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Just back from the allotment

Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips. Image Comics. (144p) I

Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips. Image Comics. (144p) ISBN: 9781534327429

Houses of the Unholy

Another cracking graphic novel thanks to Image Comics.

This one had the feel of Dennis Wheatley story with Silent Hill and good thriller horrors thrown in for good measure.

There were flashbacks that built tension into the current narrative and allowed some of the back story to be filled in as Natalie Burns journeyed with an FBI agent to investigate the killings of the Satanic Six.

These flashbacks took us to the time of the 80s Satanic panics, the hysteria that there were Satanic cults everywhere and that children were vulnerable to abuse from these cults.

It also touched on the idea of repressed and implanted memories that was huge at the time also, and according to Natalie this is what the Satanic Six were, six children who got caught up in this hysteria.

Much like the children in various witch trials, the children told what was expected of them and some adults had to face the consequences of these words.

The story is brilliantly supported by a great art style that has a predominantly red and black palette which is oppressive and really adds to the atmosphere as the story progresses.

Bleak, oppressive, and tense. Loved this from start to finish.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Nice little walk with a pond full of tadpoles at t

Nice little walk with a pond full of tadpoles at the end

Happy #caturday

Happy #caturday

No idea what these are but I keep seeing them on m

No idea what these are but I keep seeing them on my way home from work, pretty

Transferred all the data from Indie Publisher site

Transferred all the data from Indie Publisher site to the Big Bearded Bookseller blog.

I know that a lot of the information is old and am in the process of updating it now that it's on my main blog.

There's now a redirect from the indie publishers site to the Big Bearded Bookseller blog

http://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com/category/indie-publishing/

I know it’s so hippie and probably Temu quality

I know it’s so hippie and probably Temu quality but I like this

Just playing about with my archive transferring it

Just playing about with my archive transferring it to my Photo Reel so it's all in one place rather than several and I can start organising it into appropriate folders doing better edits and getting it up on RedBubble and the blog

Finding some images I'd completely forgotten about is fun but frustrating that they've been festering on various hard drives for years

This is from Whitby about 10 years ago!

#whitby #gothfestival #whitbygothweekend #gothgirl

Had a few DMs recently querying me as a book blogg

Had a few DMs recently querying me as a book blogger...

This is my Insta and I'll post what I feel like when I feel like it, remember you don't need to follow.

I've got a lot of interests and a 20K+ photo archive to work through so be prepared for anything.

#blackandwhite #fountainsabbey @ntfountainsabbey #swans #formalgardens #myinsta

Another from the archive, this time a Crested Cara

Another from the archive, this time a Crested Caracara

#crestedcaracara #birdportrait #birdphotography #falconidae

Read (grudgingly finished) 61 of 2024

Read (grudgingly finished) 61 of 2024

Dandelion from today

Dandelion from today

Sabir Pirzada, Martin Morazzo, Vanesa Del Rey. Ima

Sabir Pirzada, Martin Morazzo, Vanesa Del Rey. Image Comics. (120p) ISBN: 9781534397545

Dandelion

I’ve found that everything I’ve received from Image Comics since restarting NetGalley this year has been great, and Dandelion is no exception.

A collection of stories set in a future where living pods that travel through the air have become the home of the homeless and unproductive, a place to be exiled and never allowed to return to earth.

In this world the pods are supplied and serviced by drones and the people in them are nationless and shunned.

One of my favourite episodes was titled ‘True North’ a story of hope tinged with great humour, but every story is worth reading.

Each story is nice and short, but though each episode is short they all pack a punch building up a world that we know could be ours in a near future, rather than using technological advances to better the world and lives of all, the rich use them to get richer and displace those deemed no necessary.

Each story is perfectly illustrated by several artists fitting the theme of the story perfectly.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Rachael Krotec. Nib and Feather. (434p) Woven Son

Rachael Krotec. Nib and Feather. (434p)

Woven Song

Another book where the cover drew me to it instantly!

So glad I did as this turned into a really fun read, mixing various mythologies up into a magical adventure with a bit of romance thrown in for good measure.

One thing that threw me to begin with was the in-sentence explanations/translations of Japanese words/terms threw the pace a bit and could have been covered in a little glossary at the front beside the explanation of the honorifics.

This was a story of two halves (well one and two thirds, the first part a very descriptive tale beautifully told, then the action and romance increased as the barriers between worlds thinned.

This is a great tale of outsiders mixed with forbidden loves, found family, Imperial intrigue, spirit possession, a little bit of sword play, and a lot about not living up to others expectations of you.

If you like a bit of mythology and action this is a good book for you though I’m still wondering what happened to the prisoner with the facial scar, it felt as though there was going to be more but sadly not.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Another Monday shines brightly through the windows

Another Monday shines brightly through the windows and today I'm finishing up on Woven Song by Rachael Krotec.

What book(s) are you reading this week?

Long hot day at work, got home at 7:10pm cleaned t

Long hot day at work, got home at 7:10pm cleaned the house and made a veggie chilli just starting to settle now, bed soon

Will be adding more to this soon

Will be adding more to this soon

58th read of 2024...

58th read of 2024...

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