Emma wrote:
When is the third book of Inkspell going to be out?
Update:
Inkdeath is available for preorder on amazon, with a release date of October 1st, 2008.

One of my holiday splurges was picking up a few New York Review Classics Books. I just finished The Dud Avocado and was amused by a few passages where Sally Jay demonstrates a pathological fear of becoming a spinster librarian. She has a recurring nightmare called the Dreaded Librarian Dream:
It’s all very vague. It takes […]

Flower of Life by Fumi Yoshinaga (amazon)
Antique Bakery was a gem, so I had high expectations when I picked up the first volume of Flower of Life. I wasn’t disappointed. Flower of Life uses a series of vignettes to showcase different aspects of friendship in high school. Hanazono is enrolling in school a month […]

SLCPL has put up a catalog of their zine collection online, using drupal.

I.O.N by Arina Tanemura (amazon)
I’ve read the first volume of Tanemura’s Gentlemen’s Alliance, and I’ve been slowly working my way through her magical girl/phantom thief series Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne. I noticed that Viz has licensed a ton of her titles for upcoming release; I.O.N. is coming out in April.
Ion Tsuburagi is a happy go […]

Cornell Alum Sues
I think that Birthday Ladies are universal library patrons. There has to be one in every community. I remember getting calls from a birthday lady when I was working the reference desk during library school.

I thought I’d take some time to sit down and make a list of which manga series I’m actively following:
Viz
Nana - Consistently awesome.
Boys Over Flowers - One of the nice things about following a long-running series is being able to see the art evolve. The later volumes of this series are so much better than […]

Ask Metafilter: School Librarians vs Teachers
The January edition of The Edge of the Forest is up

Monkey High by by Shouko Akira (amazon)
Due to her father’s political corruption scandal Haruna has to transfer from her exclusive high school to an ordinary one. She’s decided that high school is like a monkey mountain, full of people squabbling senselessly and trying to climb to the top. Haruna is aloof, not wanting to […]

The Great Graphic Novels for Teens list is up
Precocious Curmudgeon has a list of honorable mentions