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Year-End Book Wrap-up 2019
Books Read in 2019:
- The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
- Tides by Jonathan White
- It Looked Different on the Model by Laurie Notaro
- The Crow by J. O’Barr
- Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
- The Bloodthirsty Weasels by Theresa Bane
- The Fearsome Foursome by Amicus Arcane
- F in Exams by Richard Benson
- Customers Suck by Jennie Breeden and Rapscallion
- 100 Years by Joshua Prager and Milton Glaser
- Midnight at Madame Leota’s by Amicus Arcane
- Grim Grinning Ghosts by Aminus Arcane
- The Book of Extraordinary Deaths by Cecilia Ruiz
- The Journal Junkies Workshop by Eric M. Scott and David R. Modler
- Hit Reblog by Megan Kearney
- Trickster edited by Matt Dembicki
- An Audacious Alphabet by Amy J. Francisconi
- Book Learnin’ by John McNamee
- If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake by Ellen Levine
- Moominvalley Turns Jungle by Tove Jannson
- Cat Tails by Charles Wysocki
- Mr. Big by Carol and Matt Dembicki
- Levitation by Jim Ottaviani
- What’s the Difference? by Marc Tyler Nobleman
- Best in Class by Tim Clancy
- Eiffel’s Tower by Jill Jonnes
- The Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez by Simon Hawke
- The Clouds Above by Jordan Crane
- The Time Traveler’s Pocket Guide by K. Sekelsky
- The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
- Dracula (graphic novel) by Bram Stoker, Michael Mucci, Ben Caldwell, and Bill Halliar
- My Mother was Human! by Lonnie Millsap
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Erstwhile by Gina Biggs
- Muppet King Arthur by Paul Benjamin
- Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- 1000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn DeVries Sokol
Audiobooks Listened to in 2019:
- A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
- The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher
- Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
- The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming
- The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
- I was Told There would be Cake by Sloane Crosley
- Imposters by Scott Westerfeld
- La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
- Doctor Who: The Last Voyage by Dan Abnett
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Nexus by Scott Westerfeld
- Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
- The Smartest Book in the World by Greg Proops
- American Eclipse by David Baron
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
- Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
- Calypso by David Sedaris
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Year-End Book Wrap-up 2018
Books Read in 2018:
- The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale
- The Magic of Christmas by various
- The Girl with the Sturgeon Tattoo by Lars Arffssen
- Fum by Adam Rapp
- Star Wars Super Graphic by Tim Leong
- The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
- As You Wish by Cary Elwes
- Innovation Nation by David Johnston and Tom Jenkins
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Alexander Hamilton’s Guide to Life by Jeff Wilser
- The Buntline Special by Mike Resnick
- Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky
- Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana edited by Marcy Gordon
- We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
- Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld
- For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
- Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
- Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
- Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
- All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor
- The Day Lincoln was Shot by Jim Bishop
- Deeply Grateful & Entirely Unsatisfied by Amanda Happé
- The Good Old Days–They Were Terrible! by Otto Bettmann
- The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- Flanimals by Ricky Gervais
- Trafalgar True by Stephen Cosgrove
- Tiny Hats on Cats by Adam Ellis
Audiobooks Listened to in 2018:
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Road Rage by Richard Matheson, Joe Hill, and Stephen King
- Salt by Mark Kulansky
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- The Slither Sisters by Charles Gilman
- Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
- Unstoppable by Bill Nye
- Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
- Bellevue by Eric Oshinsky
- Giant Treasury of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Dodge City by Tom Clavin
- The Fireman by Joe Hill
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
- How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
- I Must Say by Martin Short
- Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan
- The Jewel by Amy Ewing
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
- The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
- Roots by Alex Haley
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry
- The Spiderwick Chronicles Vol 1 by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
- Teacher’s Pest by Charles Gilman
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- Yes Please by Amy Poehler
- The Black Count by Tom Reiss
- Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
- Christine by Stephen King
- Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
- The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
- Rock On by Dan Kennedy
- The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
- Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
- The Inventor and the Tycoon by Edward Ball
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Animal Kingdom – Avatar
I decided that drawing would be a good excuse to be off my feet for a while, so I drew the huge mech thingy from the movie Avatar that was right in front of me. I proved to be free entertainment for quite a few children and even a couple of adults. I was asked a couple times if I drew professionally and people were actually surprised when I said no!
Magic Kingdom
There were a number of shows and parades and other such things happening that involved a lot of waiting in between so I drew this during that time. I figured since I only had a black pen to work with I’d just use that to represent the lights instead of trying to outline them. It took a long time and is a bit wonky, but it was a fun experiment. Also: always carry a book light with you, kids. You never know when it might be way too dark to draw.
Disney Studios
Drawn from a photograph I took and apparently didn’t scan very well (wtf left side blur) but that’s all right. The fun part about this was that I finished it while waiting for the evening program to begin at Animal Kingdom, and the little girl next to me was fascinated. I particularly liked showing her the magic of the watercolor crayons.