Reading Wednesday

[sabotabby]

 Just finished: Nothing, still reading bricks. I don't know how anyone managed before e-readers.

Currently reading: Maej by Dale Stromberg. About halfway through, and the myriad plotlines are converging and it's all very cool. The detail and complexity is just *chef's kiss*.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville. We have a whale sighting! And Ahab continues to be a horrible old man.

The chapter is a digression in many ways but it's also just absolutely beautifully written. Dizzying prose. Like:

It was while gliding through these latter waters that one serene and moonlight night, when all the waves rolled by like scrolls of silver; and, by their soft, suffusing seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude; on such a silent night a silvery jet was seen far in advance of the white bubbles at the bow.

Pure poetry.

In other news for some reason the whale-weekly tag on Tumblr has been invaded by cryptocurrency bots. Like. Why??? what do the scammers believe will be accomplished by this? stay out of my whale posts.

Comments

[sabotabby]

Me and my spinal fusion love them.

[greylock]

I'm not going to lie, I know what you're saying, but I don't understand.

I'm trying to read a 1000 page graphic novel so... can't relate.

As long as they work for you.

[sabotabby]

Oh, I can't read comics on an e-reader. Or on screens of any sort. The integrity of the page layout is critical for me.

But I am currently packing a suitcase with a number of print books (a.k.a., mine) and one e-reader and I have a definite preference.

[greylock]

You're GOING somewhere?
I can, and did read comics on a tablet, but it wasn't ideal ('70s mostly, so ideal) but it never felt real.

I reckon with 'experimental' layouts (Steranko and beyond) it'll not work at all.