Wrap-Up

November Wrap-Up (2018)

Ugh I’m so sorry for having abandoned the blog for so long. I keep thinking about all the reviews I want to write and the blogs I want to keep reading and engaging with but uni has been too much and I didn’t want to fail. This blog and all of you – hopefully – will still be there when I’ll be able to be more active! In the meantime, finally, here’s my November wrap-up:


1) The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, edited by Ellen Datlow
As is often the case with anthologies, there were hits and misses but reading this around Halloween was appropriate and made me enjoy it more.
content warning: drowning, self harm, child abuse, blood, grief

2) City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles #3), by Robin Hobb
More characters, the story taking a wider turn. I liked the first two that were kind of ‘intimate’ but I’m glad the third and fourth are going to impact the world even more.

3) Mortimer (Discworld #4), by Terry Pratchett, translated by Patrick Couton 
A re-read and a buddy-read with friends! Can’t wait to continue reading the Death cycle.

4) Minimum Wage Magic (DFZ #1), by Rachel Aaron
Set in in the same world as the Heartstriker series that I love, but 20 years later, I was supposed to love this as well but ended up just liking it. It felt like Rachel Aaron has a recipe for success and it does work most of the time but here it didn’t for me. Loved the character and their chemistry though, even if it wasn’t ground breaking.

5) Le Prince et la Couturière, by Jen Wang, translated by Achille(s)
Sublime, parfait, j’ai des étoiles dans les yeux.
avertissement de contenu : coming out forcé

6) The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club #1), by Theodora Goss
Really fun but a bit long at times.

7) A Frozen Night (Romancing the Page #0.5), by Laura Ambrose
This and the following novella are nice but doesn’t feel like it’s coming from an established author. The f/f romance is cute and the theme of writing and sff are what drew me in but otherwise it wasn’t a hit for me and really felt like the author didn’t really knew how to built a story around a romance/around sex. Maybe it’s just me who’s not a romance reader, but iI felt it was lacking something to be more memorable.

8) The Word of Flesh and Soul, by Ruthanna Emrys
Great great story. Language that changes the body of those who study it, being a young woman in academy, side autistic character, f/f romance, forbidden text… Couldn’t hope for more.

9) L’assassin royal, Intégrale I (Tome 1 à 4), by Jean-Charles Gaudin, Laurent Sieurac (Contributor), Christophe Picaud
S’il vous plait ne lisez pas ça. Aucun impact, aucune émotion, des dessins dégueulasses, une insulte à l’oeuvre originale.

10) L’Arabe du futur : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient (L’Arabe du futur #1), by Riad Sattouf
Hummmm je ne sais pas trop quoi dire sur ce roman graphique. Lecture très intéressante d’un point de vue culturel et historique mais j’ai eu du mal avec le sexisme, le racisme et la violence envers les animaux qui, bien que clairement pas excusés mais montré comme la vérité de la situation, sont quand même très violents.

11) Age of War (The Legends of the First Empire #3) by Michael J. Sullivan
I care so much for these characters, I loved the previous book a lot, but nothing much happened in here and felt like a middle book. I wanted to love this but the pacing and the way the author keeps writing a certain disabled character with horrible ableism is hard to make me want to keep going with the series.

12) Marvel 1602, by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove
La couverture de cette édition est ignoble comparée aux couvertures intérieures des chapitres… Sinon je me suis un peu ennuyée, et le truc (spoiler) d’amener Captain America avec du voyage dans le temps et le faire se déguiser en native american est vraiment de mauvais goût.

13) All-New X-Men, Tome 4 : La Bataille de l’atome, by Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Brian Wood, Stuart Immonen, Chris Bachalo, Frank Cho
Meh, j’écris ça un mois et quelques après l’avoir lu et j’ai zéro souvenirs à par que si j’ai mis 2/5 sur goodreads c’est que c’était pas du tout agréable à lire. Je ne sais plus si c’est celui-ci ou le suivant mais il y a des façons d’écrire et dessiner des personnages féminins qui m’ont mit en rage. 

14) All-New X-Men, Tome 5 : Déménagement, by Brian Michael Bendis,  Mahmud A. Asrar, Brandon Peterson

15) Hawkeye par Fraction et Aja, by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Annie Wu
Sublime, j’ai vraiment apprécié cette lecture et vais sans aucun doute relire ce super omnibus dans le futur.

16) All-New Hawkeye, Tome 1, by Jeff Lemire, Ramon K. Perez
Pas aussi génial forcément, surtout en les enchaînant comme ça. Même si j’adore la couverture je pense qu’elle ne prépare pas assez à ce que va être l’histoire qui va suivre, très très sombre, mélangeant passé, présent et futurs.

17) All-New Hawkeye Tome 2 : Les Hawkeye, by Jeff Lemire, Ramon K. Perez
J’ai bien aimé la conclusion, et il est toujours aussi difficile pour moi d’imaginer choisir un préféré entre Clint et Kate.


This is the end of December so this post is very late but hey, I tried my best to post it before the end of 2018 at least! See you very soon for my December Wrap-Up post!

4 thoughts on “November Wrap-Up (2018)

  1. I’ve missed your wrap-up posts! (I promise I’m not saying that to make you feel guilty. You have to prioritize, and clearly Sebastian and I haven’t had time to blog, either. xD)
    I’ve had Michael Sullivan’s series on my tbr for ages, but maybe I should pass.

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