MONTHLY RECAP • Spooky, Not-So-Scary (October 2017)

October, the month of spooky, scary things. It was an okay month; I did find myself flailing around at so many good things and crying over how much I spent on comic related stuff (per usual). It was also quite devastating because of the Santa Rosa fires that destroyed so many homes and the air quality being shit. I just hope November’s a better month—hopefully better than last year’s.

I don’t have anything I can remember about October except being shouty about these things: 

• Pacific Rim: Uprising + Star Wars: The Last Jedi + Black Panther trailers dropped.

I AM IN AWE OF ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY PACIFIC RIM AND BLACK PANTHER.

• Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jen Bartel are teaming up to bring us a Storm comic!!!!!

https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates/status/921539600300027904

• I had makgeolli for the first time.

It’s delicious.

• I’m living my best life purchasing the WICDIV prints, Tea Dragon Society bundle (which includes a Chamomile dragon plush!!), and Jen Bartel stuff. 

My poor wallet, ha.

• I also got a Rugrats sweater!!!!

UPDATE: I LIVE FOR THIS!!! (YES I BOUGHT IT.) #90skid pic.twitter.com/qFPdAHy9wX

— Cee ✨🔮 (@tnhcee) October 18, 2017

• I went to a friend’s surprise birthday party, which was at a beer garden.

I haven’t been to a surprise birthday party in like forever. And despite my anxiety about interacting with people I don’t normally hang out with, it was fun. I nursed ribs and beer the entire time, so I didn’t have to talk to anybody, haha. I did spill barbecue sauce on myself, and the waiter was very nice and brought me club soda to help clean it out.

• Jessie Ware’s new album “Glasshouse” came out.

It’s so wonderful.

BOUGHT

• Flash (Rebirth) • Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice by Josh Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico
• The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by Gerard Way and Becky Cloonan
• It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

FOR REVIEW

• A World Without -Whom-: The Essential Guide to Language in the Buzzfeed Age by Emmy J Favilla
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Thank you for the books, Bloomsbury and Wednesday Books.

WON

• Furyborn by Claire Legrand
• We(lcome) Back • Vol. 1 + 2 by Christopher Sebela

Thank you Sourcebooks Fire and Christoper Sebela.

FROM WORK

• The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty
• Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire
• The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy #2) by Katherine Arden
• Artemis by Andy Weir
• Bonfire by Krysten Ritter

GRAPHIC NOVEL

The Tea Dragon Society

YOUNG ADULT

Everything Must Go

REVIEWS

• Do You Like Scary Movies? (There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins)
• God Save the Queen! (That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston)
• Checkmate, Barbie (13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough)

COMICS

• New York, New York! (Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast)
• FROM PANEL TO PANEL • ’90s Action Movie Dream Team (Kill Them All by Kyle Starks)
• COMIC FIRSTS • Jean Grey #1: Not That Jean Grey
• October 2017 Graphic Novel Releases To Look Out For

DISCUSSIONS

• TOO MUCH TBR • October 2017
• HOLY, MOTHER COVER! • Changes in Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw
• CURRENTLY READING • Lady Killers, Monstrous Creatures, & Magicians!

Read, read, read. Write, write, write. Comics, comics, comics. 

As usual.

How was your October? Was it an fantastic month for you like it was for me? Anything you’re looking forward to in November like books or events?