If I’m part of a Legion of librarian comics bloggers, I want a flight ring.

I was quite delighted to read that Viz has licensed the manga for Yakitate! Japan, a series about a boy who strives to become the best baker in Japan. I’ve seen a few episodes of the anime, and it was hilarious, so I’m going to be on the lookout for the manga when it is [...]

I’m having a relaxing Thanksgiving break. I’ve read 4 Nero Wolfe mysteries. I went to see Rent. I thought that the recent Pride and Prejudice movie was very good. I especially liked Mr. Bingley, who was the Bingliest of all Bingleys - very adorable. The walking on the misty moors scene substituted nicely for [...]

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (amazon)
I bring sweetness and light everywhere I go.
I’ve gotten so much better about not packing a half dozen books when I travel. Instead, I will usually take 2 or 3 books, and then buy something at the airport bookstore. That actually might not better than packing a bunch of books. [...]

I’ve been so busy at work, it didn’t really sink in until late last week that I’m going away for Thanksgiving Vacation! I taught two classes today, and I have one more class to teach when I get back. Then I’ll be all done with teaching for this semester. I’m really looking forward to not [...]

Eden: It’s An Endless World by Hiroki Endo (amazon)
Eden tells the story of the last few survivors of the human race after almost everyone was killed by a deadly virus. The first volume of this manga starts with the story of a teenage boy (Enoah) and a girl (Hannah) who are living in the shell [...]

I don’t want to contribute to google fatigue, but I’ve been trying out google analytics on this site. I get so much referrer spam, I think that the stats provided by my web host aren’t so easy to use. There’s also a bunch of spam in the stats that I get using a wordpress plugin. [...]

Cuthulu Lives. I’m not going to go walking on a beach any time soon.
13 Ways of Looking at Children’s Book Week
Miss Information fills a literary void
I was teaching tonight so I didn’t have time to rush out to the comic book store for a copy of the new All Star Superman. But many comics bloggers [...]

This article from Publisher’s Weekly details some of the new offerings from Digital Manga. One of the titles I thought was an interesting choice to bring out here is My Husband Is a Foreigner, (I think the Japanese title is ダーリンは外国人) which is an example of an autobiographical manga - a type of genre that [...]

I’m listed in the 15th Carnival of Infosciences, so hop on over to Ask Nettie Day and check out the other entries.