Books!

[maderr]

Not many, actually.

Two BL manga:

You and Harujionby Keiko Kinoshita. Art style isn't my favorite, and the story feels rushed? But it's still sweet and cute.

Time Lag by Shinobu Gotoh & Hotaru Odagiri. It's very cute. Who doesn't love angsty school boys from time to time.

Bookwise, got three. One which will be good, one which I got b/c it's going to be awful, and the last is going to be *__*

Good:

Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley. One of the few of hers I've never read. Oh, Sky -- if you like the one I send you, I'll send you her other stuff if you like ^_~

Awful:

Melusine. I read bits of it, and it's written in 1st, and suitably cheezy, but two guys buddying up to get the bad guy? After guy 2 is mistaken for guy 1? I'm probably going to hurt myself laughing, but oh what delicious pain. Gomichan, I'll send it to you when I'm done. Consider it revenge for your damnable vampire books. I saw one, btw, today that was "Autographed Copy!!!!" I left it on the shelf (and again, the first few volumes of that damn manga series were missing. Fuckers. The second bookstore didn't even have it. Will buy online, by this point).

*__*:

Okay. I'm going to ramble. I am rapidly becoming a fangirl of this man - Matthew Pearl. I'm sure by this point most have seen if not read his (I think his first, or at least one of his first, actual novels, though he's done other stuff...) The Dante Club. I saw it in London, didn't get it, and went batshit trying to find it stateside. Finally ordered it...three months later it was on every last fucking shelf this side of hell...anyway. I loved it to death. To. Death. I love AU history stuff...I wont' ramble about it, you can read the blurbs and stuff yourself. Suffice to say I love it to death.

I really should not have bought a hardback -- paperbacks are one thing, but I try not to buy too many hardbacks. But I saw this, and the author, and it had to be mine. It's called The Poe Shadow and is about how a lawyer/"ardent admirer" seeks to clears Poe's name after his death, determined to prove he wasn't a penniless, worthless drunk who deserved his wretched funeral and unmarked grave.

How cool is that? *__* And the lawyer - Quentin Clark - teams up with the guy that inspired Poe's Dupin!

Maybe I'm the only one excited by this. But! But! Poe! Murder mystery! Alternate history! (plus "ardent admirer" but I'm trying not to throw slash into my already probably quite sad state) Guh.

I go to geek and squee quietly in my little corner while you snicker away.

Comments

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Dude... I just ordered Time Lag off Amazon. How quaint. ^_^

Maybe I'm the only one excited by this.
Then again, maybe not.

Sounds like a nice haul, all things considered. How'd the cleaning turn out?

[maderr.livejournal.com]

It's fun.


I will send it to you when I'm done!


Living room and study cleaned! May try to tackle my bedroom tomorrow, depending on shopping and writing.

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

*pokes you* What else do you not have that's been released by DMP/June, because chances are, I have it and am more than willing to share...(Lost Boys, Little Butterfly, Almost Crying, Dost Thou Know?, Beyond My Touch, Jazz, The Art of Loving, Sweet Revolution, the three volumes of Our Kingdom, the two of Our Everlasting, Il Gatto Sul G...Holy shit I have too much manga...-_-;; Seriously, if it's come out lately and you want to take a gander at it without having to pay for it first, just give me a holler. Have you read Embracing Love? Kizuna? Challengers?)

XD I may take you up on that once I get around to reading the first one. *hearts* I spent most of afternoon reading. *hearts* It was one of the best afternoon's I've had in a while. ^____^ *glomps*

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Good lord, woman. Yeah, I think I'm missing like all of that. Wow am I slacker of a book/manga whore. I think we have Kizuna, but none of the rest. Argh, I so want Our Kingdom too...almost got that, but chose the other two instead.


^____^ Yay! I'm really glad the books worked. Hopefully the music too, I was afraid you'd already have most of it.

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Dude, my collection is piddling compared to both of you. I mean, the only reason it even looks expansive is because you've left any or yours here at all.

I need a job just so I can play catch up...

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

XD I can send you both a couple titles, and then you can swap if you want? Any prefs?

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, give it all to me so I can torture her. Kekeke.

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

XD *snickers* Play nice, or I'm sending this one to her instead of you.

(Unless, of course, you already have it, in which case the entire threat is null and void...XD)

[maderr.livejournal.com]

No far playing dirty *behaves*

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

That looks pretty.

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. All the better for me if I'm not distracted. I slack enough without the convenient excuses as is. ^_^

Meg can just pass along whatever you give her to me. Except Our Kingdom, 'cause I already have those.

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

Dude, you're so getting a package in the mail. ;3 (I'm the textbook definitition of impulse buyer. ^_^;;)

The music rocks. ^_____________________^!! I listened to the story muse cd about four or five times while I was reading. :3

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Hooray distracting porn! Heh, the point was to send you books, not arrange for me to get p0ron.

And laughed very hard at this poor author, no doubt ^_~

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

XD Yes, I know, but it's muchly appreciated because it's stuff that I have a hard time getting my hands on (as mostly, I have no idea where to start looking...I mean the anthologies alone! *__________________*!! So cool!) It just seems like a fair trade off. Plus, the best part of the manga pr0n is sharing it with people who enjoy it too. ^_^ Plus, I was headed to the post office anyway to send stardance a care package. The people at the post office get lonely if they don't see me. Really. ^_~;;

No way. XD I loved the explanations. Particularly for Desert Rose and Crazy. :D

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, if it's random and hard to find, I either already own it or will contrive to obtain it. Heh, does the post office greet you by name?


Hee hee ^_^ Everytime I hear Craz, I smile, and then I have to picture the cast dancing to "hit me baby, one more time!" and then I start getting the "dude, that girl is fucked up" looks.

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

XD The lady who delivers my mail gave me your package at work this morning, she's that familiar with my addy...

*dies, just dies laughing* XD!!!!!!

[amasugiru.livejournal.com]

You lose. I hated "The Dante Club". I believe I have a post on it somewhere while I was in Japan where I bash it up quite nicely. Suffice to say, not for me.
;)

I peaked at Return to Labyrinth. I have to say. I could've done better. *bitter*

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Heh. Ah, well.

Yeah, you could have. Loads. The inside art is shit.

[kiyoshi-chan.livejournal.com]

Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley. One of the few of hers I've never read. Oh, Sky -- if you like the one I send you, I'll send you her other stuff if you like ^_~

I have this, but I haven't read it yet. ^^;