Lost book found
One of my “lost books” was A.A. Milne’s Once On a Time. I lent it to someone many years ago and didn’t get it back, but I never got around to ordering it from one of the many online book stores that helps you track down out of print books. I found it in a [...]
A marital betrayal of epic proportions
When my husband and I were out today doing some after Christmas sale shopping, I remarked that I felt really exhausted and he told me that he’d been secretly running an experiment on me by mixing decaf coffee beans with the regular coffee. I’d been drinking half-caffeinated coffee for a week without my knowledge. My [...]
Night of the Beasts
Night of the Beasts Vol 1 and 2 by by Chika Shiomi (amazon.com) Aria is one of the tallest girls in her class. She uses her physical presence to defend her female classmates from evil “skirt chasers”. Although she says doesn’t have time for men, she begins to change her mind when she meets Sakura. [...]
Merry Christmas!
R.O.D. – Read or Dream
Read or Dream Vol 1 by Hideyuki Kurata and Ran Ayanaga (amazon.com) The Read or Die anime series is one of my favorites. I was a little disappointed with the first Read or Die manga series, but I was pleasantly surprised by first volume of Read or Dream. This manga follows the adventures of Michelle, [...]
Publisher’s Weekly Best Manga list?
Mangablog comments on the lists. I was glad to see that I wasn’t the only one who thought the choices were a bit odd. I was happy to see Blood Alone on the list, but I thought it was totally bizarre that Boys of Summer was ranked above it. I don’t think I could pick [...]
The melancholy searches of an academic librarian
I tried to track down an article today without much success, and I took screenshots because at one point I wondered at which stage I’d have given up if I was a normal library patron, not a librarian who has an inclination to exhaust every possibility when trying to track something down. Step 1: I’ve [...]
Paper Mirrors, Archie, Grading practices
Paper Mirror Archie Reacts to Change Paper grading practices (via insidehighered) Batgirl Pilot (via ?)
Penguin Revolution
Penguin Revolution by Sakura Tsukuba (amazon.com) Penguin Revolution is a series that manages to be very enjoyable despite a labored premise.Yukari has an erratic family life due to her father’s habit of constantly getting fired from jobs. Her greatest wish for herself is a career with some stability — she wants to be a civil [...]