What We’re Reading

SALVADOR

Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthew Harvey and Giselle Potter
“This book is about a wonderfully sweet little girl- Ruby, with parents who while just as sweet as she are a bit neglectful. They get so caught up in their hobbies that they treat her like a small adult instead of a child. One day they go away on vacation and a glacier befriends Ruby. The story is about making friends with anyone. It’s sweet and funny and a bit weird and that’s why it’s here in our weird section.”

MICHAEL

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais
“This book is hilarious and delightfully obscene. Gargantua is a giant and Pantagruel is his giant son. The book details their exciting adventures around 16c France, and satirizes lawyers to theologians alike. “

TOMMY

A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
“I hadn’t read this book since high school. I had forgotten that although it’s science fiction, it’s really in a league all it’s own. Verne pits man against nature in a kind of natural science fiction. It relies on only three characters to carry the plot, I really forgot how much I love this book. It’s a book written in French about German characters traveling to Iceland- it’s hilarious!”

Join Tommy and Joel Monday, October 15 at 7PM to discuss A Journey to the Center of the Earth for Ludicrous Speed Book Club here in store.

STEPHANYA
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs by John Lyndon
“Rotten is John Lyndon’s aka Johnny Rotten’s autobiography. I like Public Image Limited but I’m not much of a Sex Pistols fan so I was skeptical of reading reading Rotten. The book captures Lyndon’s voice, it feels like you’re sitting one on one and he’s telling you stories- much like Keith Richards’ autobiography Life. I get the feeling this will be a bit of revisionist history. I just read England’s Dreaming and it’s going to be fun to weigh what Jon Savage wrote against Lyndon.”

Join Stephanya and Bosco Sunday, October 21 at 5PM to discuss Rotten for the This Could Be Your Life Book Club here in store.

GRACE

The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring
“There are always those holes in my comics education I look back on after filling and wonder how I’d missed the bus in the first place. This is definitely one of them. I’d seen Frank and even Manhog out of context but didn’t know the glories of Jim Woodring’s work. I have seen the light and am glad to say these off beat drawing are now some of my favorites. Frank is like a beautiful mix of Itchy and Scratchy and Peter Saul. I love both, and now I love Frank and in turn Jim Woodring. Check out this book and look at some of Woodring’s color work (The Frank Book) because the man is a technicolor maniac.”