Attack on Titan PART DOS the Final Five (I mean 8...because I can't count) by Hajime Isayama

Y'all know the drill. Talk about the manga under the the cut...because....yeah..

Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama

LONG POST OF A BINGE READ OF A MANGA AHEAD- BEWARE. 

I tried not to mention anything that was spoilery, but like. Shrug.

I added a read more button because...I read like...basically the whole series and I don't wanna put you guys through that--there are some iconic gifs though

Volume 1:
I like....kind of know things because I've read some articles and I made the mistake of reading a post that said "No Spoilers" but definitely had spoilers (which I have tried to forget) 
WHY ARE ALL OF THEIR NAMES SIMILAR. I KNOW THEIR FACES BUT NOT THEIR NAMES. ...wait is this commentary on how we know people by how they look but not by who they really are.. No I'm overthinking and my one brain-cell can't take it. 
208 Pages

The Boys Omnibus Vol. 1-6 by Garth Ennis

I watched the tv series and got curious and ended up reading the whole series in about 2 weeks. So good!! Very graphic but the story line is amazing. Essentially, The Boys are a group secretly funded by the CIA to keep tabs on superheroes and the company that made/sponsors them, Vought American.

The story is told mainly from the point of view of Hughie, who joined The Boys after his girlfriend was accidentally killed by a speedster "hero" who then showed no remorse and everything was swept under the rug. The other members are Billy Butcher, Mother's Milk (M.M.) Frenchie, and The Female, who all have their own stories of why they hate the supes.


Pages

• Vol. 1: 354
• Vol. 2: 376
• Vol. 3: 344
• Vol. 4: 328
• Vol. 5: 420
• Vol. 6: 358

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a good look at poverty and violence, and the struggle it is to grow up inside them and to then try to make a life outside of them. It's a lot about class, community culture, and the persistent trauma of growing up inside a culture of constant stress and drama. Honestly, this hits very close to home, even in Missouri, and I know many people who grew up in such a way or are still trapped and impacted by similar childhoods.

My brother said this was a boring book, because it's everything he already knows about the impacts of growing up in poverty and despair. In fact, his exact words were, "I thought it was boring and not that good, but we grew up in a poor area, so it wasn't anything groundbreaking."

This had me thinking about why my brother would expect a book about a culture in crisis to be groundbreaking. Does he feel as if there is some kind of reason or solution to poverty and violence that he does not yet know about? And why doesn't he want to see the reality of some of our life experiences reflected back in his literature?

My mother said, "It is suited to those who have always had advantages and money and don't understand those who haven't."

Now, on some level, I understand her comment, because she's suggesting that the value of the book may be in its shock value for all of those who haven't grown up in or surrounded by some level of poverty and hardship. But who in the world are these people? And what world do they live in that I don't? How many

Wanted Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey

(Posted for Paul Mathews)

She was trained by her father to be a professional hit person.  They say she messed up so they left her out there.  They treated her poorly . . . not a good thing to do.

Audio:  14 hrs. 28 min.
Print:  480 pages

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Summary: "Yelena, about to be executed, is offered the job of food taster to the Commander of Ixia, but politics and magic keep threatening her life."

Yelena is quite a heroine! She is smart, determined and a fighter. She reminds me a little bit of Katniss Everdeen, in that she fights every day to stay alive. She is the definition of resilient.

I truly enjoyed this book, and its ability to provide depth while moving the story along quickly was very refreshing. I would definitely recommend!



361 pages