Gakuen Alice (manga, vol. 2) by Tachibana Higuchi

Mikan is now officially a student at Alice Academy, having proved in the previous volume that she possesses the extremely rare Alice of Null...

Gakuen Alice (manga, vol. 1) by Tachibana Higuchi

Mikan is a cheerful and energetic 10-year-old who doesn't always think things through very well. Her best friend is Hotaru, who's pr...

Yakitate!! Japan (manga, vol. 11) by Takashi Hashiguchi

The Japanese representatives continue the Monaco Cup semifinals (in bread-making). In this volume, the Japanese representatives, Azuma, Kawa...

Specials (book) by Scott Westerfeld

This is the final book in Westerfeld's Uglies Trilogy (or the next-to-last book, if you consider Extras to be part of the series). Tall...

Trying to achieve a regular publication frequency

I'm hoping to eventually get this blog to the point where it publishes on a regular frequency. I originally tried to publish one post a...

The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (manga, vol. 1) by Arina Tanemura

Haine Otomiya is a 15-year-old student at Imperial Academy, a private school for the aristocracy. Haine was actually born to the prestigious...

Added new label - young adult

I added a new label to my list - "young adult." I resisted using this label before, because I think that a lot of works that are ...

Fearless Fourteen (book) by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum's life, as always, is complicated. Romantically, things aren't going too badly. Her life with cop Joe Morelli is ha...

After School Nightmare (manga, vol. 1) by Setona Mizushiro

Ichijo Mashiro isn't exactly a boy or a girl - he looks like a boy and was raised as one, but then he gets his first period at the begin...

Taming Natasha (book) by Nora Roberts

Single-father Spence Kimball has just moved to a small town with his daughter Freddie, determined to give her more attention and love than h...

Labels now changed

Okay, it took longer than I expected, but I think I've finished removing any labels that don't specifically pertain to the work that...

Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber

This series focuses on the adventures of Raven Madison, the only Goth in the small town she calls Dullsville. She's got an odd sort of ...

Shelfari and my Currently Reading list

I just started an account with Shelfari - I was looking for a way to show what I'm currently reading in an easy, but more aesthetically ...

Another change to labels - nothing for read-alikes

I'm considering a drastic change to my labels that would probably shrink my list of labels down to about a fourth of its current amount....

Psych: The Complete First Season (live action TV series)

The first season has no overarching storyline. In the first episode, Shawn Spencer is established as a flippant, irresponsible joker who, st...

Fairy Tail (manga, vol. 1) by Hiro Mashima

When the story begins, Natsu, a young man prone to motion sickness when travelling, and Happy, his talking cat, are looking for a fire drago...

The Wallflower (manga, vol. 15) by Tomoko Hayakawa

As usual, this volume of The Wallflower is composed of several chapters that could basically be considered short stories. As long as you...