Stitches

Okay. So I'm getting desperate here. It's December, and the weight of my goal to read 52 books this year is weighing heavier than a bucket of eggnog. I remember my son and husband laughing at me earlier this year when I told them my goal. Maybe they were right. But I still have four weeks to prove them wrong. Dignity is a huge motivating force in my life.

Reading a graphic memoir might sound like cheating to some. More pictures than words. But the experience of reading such a book is just as rich.

This is the first book-length graphic memoir I've read, and the form delights me. David Small's images are evocative, and force the reader to fill in the blanks, creating his/her own dialogue.

I loved how one earlier image and all the set-up and words that went along with it...









... could be recalled by another later in the book.

Read more about Stitches, David Small, and his work by visiting his site.