twenty-nine/fifty-two

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi. Do you sense a theme here? I was afraid that the edition the library had (hardback -- the first one I read was paperback, set like a traditional comic book) would be hard to read, but it wasn't. I finished it in a few hours. I want more more more!

Otherwise, I've been reading lots of zines and trying to write one. It's ending up being a very wordy perzine; I'd like to add images or something but I feel inadequate. And I'm having problems making the tone informal because I can't get my head into non-report-writing mode for some reason. I mean, my writing's always a little formal because of my weird way of phrasing (not using contractions a lot of the time, for example), but this is really bad. I may just have to let it go the way it is, though, because my deadline is four days away.

I've also been reading too many magazines and spending too much time online. I hope to be over my online addiction by the end of the week, once the novelty of having a connection at home again wears off. For one, it takes up too much of the precious time-while-Rabbit's-napping that I have, and for two, the pockets of drama you find everywhere get old after a while.

So many things taking up reading time!

twenty-eight/fifty-two

(This one was actually read in April.)

I've been reading very very slowly, mostly light stuff or comics, as I've explained elsewhere (I feel like I've even explained it here, but I don't think I have), I've been crafting and doing springlike things and I probly won't be doing a lot of good reading until vacation or even fall. It just gets too hot in here to concentrate except at night, and my nights are filled with cookouts and crafting and (right now) season finales. Not that I'm forsaking books for tv -- this summer I'm not planning on spending much time camped out in front of the tube at all. We have a yard now, and damn it all, I will use it for good and not evil.

ANYWAY. Number twenty-eight was Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by the talented Mr. Spiegelman. If I hadn't already bought it (my library didn't have it), I would be buying it right now. It's that good.

I really think everyone should read the Maus books. I don't feel that way about many books, but I think it's true here. Although most people have probly already read them.

Good books. That is all.