Reading: Ms. Marvel, vol 1

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Written by G. Willow Wilson (who wrote Alif the Unseen), the new Ms. Marvel series is the story of Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American girl from Jersey city who dreams of becoming one of the Avengers. However, when she finds herself suddenly gifted with superpowers, this doesn't magically resolve her problems so much as create a whole load of new ones (such as how to sneak out and fight supervillains without waking her parents, and how to make a superhero costume that is comfortable, practical *and* modest). Ms. Marvel is smart and genre-savvy, and an interesting take on the experience of growing up as a second-generation immigrant as well as a superhero story.

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I'm feeling a lot better today, so hopefully this will be my last day of flopping on the sofa reading comics and watching films (today's selection: Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky and She's the Man; yesterday I watched Hamilton and Tuesday was The Cat Returns). I intend to take tomorrow fairly easily but given that I am feeling almost back to normal I'd rather spend the day catching up with my email and getting on top of things a bit ready to start back properly next week than have that looming over the weekend. I can't say I feel entirely raring to go, but I'm not sure I ever would feel anything other than apprehensive about going back to work after a break.