At the moment: anime, books, and manga

Since I doubt I'll be finishing any anime/book/manga/whatever posts for at least the next few days, I'll just do a quickie post abou...

The Admiral's Penniless Bride (book) by Carla Kelly

I tried to keep the synopsis relatively spoiler-free. The commentary, however, contains spoilers, so you might want to skip it if you have a...

Murder Princess (anime OVA), via Hulu

 This OVA is short, so I've written a fairly complete synopsis, which means there are spoilers. I suppose I should feel guilty about tha...

Arranged marriages in romance

There was an interesting post over at Dear Author on the arranged marriage trope in romance . A few of the books mentioned in the comments a...

Sometimes it's better not to know

Alerted by keywords someone used to find my blog ("why is emma vol 7 so expensive"), I did a little checking. I hadn't even re...

Fewer spoilers, and maybe a rating system?

It seems like I change how I do things in my blogging and as I'm reading at least once a year. Now, instead of taking notes that allow m...

Chain Mail: Addicted to You (book) by Hiroshi Ishizaki

I tried my best not to include any big spoilers in this post, not even in the commentary. I liked the book, for the most part, and I'd r...

New template!

I'm using one of the new templates now! This is actually the second new template I've tried today. Happily, the switch went pretty s...

More changes applied, with more on the way

Even with the "share" icons now displaying, there are still things I haven't been able to fix. The old template just won't...

The "share" buttons are visible now!

I finally got the "share" buttons to show! For anyone using one of the old templates who has the same problem, the solution can be...

On edge, but in a good way

I've finally got my reading groove back, I think. I decided some palate cleansing was in order, so right now, two of the three books I&#...

Princess Princess (manga, vol. 1) by Mikiyo Tsuda

There are some spoilers below, but I'm not sure that's really a problem with this volume. Synopsis: For reasons that aren't expl...

When He Was Wicked (book) by Julia Quinn

My first book post of the year! Beware - there are lots and lots of spoilers below. I couldn't seem to help myself. Synopsis: This book...