We’re in the last hour of the readathon (already? ;) and I’ve finished 2 graphic novels since my hour 20 status update: Adèle and the Beast (Isabelle en het beest) & Monsters All! (Allemaal monsters!) from the series Les Avontures Extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec (De avonturen van Isabelle Avondrood) by Jacques Tardi. They were re-reads but it was at least 20 years ago that I first had my eyes on them, so I had mostly forgotten what the stories were about. In this post you’ll find a preview of the drawings and our IRL (in real life) reproductions.
The Museum of Natural History plays an important role in the first volume I mentioned, Adèle and the Beast, and I’ve been wanting to visit the museum ever since I was studying Museology (almost 20 years ago). The weird thing is: every time I’m in Paris something prevents me from going there! Last month it was closed on the day we had picked (bad planning, I know) and postponing it to another day didn’t fit with our schedule. Sigh.
Status report
Time period: 10.00 – 13.15
Currently reading: time to choose the last book of my readathon stack!
Total of time read: 8 hrs 40 mins
Total amount of pages read: 250 pages (nice round figure!)
Books finished: 4 books (The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom, caught up with Sei Shonagon’s The Pillow Book read-along, Adèle and the Beast (Adèle et le bête) & Monsters All! (Tous des monstres!) from the series Les Avontures Extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec by Tardi)
Mini-challenges participated in: 11 (Since last update: mini-challenge about character pictures)
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zondag 10 oktober 2010 bij 14:00
tanabata
I love that you took real life pics to match the graphic novel! You’re making me long to return to Paris. I’ve been a handful of times but it’s one of those cities I never seem to get tired of.
And well done on a fun, successful read-a-thon! :)
dinsdag 12 oktober 2010 bij 17:43
chasing bawa
Well done on your readathon! I so want to read Adele and the Beast! I hear they are making a film based on the graphic novels. Cannot wait to see it.