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#7days7covers #covercrush Day One

I have no idea who has been tagged already and who has not, so sorry if I tag someone that has already been through this. But I don‘t think I‘ve seen you do this yet @Clwojick so if you‘d like to join in consider yourself tagged!

I read this graphic novel as part of a challenge for this year I must say it was intriguing and one I never would have read only for the challenge, it's very dark but the storyline was amazing

Guys I‘m hopeless at being active right now! Its biannual Bibliothon and I am daily vlog on my channel. So I‘m concentrating on that and forgetting about social media haha.

Here is my current read for Biannual Bibliothon! This is for the Graphic Novel Challenge and I‘m so keen! I have no idea what it‘s about but the art is stunning!!

Another compelling, grim, beautiful installment.

This was a wonderfully dark story! I love the character development of Maika, through the good and the bad, and Kippa was so cute 🖤 The story itself beautifully blended events of the past and present, and lessons about the lore of the world, so you could really imagine it. I can't wait to see where the story goes from here 😊
#TBRChallenge #GraphicNovel #Dark

Little late posting but oh well 😅

Finish 5k treat self to books... that's how it works, right? 😂

Went in just intending to get the tagged book but couldn't resist the selction they had! The bookstores on the Isle of Man haven't caught on to the whole graphic novel thing yet 🙃

@Moony you still up for a buddy read soon?

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I think I‘m in love with this world 😍 I need the next one already 😭 #monstress

Y‘all, Kippa is just too cute!! ❤️❤️❤️ #monstress

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Oh. My. Goodness. This was so good. And so beautiful. And so violent. And I loved every second reading it!!! I‘m so glad I have the second volume so I can go ahead and continue!!! #monstress

Holy. Wow. I have no words. This is beautiful. And sad. And very, very violent. One of the best graphic novels I've read. Ever. So. Good.

#theunreadshelfproject2019

Bk2 Of the #24in48 #readathon is done. Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda are a fabulous duo, both the story & art are amazing, it‘s definitely one of my favourite graphic novel series.❤️

#BookMail Pt1 Finally getting to the end of my #NewYearBookBank order, the hubs is starting to steam a bit at the ears. He just doesn‘t get that “tsundoku” is a way of life🧘🏻‍♀️I absolutely loved the first in this graphic novel series, the art is gorgeous and the storyline is just as good, with elements of fantasy, folklore & warrior culture. Highly recommend👍

Maika Halfwolf continues on her quest to find answers about her mother. She journeys with pirates to a poisoned island and battles with an ancient exiled there. The art remains magnificent, and the lore is becoming easier to understand as the story moves along. I love the character of Kippa, the fox girl.

The art in this fantasy series is absolutely stunning and intricate. Very Art Deco/steampunk but set in an alternate Asia-like continent with a matriarchal society. The story intrigued me but there‘s still a lot more world building to do so I think that slowed it down a bit. But there‘s lots of magic and cats and witches and monsters so I‘m sticking with it.

I met the author at BookCon 2017 and am finally starting it!

4.5/5⭐ I continue to love everything I did from the first volume. Even though there are so many new concepts, creatures, beings, magical elements, etc. introduced, it's done so seamlessly that I never felt lost. Kippa and Ren are simply the best. #projectSAMS #atozreadathon

4.5/5⭐ I want to fall into the artwork & never come out. It's not often I feel like I'm truly entering another world while reading. The dark elements are woven in wonderfully with the lighter, but neither diminishes the other. I simply adore how many female characters there are, in every possible role you can imagine. I once assumed a new character would be a man, but nope! This book challenges those assumptions. #projectnew #atozreadathon

Read for #24b4monday and am still loving the art style, the use of muted colors among the bright pops of color, and the odd but intricate storyline that has me hooked still.

This volume ends with a cliffhanger that i can't wait to get to so heading over to #hoopla to find it!

@Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid

I've heard so much about this book, but it also seems I haven't heard much about this book. I'm going in with 0 expectations and am loving it so far.

