false 9 14 7 true 5898849 read 3 true 3314605 currently-reading 4 true 3314604 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57605674 Whitney's review of Overqualified
by Joey Comeau

I read most (all?) of Overqualified as is was posted on Comeau's blog. It is so good for you. Awkward vulnerability and non-sequiturs abound. You will love it. Read it when you're feeling real. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57786260 Mouse Guard Volume One: Fall 1152 (Hardcover) by David Petersen
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57786219 Comics & Sequential Art (Paperback) by Will Eisner
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39832128 Tessa's review of The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant

Not just my mom, I really enjoyed it too! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43455709 to: The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3 (Hardcover) by Neil Gaiman
This sat on my shelves for about 6 months before I read it. I was saving it for when I could really enjoy it, and I'm glad I did. The "Brief Lives" storyline is significantly longer and more personal than some of the more adventure-centric fun of earlier stories. "Brief Lives" is bookended by one-shot views of how dreams effect history, mythology and the way our stories are told and remembered. There are stories-within-stories, and the context only gets thicker after that. Interestingly, the titular characters plays only a tangential role in many of the stories, which gives this volume a less focussed air than the two preceeding. I had the feeling that Gaiman was enjoying the world he had created, but had more ideas in him than could be wrapped around the one character. The result is a series of diversions from the overarching "plot" that all share the same thrust. Interestingly, I was expecting a big payoff at the end of "Brief Lives" because it's the central narrative, but you really don't get it until the end of all the disjointed stories.

Also, I'm not the first to be profoundly impressed by P. Craig Russel's treatment of Gaiman's "Ramadan" story for issue #50. I'm going to have to track down more of his work.

Enthralling, through-and-through. ]]>