What Are You Reading January 2020

I didn't see a thread up for the new year and this month.

I just finished Teri S. Wood's Wandering Star, a ginourmous sci-fi tale, and I can certainly recommend it. Here's what I wrote on my LT 75er thread:

I had a great time with Wandering Star - if you like science fiction and graphic novels, you'll probably want to give it a try. It's a collection of Teri S. Wood's labor of love over many years, and is a great tale of seemingly outmatched Earth and a few students of the Galactic Academy, along with a couple of unusual on-ship aliens, trying to stave off and defeat the ruthless and determined Bono Kiro. We get an inside look with protagonist Casandra as it all unfolds.

I figured it's easiest to give you the comments on the Amazon page to give you the flavor:

"Wandering Star is a beautiful story, written years before its time. Space epics were not in vogue when Teri Wood wrote and drew this story. She didn't do it for fame, or money, she did it for love. And, she crafted her story without the influence of today's trendy tropes. That's the perfect combination for timeless fiction. Since its completion, Wandering Star has sat squarely in the company of the most beloved works of fiction, waiting for its time. Thanks to this omnibus, the time is now." — Terry Moore "Simply one of the best sci-fi comics ever written." — Overstreet's Fan Magazine
This much-praised space drama follows the far-flung adventures of Casandra, daughter of the President of the United Nations of Earth and the first terran accepted into the Galactic Academy. Casandra discovers to her woe that Earth isn't the most popular of planets and joins the outcasts working on Wandering Star, the Galactic Alliance's prototypical spaceship. When the Bono Kiro, the Alliance's longtime enemy, makes a sudden reappearance, Casandra and her misfit crew just might turn out to be the galaxy's last hope. Sure to delight the legions of fans of the series, this beautiful hardcover edition collects all 21 of the original comics for the first time.
"Wood's science-fiction series shows her clear vision of story and character — and excellent ability to delineate both." — Comics Buyers Guide
"Good science fiction turns on a compelling 'what if'. In this case, it's 'What if the Earth wasn't the center of the civilized universe?'" — Comics Worth Reading
"No one should be allowed to write a first book this good. A cross between Anne McCaffrey and Jim Starlin; humanistic yet still plot-oriented." — Cold Cut Distribution
"Potent, powerful, uplifting, and painfully realistic, this is a war story that deals with consequences rather than as simple victories and defeats." —Now Read This

ooh that looks good.

I've been reading Master Keaton an older manga featuring an adventurous archaeologist/insurance investigator, The Wicked and the Divine and Doom Patrol

I picked up Nijigahara Holograph on a whim (wasn't too impressed with it) and next I'm starting Fatale.