Quick Recommendations

I honestly don’t have time to be posting this, so I’m going to be quick before I get back to my paper.  Here are some webcomics you should read.

Witch Knots, Think Before You Think, Anubis, The Sundays, The Princess & the Giant, Luci Phurr’s Imps, Intrepid Girlbot, So Damn Bright, Paul & Kyra, Crazy Cal Presents, Brat-halla, Legend of Bill (from the creator of Gene’s Journal), xkcd, Inhuman Relations, As the Grass Grows, Bad Machinery, Chippy & Loopus (please don’t read if you’re under 18), Unshelved, Red Moon Rising (which has nothing to do with Simon R. Green’s Blue Moon Rising), Subterforge, What Birds Know, Kinokofry (be sure to check out the links along the header!), Axecop (written by a 5-year old) and Dinosaur Comics.

I don’t think this is the binge reading the looming threat of finals is supposed to inspire.  Ah, well.  Doing a presentation on this video clip tomorrow for ling. anthropology:

Also, check out The Rainbow Boy project and consider helping out.  At the very least you should make others aware of it.  Neil Gaiman says so.

Off to work on the paper.  Best of luck!

PhantasticStudent

P.S.  I will try to come back and add descriptions to the webcomics later.  In the meantime, go ahead and check them out.  They’re all good (italics are better, bold italics best – ratings based on my feelings as of this moment).

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Books You Should Read

Yes, that means you.

… In YA Lit (particularly if you are not a young adult):
Skulduggery Pleasant (and sequels) by Derek Landy – For too-quick, awesome dialog, a world and characters that could fit into a way darker, way more depressing (and possibly even cooler) adult novel but don’t due to narration by a 12-year old (still good!).

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud – If you are easily offended by magic, you probably shouldn’t read these – which is a shame, because they’re awesome.

The Book of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde – I’m too biased to be able to tell you if this is a good book or not, but you should read it.  Really.

… In Non-YA Lit (for those who claim to be adults):

Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines –

Rosemary and Rue (and sequels) by Seanan McGuire – In which the protagonist is a Shakespeare-loving half-faerie hard-boiled detective with a big mouth.

Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow – A werewolf novel written in free verse, which (surprisingly) only makes you want to cry if you are particularly susceptible to violent scenes.

Maledicte by Lane Robbins – Gorgeous imagery in a Renaissance/steampunk sort of setting with curses, gods, cross-dressing and lots and lots of murder.  And gossip.

Mordred’s Curse by Ian McDowell – Please only read this if you have a sense of humor or aren’t easily scarred.  It’s good, but it definitely has “adult” themes (A.K.A. themes that adults often want to ban).  I liked it even though I was somewhat traumatized – so much so that I went ahead and bought the sequel, Merlin’s Gift.

And there ends my list of books to shove down your throat.  They are good – I promise.

On a less positive note, I finally broke down and bought a copy of Douglas Clegg’s Mordred, Bastard Son, against my better judgment.  Allow me to offer a condensed version of my rant:  Mordred is awesome.  Lancelot is horrible.  They should not, in any universe or bastardization of Arthurian legend be a couple.  Clegg, apparently, disagrees.

I’m still going to read it.  I can’t rant properly without fuel, and not having read it is working against me in my Mordred obsession.  So.

In other news, only two weeks until I’m out for the summer and have to work full time.  Whoo!  But I’ll get to do some free reading – just watch me read as much as humanly possible this summer.  Maybe I’ll make a point of tanning while I’m at it…

Also, caught up on a ton of webcomics since my last post.  I plan to link to them here, in the future, but probably not until after finals.

Counting down the days.

PhantasticStudent

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