#boooooooks

Please visit the newly created Pokey Oaks Classroom Library to access a list of books based off of the original PPG series! 📚💖

Lots and lots of reading in September, I was really trying to get through a lot of graphic novels, and also honestly I was so tired a lot of the time that I ended up reading instead of doing other leisure activities.

My September reads:

Haikyu!! vol. 9 - 10 by Haruichi Furudate

Blue Flag vol. 8 by Kaito

Junk by J. D. Harlock

On Campaign by Dei Walker

Telemachy by Willa Blythe

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

Nirvana in Fire vol. 1 by Hai Yan

Transitions: A Mother's Journey by Élodie Durand

Guardian vol. 3 by priest

The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, Dani, and Tamra Bonvillain

At 30 I Realized I Had No Gender by Shou Arai

Yona of the Dawn vol. 5 by Mizuho Kusanagi

The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation vol. 7 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

My Hero Academia vol. 17 - 18 by Kohei Horikoshi

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun vol. 6 by Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Himura

Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tavaro

The Deadman's Gambit by Nicola Kapron

In Fine Feather by Violet J. Hayes

then, too, at sea by ilgaksu

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know by Cyan Wings

Full Shift by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton

The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck

Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise

I know this isn't really relevant to my usual content, but I received some books I've been chasing for a while in the mail and I'm PUMPED.

The Parade's Gone By... I remember reading in my first year of film studies and have been angling for a copy for a while, there just happened to be one up for sale locally a few weeks back for an incredible price that I couldn't pass up. While there's a certain level of whimsy to this book (as it's full of firsthand accounts by those who worked on early film and Brownlow himself has a lot of love and respect for silent features), it really is a seminal text for anyone interested in silent film or early Hollywood.

From Faust to Strangelove I have had on my Goodreads wishlist for over a decade. I borrowed it from the university library at one point but could never justify spending over $100 on a physical copy for myself. Last month I found one for $40 online and decided to treat myself. I have a long-standing interest in how scientists are portrayed in popular culture, so this is one of those books that I feel so blessed to have in my hot little hands. Haynes' work is a tad dated in 2k24, but there's some great elements at play here that are truly foundational to understanding the history of the scientist in Western literature canon.

Dear Laura,

hi hi hi!! You just asked what's probably my favorite question ever and of course, I got carried away. I'm sorry if this is too long!

Isaac + the library: my headcanons (bc he is my people)

He reads too much to buy all of his books, so he mostly borrows from the library.

He uses the public library most bc he’s nearly exhausted his interests in the school one

He has his library card number memorized

The librarians all know him by name, and he’s on a first name basis with most of the public library staff.

He has a preferred chair in the school library for when he has free time, and no one else sits there. Ever.

No one believes him that he doesn’t have any fines. But he doesn’t! (he doesn’t keep them long enough to miss the deadlines)

He has, however, owed money for ruined books from when he’s been caught in the rain or spilled food or drink on it.

His holds list is a mile long, and yes he’s adding another tonight.

He has stacks of books lying all over his bedroom bc he filled his book shelf years ago, and the books have to go somewhere.

There are also several piles running up the stairs, off to the side, and a basket by the front door.

He refuses to let anyone in his room or touch his books bc he has a system, and yes it makes sense!

He only reads physical books. No digital copies, thank you!

He prefers paperbacks. They’re easier to carry.

He gets giddy when they can fit in his back pocket.

The only time he gets in trouble at school is for not paying attention (too busy reading to care)

Teachers take his books sometimes and give them back after class.

No one else takes his books. Ever. He lets his friends hold them, tho. They’re nice.

He wants a bookmark that reads: “Yes, I’m reading a book. No, I don’t want to talk to you about it. Go away.” So that he can display it while reading in public places.

Impossible to choose, but these are the ones I read years ago and I still Think about them regularly...

Special mention for the first book I was ever obsessed with and read 6 times in one summer: