I’ve been hanging out with the future Mr. Tangognat, going to a bunch of movies.
King Kong - Great special effects, but the action on Skull Island drags on too long. I think the best part of the movie takes place in New York. Naomi Watts did a great job, I thought Jack Black seemed a […]

If you need some manga recommendations, take a look at Love Manga’s Best Manga of 2005
Poisonous Christmas: Fact and Fiction
Stitchy McYarnpants is featuring pages from the 1978 Sears Christmas wishbook.
Scary Christmas Barbie Crochet

I always like hearing about out of print books coming back into print. Last week the New York Times Book Review highlighted The Book of Norse Myths, by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, which was republished by The New York Review of Books Classics and Collections imprint. I also liked this story about Traviata Books. […]

12 Lovely Christmas Movies
Cosmo Girl Manga available online {via}

The library where I work is almost about to transition over to holiday hours. It was totally dead tonight at the reference desk. I had only 4 questions. I walked someone to the stacks to help him find his book. I answered a question about reserves, told someone where the books were, and I discussed […]

Now that the future Mr. Tangognat is visiting, I’m catching up on some of the movies that I’ve been meaning to see. We went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I enjoyed Goblet of Fire more, I was surprised at how well the […]

Cantarella by You Higuri (amazon)
I’d read a review of Cantarella and I decided that I should track down the book. It opens with the birth of Cesare Borgia under mysterious circumstances. His mother believes that his father, Cardinal Rodrigo, has sold the baby in a demonic pact. She attempts to kill her newborn son, […]

Anime News Network writes that Studio Ghibli’s next project is going to be based on Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea books. Interesting. If any anime studio has to adapt these books, Studio Ghibli would be my pick. Look, Ged’s talking to a dragon!

I unearthed a couple of mix CDs that had a few random Mojo Nixon songs, so that made me happy.
Check out It can’t all be about manga, the blog of a library person who knits and who seems to buy more manga than I do every month. Maybe she’s my long-lost Canadian blogger twin?
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Kevin links to this rather weird story about people reacting to Peach Girl in their local library. More commentary at The Great Curve.