ashleyholstrom's Reviews (1.38k)

(I skimmed it, but marking here in case I ever want to come back to it and forget the title)

Yellowface has been everywhere this summer for a reason. It’s a juicy, delicious insider-baseball fictional look at publishing from the eyes of a woman who steals her (dead) nemesis’s work-in-progress and passes it off as her own. What follows is a truly wild ride that at times had me rooting for June before remembering that she’s the villain of her own story.

✨ From Enter the World of Publishing with These Books at Crooked Reads.

When a ghostwriter has a hilariously bad one-night stand, the last thing she expects is to be in a meeting the next day with said one-night stand and an offer to write his memoir. She follows him on a tour of comic cons—he was a teen drama star!—and decides to give him some pointers on his bedroom game in their spare time. Of course, they fall in love. I cackled, I giggled, I swooned. This book is such a comfy, cozy hug, with a healthy dose of steam.

✨ From Enter the World of Publishing with These Books at Crooked Reads.

A Career in Books is a delightful comic about three besties—career-focused Nina, writer Silvia, and chaotic good Shirin—navigating the world of publishing while living in a shitty New York apartment and befriending a neighbor who just so happens to be a Booker Prize winner. It’s very slice-of-life-y and I loved it.

✨ From Enter the World of Publishing with These Books at Crooked Reads.

Did I spend an hour cackling at this book, sending pictures of pages to my husband every three minutes? You betcha. Cryptid Club is cartoonist Sarah Andersen’s delightful take on cryptids—Mothman, the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, and other friends—and what their daily lives look like. Mothman crashes into lit-up windows. Big Foot is bummed that every photo of him is unattractive. Etc.

✨ From Get Ready for Halloween with These Spoopy Comics at Crooked Reads.

Fran Krause’s Deep Dark Fears is funny, bizarre, horrifying, and relatable as heck. It’s a collection of comics based on real-life fears from readers around the world. Like being afraid of slipping into wrought-iron gates and impaling yourself through the eye (My version of this is clothing racks in department stores—they’re always right at my eye level). Or that, on cold winter days, when you can see your breath, that also means people can see the little tufts of warm air as you fart.

✨ From Get Ready for Halloween with These Spoopy Comics at Crooked Reads.

I’m not entirely sure I ~got~ this book, but the art is incredible. A Guest in the House feels like Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, but it quickly spirals into something deeper and darker. Abby is newly married to a widowed dentist who moved to town with his daughter after his wife’s death. As she learns more about Sheila and her death, Abby feels uneasy. How did she die, really? Were all her paintings really burned in the fire, or are they saved, hidden and locked away? The ghost of Sheila is everywhere in the house, simultaneously fascinating and tormenting Abby as she pieces together the truth about her husband.

✨ From Get Ready for Halloween with These Spoopy Comics at Crooked Reads.