Banya the Explosive Delivery Man by Kim Young-Oh (amazon.com)
Banya is a deliveryman in a historical fantasy world filled with warring tribes and strange monsters. His dedication to deliver packages at any cost finds him picking his way through a battlefield and polevaulting over castle walls. At every possible moment he likes to recite his [...]

The Cybils finalists are up. I was a little disappointed that no manga titles made it to the final round for the graphic novels category. Still, as a judge I’m happy to see that some strong contenders made the first cut.

This year I read 86 books. 52 were fiction, 16 were re-reads, 16 were YA books, and I read 2 non-fiction books. This was up from last year’s total of 59 books, I think mostly because YA books are quick reads. I read 174 manga volumes and 32 graphic novels. This was also up from [...]

Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dalquist
Dzur by Stephen Brust
Once on a Time by A.A. Milne
Old Boys by Charles McCarry - One of the best spy novels I’ve read in a long time.

Manga and Graphic Novels
Hana Kimi #15
Read or Die #4
Penguin Revolution #1
Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden #5
From Far Away #13
ES #3
Death Note #8
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