Welcome to Litsy!

Doing the beer & comics thing tonight, with a cameo from my living lettuce. Little Brown Jug‘s Queer Beer is a cherry lime lager this year, and it lives up to its can‘s promise—it IS fruitier and more fabulous than ever before.

The comic‘s a bit choppy (a common problem with adaptations, and one of the reasons I usually avoid them), but the story‘s got potential other than the hero‘s, “oh, I just can‘t control myself around you” schtick.

This week‘s little library haul features two Korean books, a cozy mystery from the Asian Heritage display, and a sticker from the Pride display. UNDER THE OAK TREE caught my eye in a recent Kobo sale, but I should‘ve thought about my tastes a little more and requested the original novel instead. Comics adaptations of prose works rarely land for me. Let‘s hope this one is an exception.

First off, the artwork is gorgeous. This is a full color graphic novel printed on thick pages. The colors are vibrant and the art style really made it feel like I‘m right there with the characters. Reading the book often felt like watching an anime.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/review-under-the-oak-tree-the-com...