Matthew reads, I guess...

  So, today I’m talking about The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer. If I’m being honest, I feel like this was a book that might have turned up on my timeline, or radar, at some point before just completely dropping off, resulting in me forgetting about it. But then one lunch time, I went into a bookshop, and it was there, so I ended up stopping and being like, “Oh, yeah, that book!” This post might also be a bit shorter than I normally do, but that’s because the majority of my notes were made on my phone when I was on the train lol. So, if what I’m saying seems a bit scattered, that may be why. The old blurbs in space says that there are two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission. Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There’s more that doesn’t add up: Evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship’s operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself a...

  So, in terms of the books that I like, or I suppose types of books, I tend to lean more towards full novels over everything else. And when I say, “everything else”, I mean things like short story collections, poetry, non-fiction and graphic novels. I mean things like that. And to be honest, I don’t think I’ve consumed enough non-fiction, poetry or short story collections to even make a round-up video on them, however, I have with graphic novels. I’m also throwing manga in under the graphic novel umbrella, because I feel like the two are very similar. But for a long-winded intro, this post is going to be talking about the graphic novels and manga that I’ve read and really enjoyed. I will say, as another little thing, with the way that I consume graphic novels or manga, because they tend to be shorter, or quicker reads, I tend to consume them all in one sitting, whereas with a full-length book, I usually take a week or two to get through it (unless I’ve got the time and passion...