I'm a year older and my cat died so
*Typewriter typing*
Hello Stangeos, I’m Rachel Verna and this is my wrap up for the month of May.
I’ve already talked about some of these
books but obviously I’m also going to be
ranking them against each other in this wrap
up because I’ve been doing, been doing that
this year.
So I go for the one I like the least to the one I like
the best. So Leaving the best to last.
Some like wrap up goal stuff kinda because it’s book relative.
So I finished my reading kinda for this year,
which was to read 52 books.
Except my actual goal is to read a book a week.
So it’s now 84 books I have to read to keep up with that.
My video schedule is kinda like wack
because basically my car died last Wednesday really
suddenly so I didn’t feel like editing
and
I still didn't feel like editing that weekend or filming.
I did write like a blog post kinda about it so i won't say more.
It just messed up all my videos so not a great end to the month of May.
I'm sad about it obviously but I'm going to stop talking about it and I'll actually get
into the wrap up but my video schedule is kinda a mess.
I'll will try to sort it out some how.
So this month I read from 2 to 5 stars
so okay for me
so let’s just get to those two stars.
My least favourite of the month is Zom-B: Fugitive by Darren Shan.
I just my feelings and like disappointment.
From the last book I felt like the Oh the series is going somewhere.
This is the second Last book in the series
I still haven't picked up the last one.
I’m going to pick the last one in June.
Cause I have to.
Just get that series finished and done with maybe.
Though I have like the fun, rough idea why
don ‘t I just read Queer writers in June.
But like I'm not going to stick to that.
I don't know, there's not much I can say about this book.
There is a review, there is basically a review
of the whole Zom-B series.
It's just what happens in this.
The big thing that happens in this is kinda so what.
and Obviously this is a middle grade series but you know still.
The next one is probably going to bring all
the fan boys around to tell me I'm an idiot,
but I didn't like V for Vendetta by Alan Moore.
Yeah, this is a two star read for me.
This is the third full length Graphic novel
that I have read by Alan Moore.
I have read From Hell and The Watchmen.
It doesn't really help that I don't like Alan Moore as a person.
He complains a lot about his book hav- having
been made into films and he complained about
the V for Vendetta film, but the V for Vendetta
a film is so much better.
Probably because a lot of the stuff that is
done in this works so much better in film
than in graphic novel form like even with
pictures it visually looks better with moving
visual stuff and I just like more of the visual
choices that were made in the film.
The characters are a lot more interesting in the film.
The commentary is a lot more interesting in the film.
I guess other criticism I don't really love the art Style.
Obviously this is more common for the time
for like you know 80s quite common art Style
for what would actually be in.
I mean there's attempts at colouring.
mainly I don't like the characters.
Also like I think probably does contributes
to why I didn't like it there’s this random
Scottish gangster which does make sense for the time.
But his accent is written really weirdly.
Sometimes I actually went back “Wait is
this guy meant to be Scottish?”
cause he kinda Scottish but also says.
For some damn reason he says can like ken
Scottish people do not say can as ken.
Especially ken means know in like Scots.
Yeah I know would be like Aye I ken.
It did kinda annoy me.
A lot of the characters are just so flat and
uninteresting in this and even like yeah I'm
thinking about the world this was written in.
This was started to be written before Margate Thatcher got into power and during the like
the big fear we that we were going to get
blown up because our leaders are in contempt.
Not incont- well they are in contempt.
I'm thinking of the world leaders that really
effect me like all should not be in government.
Yeah *tripod rattling*
you know the horrifying idea is that am Theasea May is going to get
a movie about her in twenty years by some
Americans that completely miss the point of
how much she fucked the country.
Reading it I do acknowledge the time this
was written in and yeah the sexism was is
of its time but like the way people talk about Alan Moore
err I mean it’s not like the
male characters are really well defined or anything.
No one is well defined.
Even in acknowledging that the fact the main character is meant to be like mysterious and
stuff it’s like
whatever.
Just watch the movie.
