1. I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven, by Naomi Shihab Nye
2. The Shadow of the Bear, by Regina Doman
3. Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China, by Guy Delisle
4. Feed, by M.T. Anderson
5. North of Beautiful, by Justina Chen Headley
6. Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne
7. Sorcerers & Secretaries, volume 1, by Amy Kim Ganter
8. Poems, by Anna Akhmatova
9. Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer, by Laini Taylor
The best:
Shenzhen, a graphic novel, lives up to my standards for Guy Delisle: smart, funny, interesting (other countries! hurray!), and sensitive to the absurdities of cross-cultural living.
Feed gets a mention because it is so thought-provoking, which is not to say the writing is bad. A dystopic young adult novel that makes some extremely interesting speculations about the future of language, social media, and information technology — things that I'm guessing are important to most people reading this.
North of Beautiful is a young adult novel about family, travel, art — about finding the things that are beautiful about oneself and this enormous world, and making your life what you want it to be. So enjoyable and uplifting, but not in a phony or annoying way.
Poems, a collection of Anna Akhmatova's poetry, is stunning. I love her unusual imagery, her quiet but clear voice, her strange stories. I had never read anything of hers before this volume, but I'd count her among my favorite poets now. I posted a poem from this book a while ago.
8. Poems, by Anna Akhmatova
9. Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer, by Laini Taylor
The best:
Shenzhen, a graphic novel, lives up to my standards for Guy Delisle: smart, funny, interesting (other countries! hurray!), and sensitive to the absurdities of cross-cultural living.
Feed gets a mention because it is so thought-provoking, which is not to say the writing is bad. A dystopic young adult novel that makes some extremely interesting speculations about the future of language, social media, and information technology — things that I'm guessing are important to most people reading this.
North of Beautiful is a young adult novel about family, travel, art — about finding the things that are beautiful about oneself and this enormous world, and making your life what you want it to be. So enjoyable and uplifting, but not in a phony or annoying way.
Poems, a collection of Anna Akhmatova's poetry, is stunning. I love her unusual imagery, her quiet but clear voice, her strange stories. I had never read anything of hers before this volume, but I'd count her among my favorite poets now. I posted a poem from this book a while ago.
*puts 'Poems' on to-read list*
ReplyDeleteErin - :) Hooray! I really think you'll love it.
ReplyDeleteMust...read...'Poems'...
ReplyDeleteI loved Feed.
ReplyDeleteMaya - And you must tell me when you do.
ReplyDeleteSummermoon - That's why I read it.
:) Glad to have been influential. It's a rare occurrence.
ReplyDeleteSummermoon - Oh pls. Do you really have no ambitions of global conquest?
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