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2002-09-27
A Thousand Ships: is the title of
the new graphic novel I'm reading, which is the birthday present I chose for myself from my sister this year. (Thanks, Kathy!)
It's the first book in a looong serialization about the Trojan war. The series is called Age Of Bronze, and it is extremely cool. I eagerly await future volumes, and I'm not even finished with the first one yet.
I'm rather big on Greek history and Greek mythology lately, so this is right up my alley. I like it a lot so far - it's quite character driven and complex.
In other comics news, I happened upon something amazingly suited to me called Girl Genius at the Half Price Books location that is magically specially tuned to my particular thoughtstreams (more details on this some other time).
At the end of the bin, one of the individual episodes caught my eye with its title, and within a couple seconds of looking at it, I knew I had to have it. Later, I found the compilation book I linked to above at the comic store, and I just love it! I can't wait for more stuff to come out. I even want the schwag from the publisher's website, especially the license plate frame from Transylvania Polygnostic University that reads "Know Enough To Be Afraid".
Damn, I like their style! :) I'm going to have to get signed up at the comic book shop across the road to get all the new issues as they come out, something I've never done before.
The other book I'm actively reading now is called The Giver, and I found it in the young adult section of the bookstore when I was there on Tuesday with Elena and her grandmother.
Sometimes young adult books are way cooler than adult books :). Anyhow, it's quite fascinating, I like it. It's also a quick read, which is a plus. And if I like it enough, it goes into Elena's library for future reading.
