New books (because I have no willpower)

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• I Do, Don't I? by Catherine Clark
• Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez & Bushra Rehman

And I BOUGHT these (damn, again, to Borders 5-for-4 manga sale and other good sales!):

• Glister #3 by Andi Watson
• Bumperboy Loses His Marbles! by Debbie Huey
• Fruits Basket #20 by Natsuki Takaya
• Tactics #4 & #5 by Sakura Kinoshita & Kazuko Higashiyama
• Never Give Up #8 by Hiromu Mutou
• Angel Diary #6 by Kara & Lee YunHee

Oh yes, you read right. Angel Diary #6!!!!! The one I've been waiting FOREVER for. It finally came out! YES!

Comics:

• Buffy Season Eight #16
• Angel: After the Fall #10
• Spike: After the Fall #1

It might be time for a personal manga challenge again. I've fallen so behind. AND a comics challenge, since I've read NONE of the Buffy Season Eight comics. :( I am a bad fan. I should get on that. When my life calms down. *snorts*

I ROCK!!

AADL Summer Reading Game: Under Construction COMPLETE!!

I will collect my prize tomorrow.

1. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
2. Stray by Rachel Vincent
3. American Photobooth by Nakki Goranin
4. Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
5. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot

And hopefully sometime in the next couple days, I'll get at least two of those submitted to the Northfield Township Summer Reading Program too!

Piles & piles of new books

I'm so behind on my new book updating! Well, it doesn't help that I got a ton of new books from Borders graphic novel/manga sale plus the Friends of the AADL annual booksale. So... Here we go!

Comics from Vault:

• Angel: After the Fall #8 & #9
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #15
• Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #12
• Runaways #30

Remind me later to read all my comics, please!!!!

From Borders:

• Nosatsu Junkie #6 by Ryoko Fukuyama
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Her Majesty's Dog #8 by Mick Takeuchi
• Tramps Like Us #14 by Yayoi Ogawa
• Hands Off! Don't Call Us Angels #1 by Kasane Katsumoto
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #4 by Arina Tanemura
• Black Sun Silver Moon #5 by Tomo Maeda
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #5 by Arina Tanemura
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #6 by Arina Tanemura
• Never Give Up #7 by Hiromu Mutou
• In the End by Pink Psycho
• House of Cards by C.E. Murphy
• Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

Library acquisitions:

• Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
• Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead
• The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
• Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr
• America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Stewart, Karlin, & Javerbaum

Preorders from amazon.com:

• Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt

Paperbackswapped:

• Babymouse: Heartbreaker by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm

Phew! That was a lot. And I won't do the books I got from the booksale now...I'll save them for later. :) Now, don't you have something to look forward to?

Update: Summer Reading

AADL's Summer Reading Game (which is titled Under Construction, btw)

1. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
2. Stray by Rachel Vincent
3.
4.
5.

I have to stop by the Northfield Township Library and drop Stray into the drawing. We'll see if I win anything. :)

watch for new books by these authors!

I realized the other day that I'm waiting on new books from lots of authors. I have a little notebook of books that I want to read (as well as my goodreads page), but maybe I need a little notebook of authors to check on. Hmmm...

But I can start here, can't I? :)

Let's see. I just read two awesome new graphic novels last night and I'd like to keep an eye on those authors. Check them out for yourself! Also, I have some favorites where I'm waiting for the next book in the series... Oh, I'll just list them.

• Aaron Renier (Yay for Spiral-Bound!)
• James Turner (Rex Libris is awesome, especially if you love librarians)
• Kaza Kingsley (Erec Rex, of course, and I just looked and the 3rd book is coming out in November!)
• Lee Welles (3rd Gaia Girls book)
• Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher (my usuals)
• JT Petty (Clemency Pogue books--why aren't there more???)
• Andy Runton (Owly #5 will be out soon)
• Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (b/c you have to love Babymouse & there's a new one in August!)
• Melanie Watts (um, hello, Scaredy Squirrel!)
• Meg Cabot (particularly Being Nikki or whatever the sequel to Airhead will be)

That's all I can think of right now...I know there are more. I'll add as I see fit. I'm glad I checked on some of those authors--I found some new books coming out! Yay! Then I can indulge my love of pre-ordering... :)

books i've read june 2008

6.1.08

• I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone by Shiuko Kano (M)
• Love Bus Stop by Ritsu Natsumizu (M)
• Maburaho #1 by Toshihiko Tsukiji, Eiji Komatsu, & Miki Miyashita (M)

6.2.08

• Jack of Fables: Jack of Hearts by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, Stever Leialoha, & Andrew Pepoy (GN)
• Uncanny X-Men: Holy War by Chuck Austen, Ron Garney, Mark Morales, Philip Tan, & Steve Kim (GN)
• Atlantis: The Legend of the Lost City by Christina Balit (PB)

6.4.08

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by John Jackson Miller, Luke Ross, & Cliff Richards (GN)
• DearS #4 by Peach-Pit (M)

6.5.08

• The Wizard by Jack Prelutsky & Brandon Dorman (PB)
• Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta by Lisa Wheeler & Mark Siegel (PB)
• I.N.V.U. #4 by Kim Kang Won (M)
• Red River #5 by Chie Shinohara (M)

