LdyEnki Reads Anger Is A Gift Chapters 9, 10 And 11.

LdyEnki reads Anger is a Gift Chapters 9, 10 and 11.

The continuing adventures of LdyEnki being unprepared for Mark Oshiro’s “Anger is a Gift”. 

Chapter 9:

This feels very much like a setup chapter.  We see the pieces start to move. The school escalating, becoming more controlling and the students starting to ask why, starting to get angry and want things to change.  And we see Moss’s hopelessness, the world isn’t fair and there is nothing we can do to fix the overwhelming wrongness in the world.  

I am worried about Moss and Esperanza.  They have each had very different first weeks and it is jarring after everything that has happened to see Esperanza busy but happy, talking about college.  It is a careless comment she made, probably something she didn’t even think about before saying but I can see how it puts Moss on edge.  There is a tension between them and it doesn’t feel right.  Don’t do this to us Mark.  The power of friendship is sacred.

Chapter 10:

Yay!  Happiness!  They are so cute.  I love how realizing Javier is nervous helps Moss relax.

Though Moss, the whole doing push ups just before a date, sorry but it doesn’t work that way.

Interesting contrast of Javier’s response to the locker situation with Esperanza’s response to the college booths.

Chapter 11:

And some hope!  They are starting to plan.

Chapters 1 and 2 are here.

Chapters 3 and 4 are here.

where a little old lady owns a bodega and her customers are frequently vigilantes, anti-heros and morally ambiguous mutants and phd students. and they are all sweet as pie to her. they listen to her talk about her grandchildren and her cat. these hardened criminals become the sweetest ppl with mrs. lo who gets help stocking her shop by like someone who has no qualms hanging a drug dealer out a window. 

so like mrs. lo’s shop is on an unwritten list of places that aren’t robbed. until like some super-villain has the gall to have a throwdown in mrs. lo’s neighbourhood and now the hero has a group of lawless vigilantes showing up to help them just because mrs. lo is in the hospital with a broken arm. and like two of the most sinister vigilantes are now running her shop for her while she recuperates 

“so who do i have to kill?”

“what, they eat planets whole -”

“so i need a bigger gun, fine, lemme call some people”

“what the fuck-”

“hey, language, kids play in this street. i thought you were a hero”

an excellent response to bigoted parents!

Beautiful art, I love these.  The detail you put in you art is amazing and you really capture the characters.

Illustrations for The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Oh this is awesome.  Beautiful art!  I just read the first book and loved it.  These drawings are so expressive and really capture the characters.

September, Saturday and the Marquess from Catherine’s M. Valente’s The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland Series.(Probably my all time Favorite book series tbh)

I’d have liked more time with you.” “A lot more time. Stephen, you’re the only spark of light I’ve encountered in this whole vile country. You’re extraordinary. You’re valuable. And I don’t want you to die because of me.

The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles (via drchristineputnam)