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July 19
	sweet pea gave to: The Plain Janes (Paperback) by Cecil Castellucci, Jim Rugg bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in March, 2007 sweet pea said: "i love this tale of an art girl gang and outcasts finding their tribe. i still want to start an art girl gang myself. soon as i find the time. luckily tacoma has its share of guerrilla artists and freaks. " add a comment
	sweet pea gave to: Epileptic (Paperback) by David B. bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in February, 2007 sweet pea said: "this highly-detailed graphic novel is an absorbing and sometimes harrowing portrait of a family dealing with a son's epilepsy. cures. gurus. diets. the family goes through a range of probable and improbable treatments in an effort to control his ...more " add a comment
	sweet pea gave to: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Hardcover) by Alison Bechdel bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in October, 2006 sweet pea said: "this is one of my favorite books of all time. such a tight narrative, slowly revealing details and stories that eventually bring the work to a cohesive, and brilliant, whole. the illustrations are amazing. i always forget how funny it is until i r...more " add a comment
July 18
	sweet pea gave to: Blankets (Paperback) by Craig Thompson bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in November, 2006 sweet pea said: "this is a beautiful coming-of-age story. first love. sibling rivalry. faith. the setting is familiar to me as i lived near that area of wisconsin. the shifting frames of the illustrations is marvelous. the protagonist's propensity to burn effec...more " add a comment
	sweet pea gave to: Child of God (Paperback) by Cormac McCarthy bookshelves: adult-content	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 sweet pea said: "this was an interesting, if bizarre, read. not for the content, but the writing. the first part of the novel featured short vignettes that told of some aspect of lester ballard's history or painted a portrait of sevier county, tennessee - some narr...more " add a comment
	sweet pea gave to: The Complete Persepolis (Paperback) by Marjane Satrapi bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in September, 2007 sweet pea said: "persepolis is an illuminating collection of stories of the satrapi family which reveal aspects of the social history of iran. the most interesting parts for me were the side stories - of neighbors, acquaintances, family - which explore small ...more " add a comment
	sweet pea gave to: The Bottomless Bellybutton (Paperback) by Dash Shaw bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 sweet pea said: "this is being touted as the lit graphic novel of the season. and while i liked it, it didn't blow my mind. although, looking through it again, i think it might benefit from a second read. the book is a detached portrait of a detached family...more " add a comment
July 14
	sweet pea gave to: Shortcomings (Hardcover) by Adrian Tomine bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 sweet pea said: "i liked this book a lot. even though i didn't like most of the characters. the exception being alice, the snarky lesbian lothario. the main character is a self-hating obsessive who can barely handle any situation. because of that, issues a...more " add a comment
	sweet pea gave to: Runaways, Vol. 3 (Hardcover) by Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, Mike Norton bookshelves: graphic-content	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 sweet pea said: "this volume is pretty much non-stop action. the new characters, including a genderfuck alien, get more definition. there's a tragic development that i dasn't speak of. but it made me freak. a great continuation of the series. " add a comment

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