Holiday appropriate books

I had purchased Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak some time ago. It was short, I knew I could finish it in a day. But I left it for awhile. I wanted to savor it at an appropriate time because I know how much I liked the first six-word memoir book.

About a week before Valentine's Day, I decided that was when I'd read it. And I did.

I actually read in the restaurant where my partner and I had reservations during the hour that he was late for said reservations. Kind of bittersweet, you know? And the book was good, as I suspected. There were memorable memoirs, but of course, I wasn't in the mood or place to write them down, so I'll have to read through the book again. And I even got him to read a bit of the book.

It also inspired me to write my own six word memoirs (again), but I decided to do them on my previous relationships--my own little zine of six-word memoirs on love & heartbreak. :) I'm working on it now...

It's the first time I've ever read a holiday appropriate book on the actual holiday. Well, maybe I've read picture books before, but... It was fun.

Awwww....

"I don't think there's any limit on True Blue Love. The more the merrier, I say," said Harry.
--Patricia Martin from Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love

look at all these new books!

They've been piling up next to my computer desk...

From Vault:

• Tactics #7 by Sakura Kinoshita & Kazuko Higashiyama
• The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #8 by Arina Tanemura
• After School Nightmare #10 by Setona Mizushiro

It's so time to do a MY manga challenge again...

From Borders:

• Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak edited by Smith Magazine
• Special by Bella Bathurst

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• Hug Time by Patrick McConnell
• Snog: A Puppy's Guide to Love by Rachael Hale
• Y: The Last Man: Cycles by Vaughan, Guerra, & Marzan Jr.
• Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter by Alison Hansel
• Jimi's Book of Japanese: Hiragana by Peter X. Takahashi
• The Psychology of Harry Potter edited by Neil Mulholland

I've had good luck with the swapping sites lately. :)

Librarything Early Reviewers books:

• The Singing by Alison Croggon
• The Highly Intuitive Child by Catherine Crawford
  

books i've read january 2009

1.2.09

• Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz (YA)

1.3.09

• The Naughty Bits: The Steamiest and Most Scandalous Sex Scenes from the World's Great Books edited by Jack Murnighan (A)
  
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (YA)

1.4.09

• Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (YA)
• Psychology: A Very Short Introduction by Gillian Butler & Freda McManus (A-NF)

1.5.09

• Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston, Kanako Damerum, & Yuzuru Takasaki (GN)
• B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, & Guy Davis (GN)
• Utterly Otterly Day by Mary Casanova & Ard Hoyt (PB)
• Mouse Noses on Toast by Daren King & David Roberts (Y)

1.7.09

• La Corda d'Oro #5 by Yuki Kure (M)
• La Corda d'Oro #6 by Yuki Kure (M)
• My Heavenly Hockey Club #4 by Ai Morinaga (M)
• Skim by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (GN)
• Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye (Y)
• Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (YA)

1.8.09

• Flawless by Sara Shepard (YA)

1.9.09

• Best Erotic Comics 2008 edited by Greta Christina (GN)
• Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary by Julie Larios & Julie Paschkis (PB)

1.11.09

• Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh #1 by Kouji Ogata & Kouhei Kadono (M)
• Challengers #1 by Hinako Takanaga (M)
• Almost Crying by Mako Takahashi (M)
• In the End by Pink Psycho (M)
• Hot Gimmick S by Megumi Nishizaki & Miki Aihara (YA)
• Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz (YA)

1.12.09

• Zombies Calling by Faith Erin Hicks (GN)

1.13.09

• Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age edited by Ariel Schrag (GN)
• Ida B...and her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan (Y)

1.14.09

• Broken Moon by Kim Antieau (YA)

1.15.09

• Night of the Beasts #2 by Chika Shiomi (M)
• La Corda d'Oro #7 by Yuki Kure (M)
• The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan (PB)
• Singular Pleasures by Harry Mathews (A)

1.18.09

• Chickenhare: Fire in the Hole by Chris Grine (GN)
• My Heavenly Hockey Club #5 by Ai Morinaga (M)
• Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie (A)

1.19.09

• Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Y)
• CLAMP: North Side by CLAMP (A-NF)
• CLAMP: South Side by CLAMP (A-NF)
• The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori (PB)
• Queen of Halloween by Mary Engelbreit (PB)
• Art Dog by Thacher Hurd (PB)
• Albert by Lani Yamamoto (PB)

1.20.09

• American Widow by Alissa Torres & Sungyoon Choi (GN)
• Suppli #1 by Mari Okazaki (M)

1.21.09

• Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems by Susan Katz & Stacey Schuett (PB)
• Bleach #11 by Tite Kubo (M)

1.23.09

• Goodnight Bush: A Parody by Erich Origen & Gan Golan (A)

1.24.09

• Fables: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, & Andrew Pepoy (GN)

1.25.09

• Fresh Off the Boat by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
• Bleach #12 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Suppli #2 by Mari Okazaki (M)
• The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger (PB)

1.26.09

• Demonkeeper by Royce Buckingham (Y)
• My Heavenly Hockey Club #6 by Ai Morinaga (M)

1.27.09

• Writ in Blood by James A. Moore (A)

1.28.09

• Perfect by Sara Shepard (YA)

1.29.09

• Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems (PB)
• Not So True Stories & Unreasonable Rhymes by Carin Berger (PB)
• Rosa by Nikki Giovanni & Bryan Collier (Y-NF)
• The Monster Who Ate Darkness by Joyce Dunbar & Jimmy Liao (PB)
• Ahwoooooooo! by Yannick Murphy & Claudio Munoz (PB)
• Bleach #13 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Suppli #3 by Mari Okazaki (M)
• Bicycles: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni (A)

1.30.09

• The Genie in the Jar by Nikki Giovanni & Chris Raschka (PB)
• The Inner City Mother Goose by Eve Merriam & David Diaz (Y)
• Bleach #14 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Bleach #15 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Ghost of a Chance by Yasmine Galenorn (A)

01.09 total: 69

10 young adult fiction; 7 adult fiction; 3 adult non fiction; 9 graphic novels; 14 picture books; 6 youth fiction; 19 manga; 1 youth non fiction