Always be a first rate version of yourself...: Fables

What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

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Monday, April 7, 2014

Number 10...have I stayed too long at the fair?

It's bound to happen. It happened with the Private/Privilege books, even. And how I did love those. But I think after gorging on the same deliciousness for so long, it was bound to get old. Not to say that I am below the four star rating, not at all, Volume 10 was a solid four-star, but it just didn't have that five-star sparkle, as the others did for me. While I do love Flycatcher and I loved what he did here with setting up Haven, I still don't know his backstory. Did I miss it somewhere? What horrible thing happened to his family? Now I just read the wikipedia article and that makes sense. But was this in a comic that I missed? I am going to take a Fable break, but I know I will come back to them. Maybe the break will help me to appreciate them as I once did!

This One Had to Lose a Star

I do love Fables, as I have said, but I had to point out my usual trouble in this volume, number 9. I was super excited to meet Hansel of Hansel and Gretel in this volume, but then, one tiny mistake was made, which of course, is my biggest pet peeve! There is a flash-back scene in which Hansel refers to Father Somethingorother's sermons. Father? Really? Sigh. So anyway, another great addition to the series, but a pretty glaring mistake!

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Ah, a good fable...

I was recently told that I would be super addicted to theFables series, graphic novel/comic book. I really didn't take the warning seriously. Not at all. I just thought, well, I will try one. Just one. Then I thought, well, I'll just see what the next one is like. And then, oh, just the third. I will stop at three. Now I am currently reading Sons of Empire. And that is Vol. 9. So yes, I was warned but I didn't listen and now I am hooked. They are all here, Snow White, Prince Charming, Beauty and the Beast, the Frog Prince, everyone.
See there is this bad dude, the Adversary. And he and his armies have taken over most of the fable world. Many fables have escaped and now live in New York City. Sounds weird? Yes.
Is it addictive and wonderful? Yes. But you are warned!
Also, this is not, not, not for kids!