Schulz and Buffy; Lament of the Road

Buffy Omnibus, Volume 1, by Joss Whedon et al
Yay! Old Buffy comics. For some reason, I'd thought that the only old Buffy comics were ones without Buffy actually in. But no! These have lots of Buffy in! I was entertained.
(237/250)

Schulz and Peanuts, by David Michaelis
Hmm. On the one hand this was very interesting and I'm glad I read it. On the other hand, I often felt like there *was* a real person being talked about somewhere in there, and I had to try and read *through* the story of the person Michaelis was very convinced he was talking about, to get to it. Schulz comes across more as a character than as a person - hard to explain how that happens, and maybe if I hadn't loved Phillips' Tiptree bio so much I wouldn't be so picky right now. But sometimes people, in fiction *or* non-fiction, feel like people, and sometimes they feel like constructions, and there were a lot of times when Michaelis' Schulz felt like a construction. But! It was still extremely interesting.
(238/250)

The Lark's Lament, by Alan Gordon
This series about a medieval fool has become a series about a family of fools, and that's all to the good. Not as brilliant as the last one, but still enormously fun. I gobbled it up right quick.
(239/250)

Gentlemen of the Road, by Michael Chabon
A satisfying romp, exquisitely designed. There were some clunky bits, but there were also some beautiful bits.
(240/250)