Any Given Doomsday (book) by Lori Handeland

(Update, 10/8/09 - I received this book as an ARC through Shelfari. As you can see, this did not positively influence my review, but, even ...

A day off at the movies

I had today off, and it was grand. I woke up really early and did a little bit of shopping. My Black Friday store of choice was Wal-Mart, ...

The Case of the Missing Books (book) by Ian Sansom

Israel Armstrong has traveled to Ireland to begin his very first full-time, long-term job as a librarian. Unfortunately, when he arrives he...

A little cataloging digression

I've thought about starting a whole new blog just for posts about cataloging, but I don't think I'll ever end up writing enough ...

Tail of the Moon (manga, vol. 2) by Rinko Ueda

At the start of this volume, readers get to find out a little about Usagi and Goemon's past (Goemon is the one who proposed to Usagi at ...

A source of cheap-ish manga

Today I discovered that the largest entertainment store in my new home town sells used anime and manga. Their anime prices usually aren'...

I'm back from the conference!

I've finally gotten around to updating my Shelfari "Currently Reading" list. Not only do I not read as much as I used to, I&#...

Good Luck Chuck (live action movie)

As a boy, Charlie Logan once attended a party at which one of the games was Spin the Bottle. When it was his turn, the bottle pointed at th...

The Garden (book) by Elsie V. Aidinoff

In this retelling of the story of Adam and Eve and their time in Eden, Aidinoff chooses to tell things from Eve's perspective, beginning...

Eyeshield 21 (manga, vol. 20) by Riichiro Inagaki (story) and Yusuke Murata (art)

This volume begins with several interviews with players from the various football teams participating in the Kanto Tournament. Then readers...

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox (book) by Eoin Colfer

By the end of the previous book in this series, Artemis had disappeared from his own time and place for 3 years. Now that he's back, an...

Upcoming conference, fighting off a cold

Amazingly enough, I managed to write just enough posts to get myself through the conference without any breaks in this blog's posting fr...

Monkey High! (manga, vol. 2) by Shouko Akira

Haruna and Macharu go to the Dreamland amusement park for their first date. Although Haruna takes a while to warm up to the whole idea, and...

Dragon Lovers (anthology, book) by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Karen Harbaugh, and Barbara Samuel

The four stories in this anthology have in common dragon-related plots and romance (in half the stories, one of the lovers is a dragon). The...

Extras (book) by Scott Westerfeld

This book takes place approximately three years after the events of Specials . It's set somewhere in Japan with an entirely new cast of ...

My Heavenly Hockey Club (manga, vol. 5) by Ai Morinaga

Contrary to what the title may lead you to believe, this series doesn't actually have much hockey in it, although the club actually does...