Good morning and happy Saturday! My goal this weekend is to finish up some books that I have been reading throughout the week. Most of the books I’m going to be sharing today I had begun reading more than a week ago even, but then I became distracted from them by either other books, anime,…
Cunning Single Lady (앙큼한 돌싱녀) is a South Korean romantic comedy series that released in 2014, and it is the first Korean drama that I have seen in many years. After watching through all sixteen episodes, each of which spans about fifty-five to sixty minutes each, I can safely say that it is a series…
Ah, the beautiful ritual of checking out books, then returning them, only to check out even more! It’s addicting as hell, friends. When I returned books earlier this week, my goal was to avoid grabbing more, aside from whatever I already had on hold. Suffice to say… I failed. But this just means I get…
To-Be-Read stacks can be awesome because they give the bookworm tons of options on what to pick up after finishing a book, however. This can also create madness within a bibliophile because sometimes everything on the TBR list sounds and looks fantastic, thus making it a hundred times harder to actually choose that next read.…
A Kill in the Morning by Graeme Shimmin is a British science-fiction, alternate history stand-alone novel that I picked up due to it’s badass, cult classic type of cover. I honestly didn’t even read the synopsis until after I checked it out. While the novel didn’t blow my knee-high sockies off of my tiny little…
One of my favourite things about reading shōjo manga, aside from the fluffy romance and feel-good vibes, are the covers! Most shōjo manga volumes tend to have beautiful, aesthetically pleasing covers that make you want to grab it off the shelves and take them home with you immediately. I will confess that shōjo cover buying…
Shadow Girl by Liana Liu is an #OwnVoices young adult Chinese novel from the supernatural, mystery genres. It came out fairly recently and when I found it at the library a few weeks ago, I decided to pick it up because the premise sounded interesting to me. However, after reading it, I felt that the…
Good morning, friends. I hope that you have had a good week, or at the very least you survived a bad week and hopefully your weekend has been treating you well! This past week has been very rough for me, both emotionally and mentally. Holidays are always a super rough time. Since I come from…
Yay! Saturday is finally here! This means I get to return some library books and then spend the day playing video games with Sir Betrothed; hell, we may even take a nap because that’s what Saturdays are for. You know what else Saturdays are for? Lazy book reading in bed while in my cosiest pyjamas,…
Typhoon Noruda (台風のノルダ) is an original anime short film that released in June of 2015 in Japan and headed State-side in May of 2018. It was made by Studio Colorido (Penguin Highway, Fastening Days) and directed by Yōjirō Arai (Control Bear), with music composed by Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIII, Super Smash Bros.). This fantasy…
Erased by Kei Sanbe is a seinen, crime thriller manga series that has been adapted into both an anime and a Japanese live-action. I watched the anime first while it was simulcasting a couple of years ago, and then watched the live-action about a month or so ago on Netflix. The story really intrigued me,…
Ah, it’s that splendid time of year again, where one season of poor to mediocre to fantastic shows comes to an end, so another season can begin anew. While I enjoyed a few serials over the Spring, most of what I ended up watching fell short in some ways. But I will admit that a…
I have come to realise that the library is a dangerous place for me, mostly because I have no restraint when it comes to books! Ever since I snagged a library membership, I’ve always had a maxed-out account of 30 checked out books. I have returned stuff, only to bring home even more things, keeping…
The Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida is an #OwnVoices Japanese non-fiction memoir that is written to be accessible for young adult readers. Ms Uchida was a renown Japanese-American author of children’s books, and in this book, she shares what her life was like prior to hers and her family’s forced relocation to the Japanese internment…
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is an #OwnVoices Japanese non-fiction memoir. It is the autobiography of the author’s time spent in a Japanese Interment Camp during the Second World War, when she was seven years old, and follows her life after her family was released. One of the first things that I noticed…