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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.

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commented on Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

Leonie Swann: Three Bags Full (Paperback, 2008, Flying Dolphin Press) No rating

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is 2005 …

Amateur hour over here...

I waited to long to try and reserve this from the library, and now there's a movie out and the reserve list is insanely long 😩

I have only myself to blame...

reviewed The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers by Kieron Gillen (The Power Fantasy, #1)

Kieron Gillen, Caspar Wijngaard: The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers (Paperback, Inglés language, Image)

It’s 1999. Six indescribably powerful people each have the destructive capability of America’s nuclear arsenal.

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If mutually assured destruction were people

I had no idea what this was about when I started reading this, but I really enjoyed it.

It's probably easiest to consider the idea of mutually assured destruction: the idea that because a bunch of countries have nukes and could destroy each other, so therefore no one uses nukes. This only exists however due to a delicate balance that needs to be maintained constantly. Now imagine that that destructive power resides in people. People, with all their emotions, flaws, ego, and issues... And still that delicate balance needs to be maintained... along with all their emotions, flaws, ego, and issues...

So then, who gets to make the rules and maintain the balance?

reviewed The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo, John Picacio: The Invisible Parade (Hardcover, Hachette)

Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party. Everyone knew somebody on the …

Wonderful

The Invisible Parade is a truly beautiful picture book about Día de Muertos and a little girl grieving her recently passed grandfather. The artwork is phenomenally beautiful and touching, and the story provides a message of hope and humanity.