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After a two week wait finally have Vol 5 to read! So naturally I flew through it.

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"There's no graduating from this kind of education, couples just keep growing and changing until they either break up or die."

Final challenge for #24in48 is my favorite read from the weekend. I had high hopes for my stack, but ultimately most of my picks were so-so. HOWEVER, Saga Volume 5 (and 4) did not disappoint. I literally had a smile on my face the entire time I read it!

On to my 2nd graphic novel of the #EclecticReadathon which is a reread because I read it so long ago I‘ve forgotten, like, everything 😅

Tears! This one had me in tears.

Finally! I can continue with the series!
Previously I only owned the first five volumes, but now I have up to volume eight!
So on I read!

This one got the series back on track for me after an off volume four. I‘m still interested to see where this goes.

I've been so busy the past couple weeks, I've had hardly any Litsy time 😮
Today was dance exams (running them, not taking any myself). Now they're over successfully for another year, so that's one huge, stressful item off the to do list. Home now on this beautiful wintery spring day and rewarding myself with some hot chocolate and Saga.

"I've found that cultures often clash for the same reasons that people do. It's not because we're so different from each other...it's because we're all so goddamn alike."

Such an incredible story, I love all the characters so much, they're all so real and multifaceted, so many shades of grey. Need to get 7, 8 & 9 so I can get my heart ripped out (I've been warned about Vol 9's ending).
5 ????? out of 5 for both Vol 5 & 6.

Such a great series!! I must find out what is going to happen next. On to Vol 6!!!

The ties that bind.
The sacrifices we make.

#TRUTH

I'm not giving any context for this...including my current state of mind 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh, oh, oh, I am so in love with this series! The artwork is totally To Die For. I'm crushing hard on Alana. And Marko. And The Will. If - and it's a Big If - my Hamilton obsession abates any time soon, I'm pretty sure this will rush in to fill the void.

Also, can't decide who I want to adopt more, Lying Cat or Friendy.

However, I am slightly mentally scarred for life by the dragon in the cave scene .... bleach my eyes, I must unsee it! 😱😱😱

This series to continue to be fantastic. There's just the right amount of action and story, plus the colors are beautiful. I don't want want it to end!

After three exams(2 nursing exams and an anatomy and physiology 2 exam) in a four day period I can finally read something else besides school work!! Since my eyes and brain hurt I‘m going to read something quick and fun tonight!!!! This is just what I need!! I really really miss all the reading I was able to do over the summer! I can‘t wait till Christmas break to catch up on my tbr list!!! And I miss all my Litsy fam too! 😘😘❤️📚

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Currently reading

Care of Magical Creatures - Acceptable
This was great until they used the R word. I really am disappointed that it was even used in this series. It knocked it down from 5 to 3.5 stars for me.
#NEWTsReadathon2018

Almost 6 hours done for #deweysreadathon -
Day of the Dead ✅
Saga Vol 5 ✅
1+ hr of When the Moon was Ours 🎧

Can‘t wait to wake up to read The Woman in the Woods🙌🏻

Finished vol. 5💖

So adorable! 😂💖

Found this in chapter 29 - so accurate 🤣

I was able to finish all the Sagas today! Every single one was excellent. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

It‘s a Barnes & Noble day for me! I‘m on a graphic novel kick again, so it‘s time to finish this awesome series!

Another great addition to the Saga series. I am slowing down my reading of this series so I don‘t get caught up too soon. Great writing and amazing illustrations again. Nice character development...

Making more progress on my Lying Cat bookmark. 🐱

#saga #lyingcat #bookmark

It's fun having Daft Punk in this story. 😂😂😂

Another amazing read. The language is a bit crude at times but the stories are incredible and the graphics amazing.

So much for a book buying ban. Though to be fair both sagas are from the library but still oops lol.

Finished cleaning, now to sit back and relax.

What more can I say? If you‘ve read this far, you‘re as addicted as I am, so you don‘t need me squealing for 451 characters to convince you to read it. I do think I may have to start getting the individual issues once I catch up with the published volumes. I don‘t want to have to wait for multiple issues to be released and then bound for publication in a volume. Sooooo good.😍 This cover is everything, though!

Of COURSE Ghus has those old-timey pjs!!! 💚💚💚
#teamghus

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#hermykneereadsSaga

I started the next volume of Saga during yesterday‘s #comicthon and finished it today. I love the artwork of Fiona Staples. Such great characters, especially Ghüs!

Of course I still love my top favorite graphic novel! 💕
#graphicnovel #bookaholic #booknerdforlife #bookoflitsy

Full Review On Kati‘s Bookaholic Rambling Reviews: http://katisbookaholicramblingreviews.blogspot.com/2018/02/review-saga-vol-5-sag...

I appreciated the sacrifice theme in this volume and, honestly, if you‘re going to make the ultimate sacrifice doing so high might be the way to go.

#CarryOnMyWaywardReader

There will never be a better familiar than Lying Cat! 😍❤️

Back on track with my reading. Can‘t wait to get home so I can finally start Vol. 6. I ❤️ Saga!! Lying Cat FTW!

Friends, lemme come clean: this is my least favourite volume of SAGA (assuming I don't side eye Vol 8). As Hazel points out, everyone's a mess when they end up in a jam like this one. Some rereads, I love that setup to the point of incoherence. Some rereads, I only love the hell out of it.

This was one of the latter rereads.

Staples' line work feels sketchier here, too, possibly because she also helped relaunch ARCHIE around this time. #comics

Sometimes you win and sometimes you get drenched in dragon pee.

Y'know, Vol 5 is really the queen of the inappropriate splash pages and/or two-page spreads...

A couple years back, I dreamed I was supposed to meet Fiona Staples at a Calgary library event, and I was SO PSYCHED because I was gonna a) tell her how much I love her art and b) give her a 5-leaf clover or two.

But I chickened out. DAMMIT, dream self.

Ever since then, I've thought I should maybe send three 5-leaf clovers to the SAGA letters page; one each for Staples, Vaughan, and Fonographiks. Someday. #comics

There's this terrible, horrible THING that happens in comics discourse where readers talk about a series like it's solely the writer's creation and the artist is the hired help instead of a collaborator.

Don't do this, people. It sucks.

Because it sucks, Staples and Vaughan were like, "As of Vol 5, we're gonna put Fiona's name first for a while." And they did. Hurray! #24in48 #comics

"Ask a child's guardians what it takes to be good at their jobs, and most will answer with a single word... SACRIFICE. Parents give up so much: time, sleep, freedom, money, intimacy...pretty much everything but complaining about how much they sacrifice".

I love this quote too.