Weekly Recap: Awesome Graphic Novel Steals My Heart!

My Saga feels summed up in gif form!

Hello, peoples of the internet, how has your week been? Mine has been long and boring, as I have just been working - and work is never fun. Why I can't be paid to just sit around and read all day is beyond me. But, alas, I have yet to make that dream a reality. I have been trying to keep up with my reading, despite working a lot and being inexplicably  tired. My newest obsession has quickly become Saga, the graphic novel series. It is actually incredible and AMAZING and speaks to my very soul. The characters are becoming my favourite things in the entire universe, as they are hilarious and make me laugh so much. I read the first one and immediately went online and bought the next two in the series - I would have bought them all if I wasn't super broke! They came and I literally jumped up and down with excitement... And then proceeded to read both straight away. I NEED MORE!!!

The other thing I have been concentrating on this week is my Instagram account. I don't know if you guys have realised it yet but, I am obsessed with Instagram and can't seem to get enough of it. I love taking bookish photos and checking out everyone else's. Thanks to Amanda, at Nellie and Co., I decided to start using Later to schedule my posts, which makes it so much easier. BUT you only get a certain number a month and I need more - but I am cheap and won't be upgrading and paying for it, pfft! But yes, fellow book obsessed people, if you have Instagram and take wonderful bookish photos then come check me out HERE - so I can come drool over all your photos.

Saga: Volume Two & Saga: Volume Three 

★★★★★

These both get 5/5 from me because they were just soooooo good. I want to hunt down more graphic novels after reading these, but worry none will live up to the awesomeness that is this series. I LOVE the characters, mostly because they are absolutely hilarious! I mean, you can't be these lines:

"That is the best book I've ever read."
"Cool."
"Cool?"
"McHenry, my entire outlook on existence has just been permanently altered. Please read this so I'll have someone to talk about it with?"

"Honestly, this squeamishness about bloodshed is most unbecoming."

I just love this series and the characters so much it hurts. I am literally counting down the days till payday, just so I can buy the next two volumes and pre-order the 6th one too. I NEED THEM!!! I highly recommend this series, it was sooooo good. 

 

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight: I didn't love this one. It sounded quite interesting but proved to be quite a long, drawn out read. The cover screams fantasy to me for some reason, but it isn't. It's like a thriller type read, with the main characters best friend going missing and her trying to find her. The main problem is that the blurb of the book gives away the whole main plot twist - something you don't find out till over 400 pages in. So the shock factor is kind of gone, and instead you spend the whole time you're reading wondering when that aspect will come into play. NOT FUN! ★★

Follow Me Back by Nicci Cloke: I actually enjoyed this one more, which is another book about a girl going missing. I thought this one was done better and kept up the mystery element as it went on. It was more fun to read and the writing style worked for me. ★★★