SDCC had a kickoff of sorts with a special talk and signing with Raina Telgemeier on Tuesday July 17th. Record crowds showed up to here Raina give an inspiring lecture and signing. With all the excitement of the convention it's easy to forget the quality programming that the library offers for educators and local residents during SDCC. I Plan on attending more events at the library in years to come.
I didn't see Raina that night because of crowds, a great many of them children who could barely contain their excitement at meeting her. I caught up with Raina later at SDCC and got a signed copy of this sampler.
Guts continues Raina's exploration into personal stories as she shares her history with anxiety and digestive problems.
I spent a lot of time at the book booths at #SDCC and was really excited to see this book by Greg Weisman. Gaming has been the one frontier I haven't crossed into and so seeing promo cards for this book got me really excited, especially because Greg Weisman is the writer of one of my favorite animated series Gargoyles. I love the diverse characters and the premise of the novel. I've already added it to my wishlist!
One of the things I've noticed with authors that I read consistently is that as they change and grow so does their narrative and writing style. So what initially thrilled me about Joe Hill is not what will be present in every novel he writes. I was interested in the premise of this book: A virus is infesting people and it involves scaly marks on the skin and at it's zenith a person bursts into flames and dies. The main character of this story is a nurse named Harper who moves through the changing post apocalyptic landscape with a secret: She is infected and is desperately trying to stay alive until her baby is born.
I just didn't really connect to this story, and I'm not really sure why. It could be reader fatigue or that the storyline seemed so familiar to other stories I read.
Either way I struggled a lot with it, but am still a fan of Joe. :)