Omg the artwork alone is worth second and third glances...Takeda is an amazing illustrator to bring life to the story by Liu that I can't wait to get my hands on the next volume 😍

Book: Monstress (followed by Melmoth the Wanderer)
Author: Martha Grimes
Movie: Monsters, Inc.
Food: Mango in the summer, Mac & cheese when it gets cold

#manicmonday #letterM @JoScho

I have finished my #goodreadschallenge! All bonus reads from now on :)

I do not read that many graphic novels, just somehow ended up with them now. Reading through Monstress again did it :)

To quote the poets...we‘re fucked.

I love all these characters so much! I just want them all to be happy. #graphicnovel #fantasty #steampunk

Such a haunting story! It‘s wonderfully complex and intriguing with beautiful art and world building. #graphicalnovel #fantasy

Thank you #Hoopla for having my graphic novels to read.

5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟I seriously cannot wait to read the rest of this series 😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩!!!!

I‘m not entirely sure this should have been a graphic novel. The story seems very interesting, but there is so much world in the story that isn‘t explained (other than the info-dump parts) that it‘s sometimes tricky to say what‘s actually going on. Perhaps a novel would have been a better medium? Or add a narrator, at least? The art is gorgeous, though, and I very much like the cat and Fox.

Started this new series the other day and I‘m so glad I did! The artwork is absolutely stunning. The story was a bit confusing for me at first (and still kinda is), but it did find clear up and find its way. I‘m hoping it gets better with the next volume. Either way, if you like beautiful artwork and steampunk fantasy, you‘ll probably like this.

I enjoyed this one so much more than the first. One, for obvious reasons, I am now comfortable and understand the world this is placed it. Two, the Isle of Bones and more information/background on the gods and the different types of creatures in this world which I loved!

@julesG @DuckOfDoom #sfftbrchallenge #45steampunk #graphicnovel #monstress #mpls #twincities

Trying out my new bag before my New York trip in a little over a week. It basically has a built in Book sleeve 😍😍

#bookbag #trialrun #adventure #fun #trivianight #mpls #twincities

If you want to read about angsty teenagers, do not read this book. If you want a story full of struggle to discover the truth of ancient power has attempted to consume and control life in the past, present and future, read this book.

Look at this very large man holding this little fox back. He‘s only using his thumb and index finger while the entire time having his pinkies up. Because this is obviously a classy situation and the pinkies need to be up

#monstress #graphicnovels #classy #pinkiesup #mpls #twincities

My graphic novel binge continued this month. Picked up a lot of comics I‘ve been meaning to read and add to my collection. Would recommend ALL of these and Monstress not pictured here because my partner is reading it currently.

I honestly don‘t think there is a more beautiful comic than this one.

Finally reading this after it‘s been sitting in my shelf for a year.

Fantasy-steampunk graphic novel about surviving in a war-torn world fueled by conflict between witchy humans and Arcanics (descended from human and immortal parents). The witches have enslaved the Arcanics and harvest their body parts in order to extract a powerful substance called lilium.

Maika Halfwolf is a teenaged Arcanic set on revenge. She carries a dark secret within her that she doesn‘t understand and can‘t control.

Gorgeous art!

We‘re having the most incredible thunderstorm this evening (thank goodness— this heat was getting unbearable) and I needed something a bit darker to match. I love the illustrations in Monstress, and it walks that line of how much horror/gore I can handle. I‘m still not sure I totally grasp the story, but in another volume or two I‘ll do a back-to-back reread and really puzzle through it.

This little fox kid might just be the most adorable thing I HAVE EVER SEEN. And did this make anyone else cry by like page 10? 😭😭😭 Because that‘s the state of me today, I guess.

I love this series! I can‘t wait to read the next one.

So far, I‘ve really enjoyed this series! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

#riotgrams june 19: Favorite comic animals

Gory, dark, violent and yet astonishingly beautiful. That‘s Monstress for you. Totally a pick!

Everything I have came from years of ruthless murder. Am i safe? No. But I love. I am loyal. And that is my redemption

Cats are the great mystery, born in that space where shadow meets light... that borderland of dreams and death, and death and life. No door is closed against us. No secret can defy us. We exist in every world, every universe, every possibility. We cannot be denied, not even by the dead. We are fucking glorious

Just found out that vol. 3 is out in August so starting vol. 2 to be all caught up! Didn‘t realize how much stuff I didn‘t remember or missed in the first book

There was a bit too much in this single volume but the beautiful art and the talking cats get this graphic novel a 4/5 from me.