"aww, pants"

[inkvoices]

> On the box: I am behind with very many tv shows at the moment, oops. I am, however, up to date with The Walking Dead ('nooo, go the other way!' is becoming a thing I say often this season, for goodness sake characters) and I am three episodes from the end of season three in the big Watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer In Order challenge. No films this week.

> Books Read: The Girl With All The Gifts (excellent dystopian future novel, the changes in viewpoints never distract from the story, and interesting thoughts on choices at the end of humanity as well know it), The Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly Black (an absorbing short story collection full of fairytales with sharp edges, including the short story that came before the novel The Coldest Girl in Coldtown so it was fun to see how the novel grew from that, and two stories set in the Tithe 'verse), and Fables Volume 1: Legends In Exile (this was okay, but not as good as all the hype made it out to be. I appreciate that it's the first volume at the start of a long ongoing series, so does it get better? Should I stick with it?)

> This weeks comics: Hawkeye 15 (from which today's post title comes from; so many 'caught with your pants down' jokes, so, so many. Also, people having fun with spotting names and words in the crossword cover? There is a lot of 'BRO', ha), Secret Avengers 16 (I'm not entirely sure I got the point here. Has Bobbi, along with Daisy and Bucky, escaped the wierdness of SHIELD's memory games whilst the others haven't, is that the point?, Serenity: Leaves On The Wind 2 (when is the more?!), Origin II 3 (it's okay), Guardians of the Galaxy 12: The Trial of Jean Grey Part 4/6 (these tie-ins make me want to read the earlier Gaurdians comics, I should do this).

>Recs: things that are especially wonderful that I found this week are we might fall (steve rogers character study vid) by turquoisetumult in which Steve always gets back up and that, that's a superpower, and one he had right from the start. And Introduction To Western Literature by igrockspock (Avengers, Clint/Natasha, Teen and Up, 2645 words) in which in the beginning books and reading are the only things that Natasha has in common with the rest of SHIELD. This one is booklovers story, definitely, and that last line, YES.

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[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I liked The Poison Eaters a lot, especially that story where the books come to life.

Guardians of the Galaxy 12: The Trial of Jean Grey Part 4/6
Are you reading All-New X-Men, then? I love that comic.

[inkvoices]

I found that one kind of sad, which was not what I was expecting. I like it when authors play with my expectations *grins*.

I am indeed reading All New X Men and I love it! So much fun, and funny, and YES PLEASE :D

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Yeah! It's so funny, esp. the parts with Bobby, and I like the art a lot. Also: KITTY <3

[inkvoices]

Oh gosh, the early issue where the Avengers and X Men are having words, Cap and someone else, and Bobby and Kitty are reinterpreating the conversation! Cracked me up no end. And Maria Hill on X Men and time travel towards the end of the Battle of the Atom run. And, just, yes, so much hilarity :D

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Bobby and Kitty reenacting that conversation was hilarious. And the time Bobby said he liked talking to Rocket because it made him feel like a Disney Princess. Are you reading Uncanny X-Men too?

[inkvoices]

I read the first three, I think, of Uncanny, and I have bunch more cheap from comics fayres to read, maybe up to ten or eleven? But I wasn't keeping up and stopped. I read all the Battle of the Atom crossover stuff though. I've been trying to be good and not buy comics if I haven't been keeping up with them and they're not cheap at fayes, because otherwise the trades are cheaper later. I will have to go back through my reading pile if you're rec-ing these though!

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I like Uncanny a lot, especially because Magik is in it. Also it got kind of hard for me to tell it and All-New apart after Battle of the Atom, because there's so much crossover and Bendis is writing both of them.

[franztastisch]

The first trade of Fables was as far as I got. I just didn't hook me. I don't really feel I'm missing out on much to be honest. Well, apart from the fact that Lauren Beukes wrote a short run of Fairest, but I don't really need much context to read that I don't think.

[inkvoices]

It's been praised a lot, and the guy at one of the comics shops I go to says I'd like it because he got me reading Hinterland and I have a thing for twisted fairytales, but the first volume just wasn't that great :/ I'd stick with it, but there's so much other stuff I want to read much more that grabbed me from the start.

[franztastisch]

That's exactly what I thought.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Books Read: The Girl With All The Gifts (excellent dystopian future novel, the changes in viewpoints never distract from the story, and interesting thoughts on choices at the end of humanity as well know it),

EEEEEEEEEEEEE.

I read (and LOVED) the short story that began that book! Hot damn, I am so excited! As soon as I read this, I preordered it from Amazon.com.

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Ooo, I didn't know this began life as a short story. One of my friends enabled me into this one before she'd even read it herself lol. Have you read the novel yet, or are you still waiting for your preorder?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

You know, it actually hasn't been released in the US, so I don't get to read it until July. *sad face*

[inkvoices]

Oh no! Well you have a really good book to look forward to :)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I have two books that I"m super excited for coming out in July.

[inkvoices]

Ooo, what's the other one in July for you?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

There's actually a lot. The Black Widow TPB is coming out, so I can have a physical copy of those comics, the next Kate Daniels book, and Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead.