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Books wot at read at some point
Sep. 29th, 2018 11:43 pmI feel like crap currently :(
Here's an incomplete list of stuff I read since uuuuuh the beginning of the year, I guess?
La Mort du Temps by Aurélie Wellenstein
( French novel )
All in all very reccomended.
Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them by The Lady Of The Manners (Jillian Venters)
It's very nice!
( English nonfiction )
La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu by Jean Giraudoux
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_War_Will_Not_Take_Place
( French play )
Twas good.
My Chemical Romance: This Band Will Save Your Life by Haydn Reinhardt
Because apparently I had this?????
Anyway it was interesting, I shall plunder the images for references for drawing the martian punks, but also it was originally published in 2008 so it's missing the last 5 years of the band, including their last album.
Poésies by Arthur Rimbaud
V good poetry. Me likey.
Chevaux de foudre by Aurélie Wellenstein
Bit too romance focused and not a fan of the love interest remaining Marcus in the narration after the Dramatic Reveal that he was a slave too and his name was Diego.
Gave good Fuck You Rome and good lightning horse too. Alix is fun character. Nice YA overall but probs won't reread it.
"J'accuse" by Emile Zola
Never read the whole thing before! Zola has no fucks to give with the Army's antisemitisism and incompetence. It is -- and ends with -- him basically shouting COME AT ME BRO to the then-president Félix Faure's face.
a 19th century translation of Sappho into French
Twas [fragment missing] good.
Crown of Ptolemy by Rick Riordan
I know all the demigod series(es?) of Riordan's are set in the same universe, so the crossovers are a thing that makes sense, but THE WORLDBUILDING MAKES NO SENSE ARGH
Was fun other than that.
70 solutions to common writing mistakes by Bob Mayler
Eh. It was a writing how-to book. Not bad, but not mindblowing either.
Breizh v1 by Thierry Jigourel and Nicolas Jarry (writing) and Daniel Brecht and Erwan Seure-Le Bihan (art)
( French comic )
Alix Senator v7 by Valérie Mangin (writing) and Thierry Démarez (art)
( French comic )
Ar-Men, l'enfer des enfers by Emmanuel Lepage (art and writing)
The history/story of "the most inaccessible lighthouse in Brittany, which to say, of the world". In the parlance of French lighthouse keepers, paradis ("heavens") are lighthouses on the mainland, purgatoires ("purgatories") lighthouses on islands and enfers ("hells") lighthouse out at sea.
Really REALLY good use of the comic medium. I am blown away.
Really interesting story (stories) too!
The lighthouse was built in the 19th century on a rock that was only uncovered at low tide during the spring tide so lol it took them 15 years to built the lighthouse.
Also holy shit the art is AMAZING
Also the last panel showing words written inside the lighthouse: "Le feu est clair; tout va bien" (The fire is bright; all is right) made me fucking cry.
Here's an incomplete list of stuff I read since uuuuuh the beginning of the year, I guess?
La Mort du Temps by Aurélie Wellenstein
( French novel )
All in all very reccomended.
Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them by The Lady Of The Manners (Jillian Venters)
It's very nice!
( English nonfiction )
La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu by Jean Giraudoux
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_War_Will_Not_Take_Place
( French play )
Twas good.
My Chemical Romance: This Band Will Save Your Life by Haydn Reinhardt
Because apparently I had this?????
Anyway it was interesting, I shall plunder the images for references for drawing the martian punks, but also it was originally published in 2008 so it's missing the last 5 years of the band, including their last album.
Poésies by Arthur Rimbaud
V good poetry. Me likey.
Chevaux de foudre by Aurélie Wellenstein
Bit too romance focused and not a fan of the love interest remaining Marcus in the narration after the Dramatic Reveal that he was a slave too and his name was Diego.
Gave good Fuck You Rome and good lightning horse too. Alix is fun character. Nice YA overall but probs won't reread it.
"J'accuse" by Emile Zola
Never read the whole thing before! Zola has no fucks to give with the Army's antisemitisism and incompetence. It is -- and ends with -- him basically shouting COME AT ME BRO to the then-president Félix Faure's face.
a 19th century translation of Sappho into French
Twas [fragment missing] good.
Crown of Ptolemy by Rick Riordan
I know all the demigod series(es?) of Riordan's are set in the same universe, so the crossovers are a thing that makes sense, but THE WORLDBUILDING MAKES NO SENSE ARGH
Was fun other than that.
70 solutions to common writing mistakes by Bob Mayler
Eh. It was a writing how-to book. Not bad, but not mindblowing either.
Breizh v1 by Thierry Jigourel and Nicolas Jarry (writing) and Daniel Brecht and Erwan Seure-Le Bihan (art)
( French comic )
Alix Senator v7 by Valérie Mangin (writing) and Thierry Démarez (art)
( French comic )
Ar-Men, l'enfer des enfers by Emmanuel Lepage (art and writing)
The history/story of "the most inaccessible lighthouse in Brittany, which to say, of the world". In the parlance of French lighthouse keepers, paradis ("heavens") are lighthouses on the mainland, purgatoires ("purgatories") lighthouses on islands and enfers ("hells") lighthouse out at sea.
Really REALLY good use of the comic medium. I am blown away.
Really interesting story (stories) too!
The lighthouse was built in the 19th century on a rock that was only uncovered at low tide during the spring tide so lol it took them 15 years to built the lighthouse.
Also holy shit the art is AMAZING
Also the last panel showing words written inside the lighthouse: "Le feu est clair; tout va bien" (The fire is bright; all is right) made me fucking cry.