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Cryptid Club

Cryptid Curious

Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

December 29, 2024 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Do you love illustrations or graphic novels? Do you also love cryptids? Then you should read Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen. It’s a collection of adorable comics about cryptids. I loved how most of the supposed monsters or aliens are sensitive types and often simply antisocial. We get little vignettes about aliens, Mothman, ghosts, sasquatch, Loch Ness, and more. Most of the characters look harmless and anxious. It felt like a collection of funny facts about cryptids. You can run through rather quickly. There isn’t much […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: cryptid club, cryptids, humor, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, monsters, sarah andersen

teresaelectro's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: cryptid club, cryptids, humor, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, monsters, sarah andersen ·
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An Illustrated True Crime Book for Grown-ups

The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin

June 29, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I came to this book via the podcast Criminalia. I started listening to the podcast last year and spent about 3 months blasting through all available episodes whenever I was in a car. The hosts, Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi did their entire first season on lady poisoners, and they had Lisa Perrin on for an interview to highlight her book of the same topic when it published last year (of which they also wrote the introduction). I had loved the interview and been intrigued […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: historical crime, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, Lisa Perrin, poisons, The League of Lady Poisoners, women and crime

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:22 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: historical crime, Illustrated Books for Grown-ups, Lisa Perrin, poisons, The League of Lady Poisoners, women and crime ·
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