I tend to keep my “to read” manga and graphic novel pile scattered around on different bookshelves, but I was curious to see how much reading I have to go through, so I stacked it up. The pile reaches my upper hip.
I do not know why I haven’t read OMAC yet. I think it must be because I’m subconsciously afraid of things that are awesome. I’ve been meaning to read Planet Ladder for some time, and I recently swapped for a decent chunk of Saiyuki Reload. I also acquired a few odd volumes of Moon Child, but I’m waiting to read those until I get my hands on volume #1. I think I’m going to wait to reread Flower of Life #2 and #3 (I browsed these in bookstores a long time ago, but haven’t read the copies I ordered) until #4 is also out, so I can read the entire story in one chunk. I started and never finished Ohikkoshi, and I don’t know why, because I did like the few chapters that I read.
I like the Legion of Super-Heroes, but the archive editions are too expensive for me, so I tend to pick up the few trade paperbacks that come out, like The More Things Change. I love the anime for The Twelve Kingdoms, so I’m not sure why I haven’t read the second Twelve Kingdoms novel. I also swapped for some early Viz manga – Love Song and volumes 1 and 2 of Dance til Tomorrow.
Of the items in the stack, I’m probably most likely to read Scott Pilgrim #5 and 20th Century Boys in the next few days. I am taking comfort in the fact that if I took a picture of all the yarn I haven’t knit with yet, it would look much more horrifying than the books stacked up in this photo.
10:04 am on March 6th, 2009 1
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10:15 am on March 6th, 2009 2
That’s not shameful. What’s shameful is that I have an entire bookshelf to-read manga. Your stack would only fill one of the five shelves I’ve currently have waiting for me. I won’t even mention the stacks of novels sitting on another bookshelf.
The bright spot is we never have wait of a book to read.
10:27 am on March 6th, 2009 3
meh you’re still on the little list
I currently have 43 volumes of licensed manga stacked to be read, with another 15 i ordered the other day yet to arrive. I’ve 13 light novels waiting, and another 50 unlicensed manga i still haven’t gotten around to reading yet.
Just as i start thinking i’m making a dent in them, more arrives lol.
Habr you seen the R.O.D anime, where they open the door and all the books fallout, that’s what my house is like heheh
10:39 am on March 6th, 2009 4
I’m actually kind of jealous. I wish I had that many in my possession just waiting to be read. I mean, it’s not like I ever don’t have anything to read, I just never have THAT much of a buffer.
11:10 am on March 6th, 2009 5
Ooo, this is a great idea! I should clean my office and see how tall my unread stack is. My (semi) resolution this year was not to buy any new books until I’d read all my old ones, so this would allow me to see how much work I have ahead of me before I can buy the next volume of Bleach. My only worry is that, like Ed, I’m going to have shelves of unread manga/comics, not just a single stack.
11:25 am on March 6th, 2009 6
lol John i had that same resolutionm and it lasted all the way to january 2nd when i went into town and found my local store was having a buy1 get 1 free sale on manga
12:20 pm on March 6th, 2009 7
I stopped counting when the stack got to two hundred. I had a bad habit of impulse buying for manga and books. The problem was, I was doing a lot of preordering from Diamond Comics, so it took three months for the incoming flow to finally slow down to a trickle. When I ran out of room to stack books is when I realized I needed to change my buying habits. Now I just put things on my Amazon list. I think I’ve already broke 500 there. Better to clutter up cyberspace than my living space. John, I’m trying not keep the same resolution.
12:54 pm on March 6th, 2009 8
I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one with a problem
1:34 pm on March 6th, 2009 9
I hope Library Wars is in that pile somewhere
9:37 pm on March 6th, 2009 10
I don’t know how many volumes I have unread, since I have them all spread out, but I know it’s a lot. Probably close to Tiamat’s. I was piling them up before I started trading, and it’s just gotten worse as I fill in holes faster than I read.
6:41 am on March 7th, 2009 11
You know it’s bad when you can’t sleep on your bed cause the manga is taking up the space hehe
I’ve a kingsize bed and there’s only a little space left on it at the mo, the rest is buried in piles of manga.
5:26 pm on March 7th, 2009 12
Tiamat Disciple your love for manga should always be platonic;-) But I admire your ardor.
3:47 am on March 8th, 2009 13
All the manga I have in my possession has been read, but my manga that I need to get reviews written and posted is definitely as tall as me (I might be embellishing a bit, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was).
10:56 pm on March 31st, 2009 14
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