I am off today and decided I was going to visit
Scribd again just to see if they had Diana Wynne Jones back on there (they do). And then my morning got all side-tracked... One of the fun things I find with Scribd is all the recommendations they give you. This morning they maybe made me squeal a little!
In February I randomly read the first full volume (issues 1-5) and Issue 6 of
The Woods. I knew nothing about it, but it was there and I decided to take a chance on it. Frankly, it is weird, but I am really liking it so far. (Yay, for taking chances!) Today Scribd offered me as a suggestion to finish reading the series. A quick look resulted in me finding they had added 4 more issues of the series. So, I, of course, dropped everything and went off to read them. And, the series continues to be weird and I am not sure if I love it, but I do really really like it. Plus, as far as I can tell I am caught up! (Did I mention I am loving Scribd?)
So, I still had Scribd open on my computer when I came back from my quick binge and the wonders I found! Namely, 10 issues of
Lumberjanes! A lot of bloggers that I love and trust are reading that series and here was my chance. I imagine you can picture how the rest of my morning went... Holy fun! I really like this series so far! And, the art is fantastic. I really find that strong female characters are the minority in comics, so I am so excited that this about a group of young girls getting into a lot of adventures and being brave and showing the pleasures of female friendship. It's a great example of strong female characters for the younger readers out there. And, it is just fun for us older readers.
That just covers today... Other goodies of the March so far include finally reading the first volumes of
American Vampires and
100 Bullets. I had them on my TBR pile but think I was mostly holding off because I am in the midst of SO. MANY. SERIES. But, one of my goals for 2015 is to not have a comic book TBR. I had this grand plan for March that I would read a book and then read a comic... The whole Scribd excitement earlier today sort of derailed that plan... If you look at the year so far I am just in a comics mood. There are so many there that I want to read and Scribd is giving me a chance to explore with less damage to my pocket book!
Which brings me to my own personal dilemma.... I essentially read 14 books today, but do they count because they are single issues of comics? I dutifully went to Goodreads and added them to my 'To Read' shelf, but is that cheating? I really have battled with this since I started reading comics in the first place. I mostly read trades, but in this digital age it is so much easier to read single issues and keep up with favourite series. But, it means I have read 73 books so far this year. This is all ready more than I read total in 2014 and it is only March. I like to think that reading is reading no matter the page length, but I can't relax about it entirely...
Do you battle with any forms of reading guilt?
I started The Woods today - thank you for including me in your tweets about your discoveries! - and I'm liking it so far. I was wondering the same thing as you, about how to count single issue comics. I'm thinking I should count them the way they would be bundled into a collected volume, so maybe four single issues would equal one book? I'm not sure - this is a tough one, but my reading spreadsheet wants me to figure this one out :)
ReplyDeleteI struggle with counting audiobooks that are rereads so I understand where you are coming from. You are right though, reading IS reading! And a good year of reading anything is better than nothing right? :)
ReplyDeleteI giggled when I read Lumberjanes. That is awesome!
ReplyDeleteLumberjaaaaaaaaaanes! I am so excited to read it! I loved the one thing I've read so far by Noelle Stevenson, her webcomic Nimona, and I can't wait to read more by her.
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