From Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken: Alz asks a pertinent question of caped wizard Wayland North.
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| I'm not in the book nor is there a character named Alz. But if there were and it were me, I'd have a lot of these sorts of questions to ask. |
From Daimon by Jennifer L. Armentrout: I don't remember if she actually flies screaming at the daimon like this, but the gardening trowel thing is absolutely true to the book.
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| I just noticed that this looks like the Nightshade doodle I did last year. Apparently I associate badass heroines with flying full-body tackles. |
From A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce: Charlotte begs the shady, mysterious, sinister, magical man for help.
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| Really? Are you SURE you mean ANYTHING? You realize what "anything" entails? |
From Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi: Warner makes a request of Juliette.
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| Ah, Warner. Krispy loves him so. Hence why I made a (marginal) effort to draw him more nicely in his suit. This one's for you, Krispy! |
Finally, a request! I've been on the lookout for a good YA fantasy (not urban or paranormal but straight fantasy) since Brightly Woven turned out to be disappointingly full of inexplicably random action and very little story, and The Girl of Fire and Thorns was a disappointment. I liked Graceling and Fire and need something to read while I wait for Bitterblue to come out. Got any good fantasy recs?
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No recommendations. But I really like the flying heroine who gives full-body tackles. That's the way I like to imagine myself. I just wish it were true...
I am the worst person to recommend fantasy, since I hardly read it, but I LOVED the Warner cartoon. Awesome.
Oh man. I'm thinking but I'm coming up blank. I have Danyelle Leafty's books on the brain today. Maybe Catspell? It's not the same as GRACELING, but ... anyway, that's all my brain is kicking out right now.
Loved the drawings Alz!
Love the drawings (as usual).
The one about SHATTER ME makes me want to read the book like NOW!
I love the doodles, especially the woman flying with the badass trowel.
Have you read Megan Whalen Turner's THE QUEEN'S THIEF series? The first book, THE THIEF, can technically be classified as MG, but the rest of the series (there are currently 4 -- but it's a peculiar kind of series) is solidly YA.
It's basically my favorite series ever (though I think you'll enjoy the later books more than THE THIEF). If you do read it, don't read the summaries for the later books! They're full of spoilers. And such a large part of this series hinge on the readers not knowing how things end.
I love that your eyes are all twisty corkscrews. What exactly is the cartoon Alz drinking these days?
Hmm. Don't have any more fantasy books right now. I'll get back to you if something pops into my tired brain.
These cartoons are awesome. You ladies are quite talented with the doodling, blogging, and reading. You've also made me curious about these books, since I haven't read them, but I have one or two of them.
How about Lorelie Bell's, Vampire Ascending. It's fantasy and really good. The main character, Sabrina, is 21 and is a touch clairvoyant.
The Juliet one was spot on! I could see or maybe I have seen my 17 year old hockey sons doing that exact thing:)
I laughed out loud at these!
Have you read the Beka Cooper Trilogy by Tamora Pierce? I know I've read other good Fantasy, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Except for what I've read by Diana Wynne Jones--I haven't come across a story by her I didn't like.
Great doodles!
I just finished CHIME and I'm still not over how awesome it is.
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