6.6.08

• Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy (A)
• Dramarama by E. Lockhart (YA)

6.7.08

• Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren's Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out edited by Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz (YA)

6.8.08

• Baby Einstein: Cats by Julie Aigner-Clark (PB)
• Xombie: Dead on Arrival by James Farr (A)
• Cheat by Christine Norrie (GN)
• Things I've Learned from the Women Who've Dumped Me edited by Ben Karlin (A-NF)

6.9.08

• Things I Learned from Knitting...whether I wanted to or not by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (A-NF)
• Love Roma #1 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
• Legends of Light: A Michigan Lighthouse Portfolio by Ed Wargin (A-NF)

6.10.08

• Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (GN)
• Evil's Return #1 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)
• Evil's Return #2 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)
• A Perfect Day for Love Letters #1 by George Asakura (M)
• Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

6.11.08

• Catwoman: Wild Ride by Ed Brubaker & Cameron Stewart (GN)
• Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (YA)

6.13.08

• Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignolia & Joohn Byrne (GN)
• Breakfast After Noon by Andi Watson (GN)
• Love Roma #2 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
• Empowered #1 by Adam Warren (GN)

6.15.08

• Land of the Blindfolded #9 by Sakura Tsukuba (M)
• Chibi Vampire #1 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)
• DearS #5 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Girl Stories by Lauren R. Weinstein (GN)
• Uncanny X-Men: The Draco by Austen, Tan, Phillips, Miyazawa, Yeung, & Elmer (GN)
• David Boring by Daniel Clowes (GN)

6.16.08

• Love Is Like a Hurricane #1 by Tokiya Shimazaki (M)
• Constellations in My Palm by Chisako Sakuragi & Yukine Honami (M)
• DearS #6 by Peach-Pit (M)
• This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (YA)

6.17.08

• Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See edited by Bill Shapiro (A-NF)
• The Keepers, Book One: A Wizard Named Nell by Jackie French Koller (Y)
• Lucky by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)

6.18.08

• La Corda d'Oro #2 by Yuki Kure (M)
• Can't Win With You! #1 by Yukine Honami & Satosumi Takaguchi (M)
• Paris by Andi Watson & Simon Gane (GN)
• Girls and Boys by Lynda Barry (GN)
• DearS #7 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Evil's Return #3 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)
• Evil's Return #4 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)

6.19.08

• Forbidden Dance #4 by Hinako Ashihara (M)
• Magical x Miracle #2 by Yuzu Mizutani (M)
• Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright by Chynna Clugston-Major (GN)
• Glister #1 by Andi Watson (GN)
• Little Star by Andi Watson (GN)
• Airhead by Meg Cabot (YA)

6.21.08

• DearS #8 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Catwoman: It's Only a Movie by Will Pfiefer, David Lopez, & Alvaro Lopez (GN)
• Hellboy: Wake the Devil by Mike Mignola (GN)
• The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #3 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Four Letter Worlds edited by Eric Stephenson (GN)

6.22.08

• Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others by Mike Mignola (GN)
• Kabuki: Skin Deep by David Mack (GN)
• The Keepers, Book Two: The Wizard's Apprentice by Jackie French Koller (Y)
• Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot (YA)

6.23.08

• The Keepers, Book Three: The Wizard's Scepter by Jackie French Koller (Y)
• Beastly by Alex Flinn (YA)

6.24.08

• Uncanny X-Men: She Lies With Angels by Chuck Austen, Salvador Larroca, & Danny Miki (GN)
• Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom by Mike Mignola (GN)
• The Best American Comics 2006 edited by Harvey Pekar (GN)
• Red River #6 by Chie Shinohara (M)

6.25.08

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, & Lynn Varley (GN)
• Salamander Dream by Hope Larson (GN)
• Spent by Joe Matt (GN)
• Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle's "The Stranger" adapted by Ellen Forney (A-NF)
• A King's Lesson by Aoi Futaba & Kurenai Mitsuba (M)
• Nosatsu Junkie #5 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)

6.26.08

• Skip-Beat! #5 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Slow News Day by Andi Watson (GN)
• Queen Bee by Chynna Clugston (GN)
• Stuff on My Cat: The Book by Mario Garza (A-NF)

6.27.08

• Ultimate Iron Man by Orson Scott Card, Andy Kubert, Danny Miki, & Richard Isanove (GN)
• Magical X Miracle #3 by Yuzu Mizutani (M)
• Love Roma #3 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
• Red River #7 by Chie Shinohara (M)

6.29.08

• Grrl Scouts by Jim Mahfood (GN)
• Get Backers #5 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
• Hellboy: Conqueror Worm by Mike Mignola (GN)
• The Collected Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures by J. Torres & J. Bone (GN)
• Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot (A)
• The Somebodies by N.E. Bode (Y)
• kimmie66 by Aaron Alexovich (GN)

6.30.08

• The Carlyles by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
• Lost It by Kristen Tracy (YA)

06/08 total: 97

34 manga; 36 graphic novels; 4 picture books; 3 adult fiction; 10 young adult; 6 adult non fiction; 4 youth fiction