Monday Media - November 19 Edition

Last week's comparatively busy social calendar meant I read far less than my recent norm, but I still managed to finish one book and make serious dents in two more.

What I Finished Reading This Week

Swiz – Shawn Brown et al.
Swiz reads like the best band zine you've ever picked up: 256 pages of lyrics, illustrations, photos, and interviews and reflections, some contemporaneous, some written decades after the fact, with warts, contradictions, and acknowledged errors on full display. It's a compelling glimpse back into the heyday of DC punk and HC generally, and the development and dissolution of the volume's eponymous band in particular, and it's good stuff. ( Read more... )

What I Am Currently Reading

Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo
I was in the mood for something entertaining and fanficcy after the past few months' nonfiction tear, and Bardugo continues to deliver.

Shield Maiden - Sharon Emmerichs
Ooh boy has Emmerichs doubled down on those really dubious narrative choices.


What I'm Reading Next

This week I acquired Companion Planting for Beginners by Brian Lowell.

これで以上です。