April Readings and Reviews

[tithenaii]

The first half of this month was given over to marking and course work; the second half was in Glasgow; but reading and writing happened all the same. Short fiction reading suffered, though.

Books:

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace (Lightspeed column, June)
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (Lightspeed column, June)
Scruffians! by Hal Duncan (Lightspeed column, June)
Ms. Marvel vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
Lazarus vol. 3 by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark
Chew vol. 9 by John Layman and Rob Guillory
Princeless vol. 1 by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin
Revision by Andrea Phillips (forthcoming on NPR)
Superfolks by Robert Mayer
Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (re-read post-Netflix)

Notable Short Fiction:

Sigh.

Comments

[sovay]

Well, I'm really looking forward to your Lightspeed column.

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

I hope it pleases! It's a focus on queer communities as seen in those books.

[kate_nepveu]

What did you think of Ms. Marvel?

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed it! I'd read the first issue when it came out last year but Shenanigans prevented me from reading the trade until this past month. I found it pretty charming, and think the representation of Kamala's interactions with her family is really the selling point right now.

[kate_nepveu]

I thought it was adorable too, though I do need to reread at not-high-speed to see how it holds up under those circumstances.