May & June Wrap-up!

I haven’t been the best at updating this, and once it got further into June, I figured I would just combine the two months for a wrap-up.

I have passed my Goodreads goal of 50 books (currently at 56), and I haven’t upped the number because I don’t want to stress myself out or feel like I have to read. This summer is continuing to be quite busy, and I deal with my anxiety by knitting. Since I can’t knit and read at the same time, I divide my free time. Sometimes it stresses me out to choose, but I don’t want to feel bad if I’m choosing to knit one day instead of read. Both reading and knitting are passions of mine, and having a higher Goodreads goal would just make my anxiety worse.

Also, from now on I will be listing comics’ authors as academic papers list authors, with the first listed author followed by et al. I don’t want to list the whole list, since I don’t want to accidentally leave any out, and Goodreads isn’t always complete when they list authors/illustrators/colorists/etc. to a comic’s page (which is what I use when writing down my wrap-ups).

Anyway, you’re here for the wrap-up, so here we go.

May 2017:

• Akio: A Short Story by Alice Rachel  ★★★★★
• Suicide Squad #1 (Free Comic Book Day) by Adam Glass et al ★★★★★
• I Hate Image (Free Comic Book Day) by Skottie Young ★★★★★
• Bob’s Burgers (Free Comic Book Day) by Brian Hall et al ★★★★★
• Cecilia & Tyreese: A Short Story by Alice Rachel ★★★★★
• Plutonia by Jeff Lemire et al ★★★★★
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North et al ★★★☆☆
• Supergirl, Vol. 1: Last Daughter of Krypton by Michael Green et al ★★★★☆
• Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman et al ★★★★★
• Holding Ground by Alice Rachel ★★★★★
• Chi: A Short Story by Alice Rachel ★★★★★
• East of West, Vol. 4: Who Wants War? by Jonathan Hickman et al ★★★★★
• Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick ★★★☆☆
• The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman et al ★★★★★

June 2017:

• Terrence: A Short Story by Alice Rachel ★★★★★
• The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman et al ★★★★★
• The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman et al ★★★★★
• The Sandman, Vol. 8: World’s End by Neil Gaiman et al ★★★★★
• Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore et al ★★★★☆
• The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman et al ★★★★★
• Amulet, Vol. 4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi ★★★★☆
• Jessica Jones, Alias Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Benis et al ★★★★★
• Chewbacca by Gerry Duggan et al ★★★★☆

I also unboxed the June Nocturnal Reader’s Box: All Hail the King (Stephen King).

I hope everyone is having a great summer so far! I’m actually ready for fall, cooler weather, and Halloween, but the summer isn’t so bad.

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