Rebecca writes:
Another comics-related question! This time, it’s about anime movies! My library is seriously lacking any besides Yu-Gi-Oh!, and last week I went on a binge and bought a couple of volumes of Full Metal Alchemist and Samurai Seven - what else could I add to our collection?
I think Full Metal Alchemist and [...]

The Journalista guide to manga scanlations is now illustrated
Irresponsible Pictures looks at Fall anime
Children’s lit bloggers seem to be so organized, and they keep coming up with new projects like blog awards for children’s books.

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ohtsuka and Housui Yamazaki (amazon.com)
“Man, it sucks being an entry-level Buddhist.”
A group of students with unique talents at a Buddhist university find that their skills make them totally unsuited for normal work, so they band together to form the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service. They decide to help [...]

I feel like working is cutting down on my blogging time! I need a couple more weeks to adjust to my new schedule. Meanwhile, here are a few things that have caught my attention recently:
In the recent challenge to Fun Home and Blankets, the library in question has pulled the books and will reconsider them [...]

I’ve been reading a ton of stuff on open access recently. My brain always works in weird ways when I try to absorb a lot of new terminology at once. So I started making a mini-list of terms that cause confusion:
OA = Open Access or Important planet for Green Lantern?!
Group of Eight = Important Group [...]

Here are notes about some of the new series I’ve sampled recently.
Kurogane by Kei Toume (amazon)
In Kurogane the samurai Jintetsu is near death when he is rescued by an eccentric inventor who rebuilds his body by using machine parts. Jintetsu can’t speak any more, but he’s aided by a talking sword. He returns in his [...]

Children of the Lion and The Lion Throne by Jennifer Roberson
Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - I reread Twilight after reading New Moon.
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde - This wasn’t as good as I was hoping it would be.
Vampire Game #1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Hot Gimmick #12
Crimson Hero #3
Kurogane #1
Her Majesty’s Dog [...]

Sometimes a carnival is a delightful place, filled with fun rides and cotton candy. Sometimes a carnival has a creepy mirror maze and you run into a strange tattooed man named Mr. Dark. Sometimes a carnival is mostly deserted, as it is this week because I didn’t get very many submissions. So I went out [...]