Task #4: Read a graphic memoir

[Katie]

I just finished Marbles for this category and liked it a lot.

[Lex]

This is such a fun story about struggles of friends and drama it rings true with what a lot of kids face.


Best Friends

El Deafo

[em]

I finished They Called Us Enemy in one sitting. Wow. What a great and heartbreaking read.

[Deb]

I just finished They Called Us Enemy and it was fantastic! Persepolis and March are also excellent, and on the lighter side I enjoyed Relish by Lucy Knisely.

[Robin]

Persepolis, of course, but I read it too soon. I just finished Junji Ito's graphic retelling of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human. I'll count that, I think. It was a bizarre read; I think Dazai had some mental issues.

[Natalie Piccotti]

Read Persepolis for this challenge! Learned there is so much I don’t know - shared it with some friends at work who want to read it now also. Very thought provoking. My first book completed for the 2020 challenge and now I’m hooked!

[Elizabeth]

I just finished The Best We Could Do, which was fantastic. I definitely would recommend it. For those who double-dip or are looking for books for other categories, it would also work as a book by or about a refugee.

[Shelley]

I went with A Fire Story. I grew up in Southern California, and it hit a bit close to home.

[Christi]

I've already read most of the common ones (They Called Us Enemy, Persepolis, Fun Home, etc), darn it, so I think I'm going to go with Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima unless something better comes up.

[Angie]

I am reading Almost American Girl

[Brooke]

I read Stitches by David Small. I will probably read more after seeing several of what everyone else is reading.

[Renata]

Bobby wrote: "I plan to read The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.

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I've just finished [book:The Complete Persepolis and I loved it, highly recommend it. I had read The Complete Maus a few years ago as my introduction into graphic novels, and I've recommended the book to nearly everyone I know.

[Alexis]

I just picked up Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea for this challenge, mostly because I always try and find something that's not on the Book Riot pre-made list and that no one else is reading. I know nothing about it, although I've since heard some parts are very problematic, so I'm a little dubious. Still, in the interest of diversifying my reading catalogue, let's give it a go.

[Alexis]

Brooke wrote: "I read Stitches by David Small. I will probably read more after seeing several of what everyone else is reading."

Wow, that one looks great (and also greatly horrifying). Putting it on my TBR.

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

I may come back to this but for now, I stretched it a bit and read a graphic biography instead of a memoir.

[Andy]

Fun Home - Alison Bechdel
1st time reading it. loved it. I wished I read it when i was in college then maybe I wouldn't be a 36 year old baby queer.

[Isabel]

Just finished Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, which I really liked.

[KLC]

Does El Deafo count for this one? If so, that's my pick.

[Melanie]

I'm really glad I waited on reading They Called Us Enemy! Otherwise, I'm not sure what I wold have gone for...

[Hope]

KLC wrote: "Does El Deafo count for this one? If so, that's my pick."

It should count. I'm reading that one for my task #4 book.

[Kim]

I think I'll useKitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly I already have it on my list.

[Bonnie G.]

Kitchen Confidential is not a graphic. it is a fantastic read though.

[Gwyneth]

I recently read Hey, Kiddo and really enjoyed it. It's the author's memoir of growing up with his grandparents while dealing with his mother's addiction.

[Emily]

I read Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges and it was a trip. She'd been told her entire life that her dad was dead, but at a reading with a psychic she's told that her dad is alive, which stews within her and prompts her on a journey of self.

[Denise]

I read Persepolis for this one. It was excellent.

[Wellington]

I read Good Talk by Mira Jacob. Really liked it!!

[Carl]

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[Jacob]

For this challenge, I read The Best We Could Do, which was amazing. I loved the circular nature of the work, of how it began and ended in essentially the same place, but not the same feeling. Plus, it helped give me a better sense of a war that is so prominent in America, yet still so misunderstood.

[Jacob]

If anyone is looking for recommendations outside of America, I would check out Nagata Kabi's My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. It's a wonderful recounting of the author's childhood and young adulthood as she grapples with her complicated familal relationships, her mental health, and her slow realization about her sexuality. Kabi's simplicistic manga only helps her to showcase the complex emotions she feels and the journey that she goes through, incomplete as it may be.

[Eric]

I’m going to read Epileptic by David B. for this one.

[Christine]

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption This is a story about a man lost in sea for 41 days and then capture by the Japanese in WWll, A must read for anyone. It is a sad but a truthful account what happen to him. I highly recommend it!!

[Bonnie G.]

Christine wrote: "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption This is a story about a man lost in sea for 41 days and then capture by the Japanese in WWll, A must read for an..."

Unbroken is not a graphic memoir.

[[deleted user]]

I read Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast, which I don't think has been mentioned yet in this thread. It's about Chast's experiences managing end-of-life for her aging parents (with whom she has a complicated relationship). Incredibly honest, sad, and darkly funny.

[Harper]

Leah wrote: "I read Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast, which I don't think has been mentioned yet in this thread. It's about Chast's experiences managing end-of-life for ..."

That is a great book!

[Harper]

I would really recommend the Arab of the Future series (The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir) by Riad Sattouf. I will be reading Volume 4 as my challenge.

[Karen]

Harper wrote: "I would really recommend the Arab of the Future series (The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir) by Riad Sattouf. I will be reading Volum..."

I will go with Volume 1 later in the year.

[Sherri]

I finished They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (co-writer), Justin Eisinger (co-writer), Steven Scott (co-writer) for this prompt.

[Virginia]

Do you think Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen would count?

Adulthood Is a Myth

[Mandie]

Dogdaysinaz wrote: "Do you think Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen would count?

Adulthood Is a Myth"

It's not necessarily a memoir. There's plenty of great suggestions throughout the rest of the thread, though.

[Octavia]

I read The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi for this, and it was excellent.

[Sheri]

I read Gender Queer, it was about the author's experience of growing up and discovering eir gender identity and sexual identity.

[Alicja]

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations is amazing and I cannot recommend it enough.

[Westiegirl]

I read The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir

[Marcella]

I just read Grand Theft Horse, which was a great read. It’s a memoir of a female horse trainer who ran away with a horse she part-owned to save him from the abusive, uncaring men who would have run the horse to death. It tells stories about her childhood, the dark side of horse racing, and her triumph over the legal system. The artwork is lovely.

[Emerging]

Marcella wrote: "I just read Grand Theft Horse, which was a great read. It’s a memoir of a female horse trainer who ran away with a horse she part-owned to save him from the abusive, uncaring men who would have run..."

Hadn't heard of that one. Sounds very interesting. Thanks!

[Lisa]

I'm currently reading Come Home, Indio and it's amazing so far.

[Melissa]

Solutions and Other Problems is one of the best books I have read this year.

[Virginia]

I read They Called Us Enemy. Outstanding.