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Escapism & ting

Ohhhh I’m blown, I erased everything from the books section of my original post and now I have to start over… sigh… okaye let’s hope I can remember what I’ve really enjoyed and plan to enjoy:

Comics

1. Blood Hunt

   1. W - Jed McKay / A - Pepe Larraz / C - Marte Garcia / L - VC’s Cory Petit

      

   2. This was an amazing comic book event that was so fun and visually stunning. Also it features some dope tie-ins, including:

   3. Black Panther: Blood Hunt

      1. W - Cheryl Lynn Eaton / A - Farid Karami / C - Andrew Dalhouse / L - VC’s Joe Sabino

2. DOOM

   1. W - Sanford Greene & Jonathan Hickman / A - Sanford Greene / C - Sanford Greene & Rachelle Rosenberg / L - VC’s Joe Carmanga

      

3. X-Men #35/700

   1. W - Gerry Duggan, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, & more / A - Various / C - Various / L - VC’s Clayton Cowles

4. The Whisper Queen

   1. W - Chip Zdarsky / A - Kris Anka / C - Matt Wilson / L - Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

5. The Power Fantasy

   1. W - Kieron Gillen / A - Caspar Wjingaard / L - VC’s Clayton Cowles

   2. This one has me HYPE! Hiiiighly Recommend.

      

6. Akogun Brutalizer of the Gods

   1. W - Murewa Ayodele / A - Dotun Akande / C - Dee Cunniffe / L - Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

      

7. X-Force

   1. W - Geoffrey Thorne / A - Marcus To / C - Erick Arciniega / L - VC’s Joe Carmanga

8. NYX

   1. W - Jackson Lanzing & Colin Kelly / A - Franceso Mortarino / C - Raul Angulo / L - VC’s Joe Sabino

      

Books

The last portion of the year I will only be adding comics to the list because I am like somewhere between 20-80% of the way through like 6 different real people books (not that graphic novels aren’t real because I will fight and die on that hill) and I just want to focus on finishing them. I did finish a good amount of the books from last year and earlier this year; the Ethical Slut, The Crystal Bible, Transcendent Kingdom, and I believe one or two more. That said, I still haven’t finished ‘Range’, Ritual (though I’m making more of my way through there), and now I have even more stacked on the shelf:

1. Try to Love the Questions - Lara Hope Schwartz

2. Decolonizing Wellness - Dalia Kinsey

3. Children of Anguish & Anarchy - Tomi Adeyemi

   

4. Vagabonds - Eloghosa Osunde

   

My hope is to take a pause on big book reads beyond this until next Summer/Fall and use the time in between to A. Keep reading comics (as well as articles and substacks that I have stacked up) and B. Start writing reviews and bibliotherapeutic guides for these books that I read. Soooo stay tuned!