Experiments in Blogging

Does anybody actually read first posts? I mean, I do, but am I the only one? Not sure. Maybe it doesn't matter what I put here and I should stop wasting brain space on it. I just have to start somewhere, and it doesn't matter what the start looks like, or sounds like.

I read comics. Sort of. I actually read lots of kinds of books, but comics are the point of this blog. Well, really it's graphic novels, but "Amber Reads Graphic Novels" just didn't have the same ring to it. Anyway, I read a lot of them, and sometimes it's hard to keep track of what I've read and what I haven't, and what I thought of things along the way. That's where the blog comes in--it's essentially a reading journal. I'm planning to use it to keep a record of thoughts as I read things, hoping that it will help me codify my thoughts and not forget titles or accidentally repeat titles. Because, as no doubt my fellow readers know, that's annoying, and fewer annoyances is a good thing.

What do I read? More manga than western or English comics, though there are of course many fabulous stories in both areas. More omnibuses and trade paperbacks than individual issues or magazines, because I like a more continuous story flow. Many library books and used copies, because  I'm not wealthy. No ebooks, because I'm stubborn and I just like paper better. Lots of fantasy and science fiction and just odd narratives, but I'm far from exclusive to these genres. A mix of older and newer works, because I came to the medium late (about a year and a half ago, at age 25) and they're all new to me. A mix of YA and adult titles, because good stories know no boundaries. And (this is the odd one) no superheroes. I don't know why, but those just don't do much for me. I'd love for some spectacular story to come my way and prove me wrong, but it hasn't happened yet.

At some point I'll figure out a regular structure and post patterns and stuff. In all likelihood, this will be me talking to the void till I run out of things to say, but that void can be a damn good listener. And if there are people in it reading along, cool. Let's do this.