Argh! A Different Type of "Book Thief"

If you listened to our most recent podcast, you know that Michael has "persuaded" me to read my first graphic novel from start to finish. He chose Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan as my initiation into the category. My copy arrived, and I was ready to dive in ... and found my husband had absconded with it to the living room, where he was intently reading. So Michael, you'll just have to wait -- I will have my report ready for our next podcast, but I may need to retake the book by force.

And for my Mom, who doesn't know what a podcast is: Mom, remember when my cousin Sean and I would play with the tape recorder and pretend to make "radio shows"? (Stop laughing!) Well, a podcast is the same idea -- and no, you don't need an iPod, or an MP3 player. You can listen right at your computer. Just go here and click the "play" button and listen for yourself. (Oh, and I swear that the Books on the Nightstand podcast is better than my seven-year-old self playing DJ to John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Road" -- and hopefully a lot less embarrassing.)

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Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan, Vertigo trade paperback, $12.99, ISBN 978-1-401-20315-3

(all information is for the U.S. editions).