Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Home Sweet Own Challenge Book 3

The current nonfiction book I'm reading for a challenge category is taking longer than I thought but I found something lighter to enjoy in the meantime. My graphic novel is the first trade paperback of Love and Capes.

I discovered this one at the last Baltimore Comic Con. I loved the concept of a superhero who finally tells his girlfriend about his secret identity and the relationship moves on from there. This was an impulse purchase I was very happy with.

It was light and fun. A lot of comics now thrive on drama and darkness. This was a breath of fresh air. I grew up on Archie but love Fables so I can appreciate both. I like that his is somewhere in between. 

It’s oft describe as a superhero parody because of spoofs of iconic heroes but it’s less about the heroes and more about the people. The heroics are all off camera so he focus is on the relationships between the characters: Abby and her sister, Crusader and Darkblade, Abby and Amazonia. Abby and Mark are so couple-y that you want to hate them but you like them too much. I can’t wait to read the next trade.

1) Fiction 
2) Nonfiction 
3) Sci-Fi 
4) Fantasy 
5) Mystery 
6) Horror 
7) Memoir/Biography 
8) Chick Lit 
9) Feminist 
10) Teen 
11) Holiday 
12) Essays – What Was I Thinking? ed. by Barbara Davilman & Liz Dubelman
13) Short Stories 
14) Library 
15) Animal 
16) Book about Books 
17) New 
18) Old 
19) Pop Science 
20) Near 
21) Far 
22) Graphic Novel – Love and Capes: Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Thomas F. Zahler
23) Reread – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
24) Wild Card 
25) Otherworldly Creature 
26) Free 
27) Noteworthy 
28) Bestseller 
29) Themed Anthology 
30) Steampunk 
31) Movie-Book 
32) Media  
33) Travel 
34) Food 
35) Classic 
36) Humor 
37) Poetry 
38) Past 
39) Future 
40) Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic 
41) Zombie 
42) Sports 

Current Music: Good Girl by Carrie Underwood

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