Books Read, December 2008
Books Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn Jeghaala by Steven Brust King of Sword and Sky by C.L. Wilson (also reread the first 2 books in this series) Street of Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmerman Manga Boys Over Flowers #32 Nana #13 Naruto #1-6 The Wallflower #2 Silver Diamond #1 [...]
Amethyst Princess of Gemworld #11 (second series)
In this issue Amethyst deals with the wreckage of her unfortunate love life on the Gemworld and Carnelian gets evil. Very very evil! Also, Sardonyx is tempted by treachery yet again. The title of the issue is “Sacrifice.” I really like the cover for this issue, as it has a courtly love sort of vibe. [...]
Castle of Dreams
Castle of Dreams by Masami Tsuda (amazon) I have conflicting feelings about Tsuda’s series Kare Kano. It had one of the most clumsily executed endings I’ve ever read in a manga series, but there were plenty of poignant and hilarious moments shown before the conclusion of Yukino and Arima’s story. Even though I think Kare [...]
Thumbs Up Judah!
Check out Dave’s Story of Hanukkah. I always knew that the Maccabees were slightly scruffy dudes: And just for grins, here’s a picture of my favorite Jewish Legionnaire celebrating Hanukkah:
Nooooooo Keanu!
I thought that the whole Keanu Reeves as Cowboy Bebop’s Spike was just an unfounded rumor, but I guess it is true. I just can’t picture this. I think my mind is rebelling.
Academic Library Commercial from UNLV
I can’t find a clip of this online, but I was watching TV tonight and saw a commercial for the Lied Library at UNLV. There were shots of the library’s impressive architecture and robotic book retrieval system, and the commercial followed a visitor to the library finding something to read and having a cup of [...]
We Were There Volume 1
We Were There, Volume 1 by Yuki Obata (amazon) It is a good time to be a fan of fan of shoujo manga. We Were There is a recent addition to the Shojo Beat line from Viz, and it is an excellent title for anyone to read if they are craving a high school romance [...]
More Manga for Kids
MangaCast has put up a press release from Udon announcing a line of manga aimed towards the 12 and younger set.
Amethyst Princess of Gemworld #10 (second series)
This is one of my favorite issues of Amethyst Princess of Gemworld. The visually striking cover shows Amethyst illuminated in purple against a stark black background, walking towards the reader. When I read Amethyst as a kid, this is one of the few issues that I bought and I read it over and over again. [...]
Silver Diamond Volume 1
Silver Diamond Volume 1: Silver Seed by Shiho Sugiura (amazon) The first volume of Silver Diamond has a somewhat random mix of plot elements and over the top symbolism that is extremely entertaining. The manga opens with a brief scene in a fantasy world. A cool looking man with a twiglike gun takes aim on [...]
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