Abandon (book) by Meg Cabot

My post is based on an ARC I picked up from the publisher while at a library conference. This book doesn't come out until tomorrow, so I...

Bacon...

This is the second night in a row I've had dreams I remembered when I woke up. In this one, I went to a small shop I could only get to v...

Dreamland is an odd place

I had a dream last night in which I learned that someone thought it would be a good idea to turn one of Danielle Steele's books into a g...

Ghost Hunt (anime TV series), via Hulu

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Mai loves telling and listening to ghost stories. When Shibuya Kazuya (or Kazuya Shibuya, if you want to go with ...

Antique Bakery (anime TV series)

The image on the left is what one side of the box looks like - the original looks much nicer. I did terrible (but kind of cool) things in GI...

More painful Tokyopop-related news

Right Stuf & Nozomi Entertainment posted this on Facebook today, approximately 4 hours ago: "Last week, TOKYOPOP announced its Nort...

Special A, Complete Collection (anime TV series)

Synopsis: Until she was six years old, Hikari was the best at everything she did. Then she met Kei, who effortlessly beat her in a wrestling...

ARCs are awesome

I am now in possession of 21 ARCs (advanced reader's copies - uncorrected proofs of books that will be published in the near future). Ok...

Tokyopop

A few hours ago, I learned that Tokyopop is shutting down its North American publishing division . I've been trying to put together a li...

As usual, I'm behind

Hopefully I'll get some of this posted this weekend, but currently my To Be Written About list includes 4 anime series, 1 manga, 1 short...

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (book) by Maurice Leblanc

Read this for free via Project Gutenberg ! Synopsis: This book contains 9 stories about Arsene Lupin, a thief who is so awesomely good at wh...

Less than satisfactory response

I received an emailed answer from Barnes & Noble about DRM-protected books on their site. The response basically boiled down to "al...

The Nook: the verdict

I liked it. A Nook of my very own is due to arrive any day now. That's the short response. Here's the long one: It's possible th...