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Watership Down (graphic novel) adapted by Richard Adams - I have never read this classic novel, but the graphic novel has stunning illustrations and I knew I'd read it this way if I had it from the library. I'm glad I read it as a graphic novel - I don't know that the premise of the story would entice me (well, it hadn't thus far anyway) to read it in its original format, but having the illustrations certainly helped me understand the storyline.
Swim Team (graphic novel) by Johnnie Christmas - Just a little piece of middle-grade, graphic novel candy for summer. The equivalent, I suppose, of most people's "beach reads"!
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbury - I followed along (late, however) with Joy Clarkson's online book club on her substack. I had bought this book at least a decade ago at a thrift store, then gave it away to someone (who?!) and then finally got it from the library and I finished it on Ani and my Portland trip. I loved this novel. It was so perfectly French. It was clever, sardonic, funny, high-falutin, and also bits of beauty and warmth in it, which came after much uncovering. Five stars.
The Devil's Tour by Mary Karr - This was a used copy of an early book of poetry from Karr, and I read it on the bus from Portland to Seattle and found it enticing and darkly humorous. Karr relates a lot in her book to the character of Satan in Paradise Lost. Interesting!
On Island Time: A Traveler's Atlas by Chandler O'Leary - This wasn't really a graphic novel per se....more like an illustrated travel guide to the Islands of BC and Washington. I picked up this book because it was beautiful, but also because I'm always looking for local day-trip ideas and this book did not disappoint! I'd highly recommend it for people who are travelling out here and want to visit an island or two, or those who live here and want to be intentional about seeing the great spots in our own PNW backyard!
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