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Venus in Love by Yuki Nakaji (amazon)
Venus in Love has all the trappings of a typical shoujo story, but the combination of characters and good humor ensure that I’ll be following this new series from CMX. Suzuna is a new college student who is excited to live on her own for the first time. […]

Suppli by Mari Okazaki (amazon)
It is really tough for me to keep track of new manga coming out from Tokyopop because a large portion of their catalog is devoted to manhwa and global manga, and their general marketing strategy seems to be of the “throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks” variety. […]

Manga and graphic novel YALSA noms
Headless Body in Topless Bar (book covers)
Sweet Luke Cage’s Baadasssss Christmasssss

My Mommy’s Tote by P. H. Hanson (amazon)
Thankfully my children are too young to be walking around, grabbing my purse, and emptying the contents on the floor. If your children are old enough that you fear for your personal possessions, My Mommy’s Tote may serve as a simulacrum of your handbag. This board book in […]

Manga: The Complete Guide by Jason Thompson (amazon)
I was eagerly awaiting the release of this book, since it combines two of my main passions - manga and reference books. Manga: The Complete Guide combines manga reviews with overviews of manga genres and creators. It would be a great reference book for any public library. Parents […]

Shoujo heroines need their love triangles. One common way of setting up this situation is for the main female character in a manga to suddenly find herself forced to change her living situation so she’s in close proximity to a bunch of boys. Today I’ll look at a couple books from GoComi that share this […]

Ask Metafilter has had quite a few book recommendation threads recently:
Books for 12 year old girls
Fiction for a 5 year old
Getting a 16 year old boy to read

Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.
I don’t know about being Snape….{via}

Well, posting here will continue to be somewhat sporadic. Between looking after two babies, starting a new (very part time) job, and general life stuff, it is a little tough to set aside time for blogging. I had family visiting for the Thanksgiving holidays, which was very nice. It was great to see everyone, and […]