Prompts: This week’s topic is all about comics! Different from graphic novels, whichContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Comics!”
Graphic Novel Review: Ultimate X-Men Collection, Book 1
by Mark Millar, Geoff JohnsPublisher: MarvelFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/SuperheroesRelease Date: July 26th 2006Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I was trying to put my finger on why I didn’t click with this as much as, say, The Ultimates, and a large part of it boils down to my feelings about the characters. I don’t have a huge attachmentContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Ultimate X-Men Collection, Book 1”
Unwrapping Words 