Book List: Part I

It all started with a tweet.

So it's my brother's fault, really. The tweet inspired me (and my dad) to keep track of how many books we read in 2012. Umm. I sort of had a lot of free time in 2012. My job in the beginning of year had some free periods, and I was unemployed from June through September! All in all, I read over 80 books. I'm going to break them down into categories:
• Classics
• Mysteries (quick reads)
• Fiction (should I call it modern fiction? Yes, I know all of the above categories fall under fiction too)
• Graphic Novels
• Young Adult (just because I'm 24 doesn't mean I don't enjoy these!)
• Nonfiction

Today we will start with the graphic novels. Why? Because it's one of the shortest groups!

Graphic Novels I Read in 2012

Maus Vol. I and Maus Vol. II

A beautiful graphic novel about the author's father's experiences leading into (and including) World War II. Different types of characters are represented as different animals (Jews are mice, Nazis as cats, etc.).

Black Hole

My sister is really into graphic novels, and this is one that she owns. It follows teenagers as an STD spreads. The STD manifests itself different ways in different people - all of them weird. One girl starts shedding her skin, one grows a tail, and one boy develops a second mouth. Gross but intriguing!