*sigh*
even time being different it’s not
like the stuff and like the themes in this
have stopped being relevant especially when
Nazis and concentration camps still exist
in this world like white nationalism.
ER..
There still people who euthgentics is
a thing we should be following.
Oh my god...
we still live in a very hostile time.
So this is probably gonna be the last of Moore I read.
I might read League of extraordinary gentlemen just to see why Alan Moore thinks he's a real good adaptor
compared to other people cause even if I know it was probably contract work
but still took that job so what’s so special about him.
Like I said this is shit. *bang*
2 stars I won't change my mind.
It’s not shit, it’s just not well executed.
The film is well executed.
Now on to the three stars where I will be
continuing to talk about Graphic novels.
The next three books I'm going to talk about
are in the same series but like I have specific
thoughts where I rank each book in the series.
So the series is Fatale.
I rank the last book
last.
Volume 5 Curse the Demon like it’s just three stars.
The art Style is still really cool but like er.
Obviously it’s the last book in a series so I won't really say more it’s just
er I don’t care
it’s not that interesting anymore.
The thing about this series is I wasn't really
sure I was going to continue with it and like
I feel like I’ve not gained or lost anything by reading it.
It’s just okay.
The art Style is good though so not the writing I guess.
then comes volume 2 the Devil's Business and
I honestly don't remember what specifically
happened in this book.
I just don't.
Then we have Volume 4 which is Pray for Rain.
Stuff happened to set up the end.
The thing is none of the volumes really like
I read them one after another so none of the
volumes really stick in my mind but also like
there's nothing really to stick out really
it’s like what happens happens it just
that's that’s the novel graphic novel.
So the next book is This Song Rising by Samantha Shannon.
This is the third book in the bone season by her.
This was like okay.
I listened to the audio book on it and it’s.
I just felt really unmotivated to finish this.
Like I still wanted to know what happened
next how was things gonna get solved
but I was very
I'm not in in a rush to know and
there is no real reason to rush through any
of the Bone Season books because I think the
next one, the fourth book in the series isn't
going to be released till 2019 at the at earliest.
Wait no the next book is not going to be released
till 2020 and who knows when the next ones
will come out because they've all been delayed.
The thing is with this series I think maybe
if they had came out at the originally planned
for them.
But like there's six books planned I think-
I'm pretty sure it was like six books that
were planned.
I really liked the first one.
I thought the second one was kinda okay but
didn't have a lot good recounting.
The third book also okay, I don’t know about
the recounting because it took me months,
like exactly 7 months to actually finish reading this book.
Well listening to it and I listened to a few
things over and over
cause just trying to like
figure out where the hell how I was with it.
I don't think I'm going to pick up any more
books in the series until the series is finished
like I’ll wait I'll just wait until all
of them are out and then maybe I'll bringe
read them because that's probably a better
way to consume them.
Samantha Shannon does have a book coming out
next year I think.
Early next year. I'm not exactly sure.
I know arcs are up for grabs so maybe it’s
this year.
I'm not quite sure.
It's like massive so I don't know if I would
rush out to buy it I think I might just see
what the reviews are like.
I don't know the story is kinda still interesting but I'm just
loosing interest.
I was listening to the audio book and it mentions
the main character is nineteen and like was
On shit yeah she still nineteen and I'm like
25 now and she still nineteen.
Cause I think I did start this series when
I was nineteen so like
I've aged, she the same
and it's just how long
yeah I think I'll be closer to 30 than the same age of like the main character
in this book and we were the same at one point
so it’s one of those things.
It’s just I know writing can be hard and
complicated and processes get delayed for
whatever reason it’s just I think I would
rather wait till I can have all the books
and read them for this series.
Now let’s talk about the four stars.
So now I'm going to talk about my favourite
volume in the Fatale series
which was Volume 3 West of Hell and
it didn’t have any of the main characters
in it really.
It kinda went into background stuff like like
the curse that’s in this series and it was
a lot more interesting than what ever the
main characters were doing so I liked it.
