I found this on a list of the Best Wonder Woman comics. https://www.ranker.com/list/best-wonder-woman-comics-storylines/ranker-comics There are many such lists out there. The idea of reading a Wonder Woman comic written by a woman sounded good to me. I wanted to read some of her stories after seeing the amazing movie last year. The problem, of course, is she’s been a comics character since 1941! So every point you “jump into” has a giant back story you don’t know. Not to mention the fact that every 25 […]
People Fear What They Don’t Understand
I read this book because of Ellesfena‘s descriptive, intriguing review. Seraphina takes place in a world where dragons live in the world with humans, and they can transform to look human for their comfort. In Goredd, a peace treaty has been negotiated with the dragons, which is about to celebrate a 40 year anniversary. The world is medieval in nature with the clothes, and court, and everyone is very religious (there are many Saints.), but it also seems less sexist. The Queen is a powerful woman […]
Just Lovely
In times of darkness, books provide me comfort. I picked this up after it was recommended in NPR’s book concierge as a best book of 2017 and finally got around to reading it. I took a lot of history courses in college that studied Asian and Middle Eastern cultures because so much of what we are taught is centered on US and European History. I have always been interested in Japanese history and culture. My Brother’s Husband tells the story of Yaichi, a stay-at-home dad […]
Avatar + Arabian Nights
I got this book from my Kindle Unlimited subscription. It is marked as being for grades 8 and up. In The Hundreth Queen, Kalinda is an 18 year old girl growing up in a temple of sisters. She’s had fevers all of her life, which the healer in the temple “cures” them by giving her a daily tonic. The temple is visited by the rajah, the ruler in the community who has 99 wives. He chooses Kalinda to be his 100th. It is necessary for […]