Monstress Read-Along Announcement

Header image which says Monstress Read-Along With Word WIlderness in white text. In the upper left corner is the dates July 1-31. The background is an image of the sun shining through flowering tree branches.

Hi Readers!
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be hosting a Monstress read-along next month! I’ve been obsessing about this graphic novel series since I first picked it up, so I thought it would be perfect for hosting my first read-along.

Monstress by Marjorie Liu book cover
Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda is a dark fantasy graphic novel that combines elements of horror, fantasy, and steampunk. The story follows Maika, a teenage girl struggling to survive after the war between humans and Arcanics. As an Arcanic, Maika is hunted by humans, and to make matters worse, a powerful monster begins to awaken inside her. As Maika searches for answers about the mysterious power inside her, others seek to use Maika for her power…

Content warnings: violence, gore, child death, child brutality, death, body horror, slavery, trafficking, blood, torture, inhumane experimentation, murder, cannibalism, cursing, mentions of rape, cult themes, war themes (this is a very dark story and the narrative does not shy away from that.)

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When is the read-along?

July 1-31.

How do I join?

I’ll be hosting the Monstress read-along on my Goodreads group page which you can find here.

How will the read-along work?

Every week I’ll post questions on the Goodreads page. Once you read the section for that week, you can join the discussion by answering the questions directly on Goodreads or by posting your answers on your blog and providing a link on the discussion page.

What’s the schedule?

We’ll be reading Volume 1 of Monstress, which combines issues #1-6 of the comic series.

Week #Monstress Issues to ReadQuestions Posted on Goodreads
1 (July 1-8)Issue #1Friday, July 8
2 (July 9-15)Issue #2Friday, July 15
3 (July 16-22)Issue #3-4Friday, July 22
4 (July 23-31)Issue #5-6Friday, July 29
*Note: in Monstres Vol. 1 the individual issues are labeled as chapters, i.e. chapters 1-6

I’ll post my answers to the questions every Saturday morning on my blog.

Monstess read-along announcement image. On the right is an image of the book cover and on the left is a bulleted list describing the graphic novel.

Have you read Monstress before? What did you think? Let’s chat in the comments!

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