August 2017 Recap

1. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard
2. Star Wars: Vader Down by Jason Aaron & Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Mike Deodato & Salvador Larroca
3. Star Wars: Darth Vader, Vol 3: The Shu-Torun War by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Salvador Larocca
4. Star Wars: Darth Vader, Vol 4: End of Games by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Salvador Larroca
5. Star Wars, Vol 3: Rebel Jail by Jason Aaron, illustrated by Mike Mayhew & Leinil Yu
6. Star Wars, Vol 4: Last Flight of the Harbinger by Jason Aaron, illustrated by Jorge Molina, Mike Mayhew, & Mike Deodato
7. Star Wars: Poe Dameron, Vol 1: Black Squadron by Charles Soule, illustrated by Phil Noto
8. The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill
9. Black Hammer, Vol 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire, illustrated by Dean Ormston

Pick of the Month
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard


August 2017
Number of books read: 9
Number of pages: 1,514

Number of books acquired: 12
Number of those books read: 1


YEAR TOTALS
Number of books read: 68
Number of pages: 12,019

Number of books acquired: 218
Number of those books read: 40

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill

The Tea Dragon Society
by Katie O'Neill
Published by Oni Press • October 31, 2017
192 Pages • ISBN 978-1620104415 • Hardcover



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Book description:

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charming all-ages book that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons.

After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives--and eventually her own.

A charming, quiet fantasy about a young girl, Greta, who is torn between apprenticing with her blacksmith mother, or learning the fine art of raising tea dragons, whose leaves can be harvested to make tea. There is not a lot going on in this slim colume, and that's perfectly fine. This is a refreshingly original and kind story, and the illustrations are simplistic, yet beautifully whimsical. Katie O'Neill has been publishing this story online at The Tea Dragon Society, and I'm delighted that it is finally available in print. I'll definitely be picking up later volumes.

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill will be released from Oni Press on October 31, 2017.



I received an eARC copy of this book from the publisher thru NetGalley for a fair and honest review.