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larryhammerBeen a while since a Wednesday Reading post. It's been … busy.
Finished:
Dogman Unleashed, Dogman, and Dogman and Cat Kid, story and art by Dav Pilkey, being numbers 2, 1, and 4 in a series by the author of Captain Underpants -- Read aloud to Eaglet, and reread. The humor in these works Really Well for kindergarteners, even better than Super Diaper Baby. (And apparently first-graders, judging by the Dogman themed birthday party we attended.)
Mission Moon, Space Station Situation, and Race to Mars, story and art by Drew Brockington, being numbers 1, 3, and 2 of the CatStronauts books -- also graphic novels, also read and reread aloud. Quite entertaining, reread immediately, and now I need to put other book on hold at the library.
Dragon Masters, a four-book early chapter book fantasy series by Tracey West -- Birthday gifts Eaglet hasn’t read yet, as they’ve been interested in other things (see above), but I was curious. I suspect these will do better with readers who haven’t yet explored the genre expectations.
Cat Girl’s Day Off, Kimberly Pauley -- Reread of YA fluff withsuperpowers Talents, where the titular protagonist is the middle kid of a hyper-Talented family who can … talk with cats. It remains a light-hearted entertainment.
In progress:
Zita the Space Girl, story and art by Ben Hatke -- Reread (after a few months) to Eaglet.
Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation, Fiery Moon -- Now up to chapter 1020-odd, with about 150 more translated to go, at which point the story won't have quite reached halfway -- srsly, this thing is humongoidjous, even more than I expected. (Not short chapters, either -- a typical one is 2000 words, give or take, in translation.)
Rise of Humanity, Zhai Zhu -- A few hundred chapters had built up, so dived in again. Completely ridiculous story and not as good with female characters as Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation, but it’s the entertaining kind of ridiculous -- and what’s being done to Chinese mythology and legendary history is interesting. Up to chapter 581, at which point the protagonist has just set out to hunt down some gods, a crowning moment awesome enough I wanted to savor before diving onward (there's another 100-odd chapters translated at the moment).
Plus I'm still keeping up with The Empress’s Livestream and Phoenix Destiny.
There were a couple DNFs in there, I'm pretty sure, but I don't remember what. Entirely forgettable xianxia, apparently.
---L.
Subject quote from Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation, Fiery Moon. (For the peng and kun, Wikipedia has the basics)
Finished:
Dogman Unleashed, Dogman, and Dogman and Cat Kid, story and art by Dav Pilkey, being numbers 2, 1, and 4 in a series by the author of Captain Underpants -- Read aloud to Eaglet, and reread. The humor in these works Really Well for kindergarteners, even better than Super Diaper Baby. (And apparently first-graders, judging by the Dogman themed birthday party we attended.)
Mission Moon, Space Station Situation, and Race to Mars, story and art by Drew Brockington, being numbers 1, 3, and 2 of the CatStronauts books -- also graphic novels, also read and reread aloud. Quite entertaining, reread immediately, and now I need to put other book on hold at the library.
Dragon Masters, a four-book early chapter book fantasy series by Tracey West -- Birthday gifts Eaglet hasn’t read yet, as they’ve been interested in other things (see above), but I was curious. I suspect these will do better with readers who haven’t yet explored the genre expectations.
Cat Girl’s Day Off, Kimberly Pauley -- Reread of YA fluff with
In progress:
Zita the Space Girl, story and art by Ben Hatke -- Reread (after a few months) to Eaglet.
Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation, Fiery Moon -- Now up to chapter 1020-odd, with about 150 more translated to go, at which point the story won't have quite reached halfway -- srsly, this thing is humongoidjous, even more than I expected. (Not short chapters, either -- a typical one is 2000 words, give or take, in translation.)
Rise of Humanity, Zhai Zhu -- A few hundred chapters had built up, so dived in again. Completely ridiculous story and not as good with female characters as Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation, but it’s the entertaining kind of ridiculous -- and what’s being done to Chinese mythology and legendary history is interesting. Up to chapter 581, at which point the protagonist has just set out to hunt down some gods, a crowning moment awesome enough I wanted to savor before diving onward (there's another 100-odd chapters translated at the moment).
Plus I'm still keeping up with The Empress’s Livestream and Phoenix Destiny.
There were a couple DNFs in there, I'm pretty sure, but I don't remember what. Entirely forgettable xianxia, apparently.
---L.
Subject quote from Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation, Fiery Moon. (For the peng and kun, Wikipedia has the basics)