Books Read, November and December 2009
Books 12 Kingdoms 2 and 12 Kingdoms 3 by Fuyumi Ono Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold – I’ve been meaning to read more Bujold after finishing the first three Sharing Knife books. The Broken Vessel By Kate Ross – Now I’ve read all the Julian Kestrel mysteries! Soulless By [...]
Vagabond VizBig Volume 4
Vagabond Volume 4 by Takehiko Inoue I’m surprised that more manga bloggers aren’t writing about Vagabond. Maybe everybody already read the series when it came out in the single volume versions? Or perhaps it is just so obvious that Inoue is great that it is redundant to talk about how awesome this series is? As [...]
Name of the Flower Volume 3
The Name of the Flower Volume 3 by Ken Saito One of the many things I like about this series is the way the point of view will sometimes shift from character to character, giving the reader a chance to get to know the supporting cast a little better by seeing their inner thoughts. The [...]
Night Head Genesis
Night Head Genesis #1 by George Iida and You Higuri I’m glad that Del Rey is publishing a You Higuri title. With so much of her material licensed by the ominously silent GoComi! I am left to wonder if American readers will ever be able to read the rest of Crown or Cantarella. Higuri’s crisp [...]
Thanks!
I wanted to say thanks very much to those of you who have been doing your holiday shopping at Amazon through this site! I get a kickback and I think I’ll have enough credit to get an after holiday treat for myself, so your click throughs are much appreciated
Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden 1-9
One of things I’ve become aware of as I link reviews on Manga Views is that I haven’t written about some of the series I really like. This is due to my tendency to focus more on first volumes of series and now I’m realizing that I haven’t written much about some of my favorites [...]
Over on Manga Views…
We have our second blogger profile up on David Welsh! We’ve been adding new links to reviews every week. Did you know that Manga Views has a RSS feed? Add http://www.mangaviews.com/rss.xml to your feed reader and you’ll be notified every time there’s a new story posted to the front page of the site!
Happy Cafe Volume 1
Happy Cafe Volume 1 by Kou Matsuzuki I was curious about this title when I saw the cover. A short perky girl is waving hello while a cranky guy holds up a plate of cake and another boy stuffs his face. The cover is also decorated with coffee stains as befits the setting of the [...]
Attention!
Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man is still hot. That is all.
Comics Retailing Troglodyte
I do have a fondness for the institution of the local comic book store, even though I don’t have the time to do the weekly run on new comics day anymore. I’ve been in some lovely and friendly comic book stores, but sadly the Simpsons’ stereotype of The Android’s Dungeon does reflect some elements of [...]
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