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maderrNot 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.
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.
