Venus in the Blind Spot
By: Junji Ito
My first horror manga!
Honestly I think this might be my favorite manga yet. Of all the Junji Ito options I had to start with this one because I find the cover art so striking and that turned out to be a really good approximation of what’s inside.
We got a trailer for Dash and Lily!
Which naturally immediately made me wonder about the Six of Crows trailer… No, I really loved Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares and I’m actually looking forward to this one.
The Deathless Girls
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Lil and Kizzy are twin sisters on the verge of their divining day (having their futures told) when they find their camp attacked by soldiers families killed and the survivors taken and forced into slavery.
The twins find themselves working in the Boyar’s kitchen and learning that the legend of human sacrifices to the “Dragon” is all too true.
So Time Magazine released a list of the 100 Best Fantasy Novels of all Time which since they started only from the 9th Century really just does away with the title of the list right there.
It’s also I think it’s too heavily stacked with recent releases and who the hell knows how they’re going to stand the test of time?
I’m going to ignore the Tatiana Maslany news in order to keep all upcoming news happy this week! Besides several people have reminded me that Marvel can be super weird and she might not be able to confirm her casting until there’s an official announcement. So I’m still crossing fingers there…
The Devil and the Dark Water
By: Stuart Turton
When Old Tom is summoned he whispers to you in the night offers your hearts desire for a bargain. And if you don’t bargain?
You die.
Which seems wildly unfair to me but that’s the situation the passengers of our ship find themselves in on their supposed to be 8 month journey home.
Dune
By: Frank Herbert
An epic novel with a complicated mother figure? A space witch of sorts sold to a powerful Duke for breeding who falls madly in love with him and therefore screws up the breeding plans…
Yeah I bet you can guess my favorite character.
So I actually took some notes on The Boys season 2 finale and the season overall and while I enjoyed it like crazy while watching it I was also kind of surprised how many nitpicks I had. Which I’m going to get out of the way first because I still think this is a great entertaining as hell show.
It just got a little too much.
Spoilers of course!
In all my Halloween Fall reading meant to scare me I haven’t read a book that’s done it yet. I haven’t found what I’m looking for yet I know that book exists…
And I don’t mean that metaphorically.
I know it. I own it.
I’m just to chicken to read it because when I get down to it I have many fears and anxieties but one takes the cake and it’s one you tend to run into a lot…
A Deadly Education
By: Naomi Novik
This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. I loved Uprooted by the same author so when I heard it was about a school that you either graduate from or die in I had high expectations.
And it was admittedly a bumpy ride.
