Austenland by Shannon Hale (amazon.com)
This book was not very good, for a variety of reasons. I guess I had high expectations because I enjoyed reading Princess Academy, so I was hoping that Shannon Hale’s first non YA book would be a fun summer read. It ended up being merely okish.
One thing that I thought was […]

Apothecarius Argentum by Tomomi Yamashita (amazon.com)
Apothecarius Argentum deals with the relationship between a princess and her former poison tester. Primula is the type of princess who prefers sword fighting to etiquette lessons. As a boy, Argent tasted every morsel of food before Primula was allowed to eat. He’s a basilisk, someone exposed to many […]

Really, the combination of lotion fights, mullets, thongs, and skeevy mustaches is enough to make you think twice before going to the beach.

Yurara by Chika Shiomi (amazon.com)
Now that I’ve read the first volume of Yurara, I’ve read all three series by Chika Shiomi, who has achieved a publishing trifecta of having three series being released in English by three different publishers. Yurara is starting her first day of high school, but as she is approaching the school […]

Ah, I’ve been tagged.
Here are 8 things about me, then.
1. I really like this yogurt. It is chock-full of fat, but I like it anyway.
2. The other day, I committed a horrible fashion crime of wearing Birkenstocks with capri pants. Now those sandals are a fashion crime all by themselves, but I think wearing them […]

This was a big month of rereading, since I finished up reading the Harry Potter series again, and also read the His Dark Materials Trilogy and a couple of manga series again.
Books
Harry Potter books 4-6 (reread)
Sabriel by Garth Nix
His Dark Materials Trilogy (reread)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Gone Bamboo By Anthony Bourdain
Manga and […]