thirteen/seventy-five

After the poetry, I tried a little bit of another genre I've been neglecting, graphic novels. Marvel 1602, by the fab Neil Gaiman, was my first stop. Marvel superheroes + the seventeenth century = awesomeness. Very good, so good I'm looking at the sequel, even though Gaiman didn't write that one.

twelve/seventy-five

It has been forever since I finished a book of poetry. I love Adrienne Rich's voice and the words she chooses. I'm no good at poetry crit, so this will have to do: I enjoyed Dark Fields of the Republic, although it was a little difficult at times, and I'm keeping an eye out for more of Rich's work.

eleven/seventy-five

If you're looking for a good gothic YA novel, Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty is definitely it. Melodramatic, historical fiction with supernatural goodies mixed in. The sequel is out and I'm having to force myself to wait for the paperback.

ten/seventy-five

March won a Pulitzer Prize. Somehow. Geraldine Brooks's novel is well-paced, interesting, and pretty well-written, but I wouldn't say it was Pulitzer material. It was okay, not great.

It's a novel about the March pater's adventures during the War, and it gets the feeling of that time across well. It was kind of disorienting to think about his foibles, though, after all the adoration of him in Little Women.

Not a favorite but not a waste of time.