So good!

This is a heartbreaking biographical graphic novel about one woman's experience as a comfort woman during ww2. The artwork is very brushlike and emotive. I learned a lot about a conflict I admittedly don't know much about it. Really hard to read in some places.

I felt like I lived a lifetime while reading this (took me a month!) but it is truly a transcendent biography. I enjoyed it quite a bit more than 1776, which I also read this year. For some reason the rehash of those Revolutionary years really resonated in me through the words of John and Abigail.

If you're interested in revolutionary history, I cannot recommend this book enough. My son did a school report on John Quincy Adams last year and ever since he's been "our" president and it was fun to learn way more in depth about his upbringing as well. I am working through biographies of every US President and I can't wait to get to JQA's.

Off to watch the limited series!

For whatever reason, Stephen Mitchell's translation of Job is treated as a separate book on Mustich's 1000 books list, and I finished Job today (book 94!) as I work through reading the entire Bible this year.

11 years of Catholic school and I can tell you with clarity that my only knowledge of Job was that he was patient.

That is not really what I took from this read-through. What a fascinating, often frustrating story.

This is such a fascinatingly constructed set of poems. Almost felt like a play. Highly recommended.

Beautiful artwork, great story about friendship. Would be great for kids and tweens interested in comics.

Well I cried. Just terrific. I wish I could have seen this on stage.

Kids enjoyed this one, we read it together.

This was incredibly good. I hope the limited series does it justice.

Kind of underwhelming? I need to read The Wild Iris, I guess. Surprised this won a Nobel.