Next book I listen to on Audio book and it’s
Why Mummy Drinks by Gill Sims.
This is actually based on some internet thing she did
that then got really big Jane and Peter or something like that and
just like a contemporary that goes through like a school year
about this mum middle class mother's
struggles with like with middle classness
and her children.
I give this is four stars out of five mostly
for like enjoyment.
I really liked it the audio book is quite good.
I actually requested to read the sequel Why Mummy Swears
so that should be fun.
I don't know I don’t know what to say.
It’s like a contemporary about parenting
kinda of.
Though I found it someone took real offense
the fact there was swearing and that the mum
would like complained about her kids to the
reader in a way that a parent probably would
never say to their kids.
The real funny about this review is that they
started going on about all the things she
says about her kids and then they has moppets.
As though moppets is a swear word or something or an insult. I'm like
where are you from like moppet is kinda an affectionate Term.
Not really say a very serious nowadays like
Orgin wise it’s more slight sarcasm.
It’s not like a full insult like someone
might generally
called their children my precious moppets.
It’s not an insult.
She didn’t cover kids moppets which is an insult in Scotland.
I also read Creeper Man by Dawn Kurtagich
err there's review of this book
and like I've
really struggled to write the review because
I wasn't really sure what to say about this book.
Like the Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich there’s like interesting formatting stuff going on
it’s like creepy atmosphere for the whole
thing it’s kinda
like a lot going on there’s
some choices I don’t really get
exactly why but I kinda but I also kind of get but
I also don’t think they add much I don’t
know it’s choices I guess so this is kind
of like a horror
ghost like creepy tale about this thing in the woods this demon I guess
sort of thing it’s also up in the air there’s
maybe mental health stuff
also like the Dead House was I don’t think this is
does as the Dead house did but the characters are
lot more isolated and kind of trapped
I don’t know I still liked it I still think it’s kind of creepy
there’s also kind of a silent character in this
It's definitely not the protagonist
so no silent protagonist review for you maybe a silent character review thing some days.
So now on to the best book I read this month.
Yes, I read more than one 5 star book this
month which is amazing for me so firstly I
read Patrik the vampire
I didn’t write the author’s name.
This is actually like an online comic that’s
been published as a book and i didn’t actually
read the book.
I read the online comic.
But I read the equivalent of the first volume
and it’s all online so I'll link all that
stuff down below so you can check it out.
I think if I came across the volumes I would
buy them but obviously the writer is based
in America so I think there’s like a shipping  thing that would have to happen anyway
it’s basically about a vampire
just dealing with modern life and like flashbacks to
previous life Stuff.
I like it it’s quite it’s funny and dark
so it’s good I like funny and dark things
it’s worth it a check out if you like those
sort of things too also obviously vampires
So the best book of the month was We Are Young by Cat Clarke.
There’s a review of this book.
Like this is also the first book I read this
month so like so long ago so this is like
a mystery the main character is in a band which is kinda fun.
Basically her step brother is in a car accident that’s very suspicious
and the main character
is kinda figuring out what’s the deal with
that because basically he is in the car with
three people he didn’t really know and had
no reason to hang out with.
So the main character is very suspicious of
what’s going on.
Even though she’s not that close to
her step brother
and like themes of Family and
alcoholism mental health thing.
The only thing about this book is its slightly
kinda preachy towards the end.
But i do credit that its kinda hard to wrap
up a book like this
so I get the choice and
I still really enjoyed it.
I also like a Bi main character.
A lot of fun band dyma- dy- a lot of fun band dynamics dynamicas
I can’t say that word.
Those were the books I read this month and what I thought of them.
I will see you weirdos next time where the
world will be falling apart.
Farewell.
I continue to suck at make-up.
Is it a surprise?
No.
Also this make up choice is a choice.
This foundation looks bad.
This looks bad.
But I can’t be arsed to fix it.
I then listened to- Oh, no I didn’t.
