Thank gods I don't have to be so damn cold anymore. Reading by candlelight in the winter--romantic and nice, but also cold and hard on the eyes.
And I spent about 2 hours (at least) every day in the library for the past 3 days.
Let's never have to do that again, okay?
But I did read a lot. :) Not much else to do. This is turning out to be a productive vacation--just as I'd hoped!
Update on that later...when it's all said and done.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
A little candlelight reading...
Well, my power is out.
I'm in the library, currently. Been here about 2 1/2 hours. I could only report my power outage online...and I've been continually checking to see when they estimate I might have power, but there's no estimate. So I may be doing a little candlelight reading this evening.
I did read a bunch of picture books here at the library, which is always fun. But there was a storytime, so there's lots of noisy little kids right now and I'm really not in the mood. So I'm going to be heading home.
Cross your fingers and hope with me that my power will return soon!
I'm in the library, currently. Been here about 2 1/2 hours. I could only report my power outage online...and I've been continually checking to see when they estimate I might have power, but there's no estimate. So I may be doing a little candlelight reading this evening.
I did read a bunch of picture books here at the library, which is always fun. But there was a storytime, so there's lots of noisy little kids right now and I'm really not in the mood. So I'm going to be heading home.
Cross your fingers and hope with me that my power will return soon!
Friday, December 19, 2008
New book update
I don't even think I posted my last batch of new books because I let it go for so long. Sorry. :( But here's some that I just added to my library!
Bought through various sources:
Bought through various sources:
- Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
- Angel Omnibus by various authors
- Cathy's Book by Stewart, Weisman, & Brigg
- Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
- Ouran High School Host Club #11 by Bisco Hatori
- Fruits Basket #21 by Natsuki Takaya
- Mental Illness and Your Town by Larry Hayes
- Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- Girls Who Rocked the World 2 by Michelle Roehm
- The Day of Revolution #2 by Mikiyo Tsuda
- Jane Sexes It Up: True Confessions of Feminist Desire edited by Merri Lisa Johnson
- Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures Volume One by Robert Asprin
- Y: The Last Man: One Small Step by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan, Jr., & Paul Chadwick
Vacation!!
Okay, I am officially almost on vacation. Well, if the weather hadn't been so bad, I would be at work right now and my vacation would start after that. But the weather is bad and I am home and working from here and the lines between working and not working blur a little. So, I suppose I'm on vacation. Until January 4th! Woo hoo!
How many books do you think I can read on vacation? I do have the holiday obligations to fulfill and I need to get some cleaning done... But I'm working on it!
Oh, and in regards to my personal challenge of reading all those books that I'd been reading forever--I got Inkdeath and Against Happiness done! Still got Evil Genius, Breaking Dawn, and Full Frontal Feminism. But I got two done!
Happy holiday reading!
How many books do you think I can read on vacation? I do have the holiday obligations to fulfill and I need to get some cleaning done... But I'm working on it!
Oh, and in regards to my personal challenge of reading all those books that I'd been reading forever--I got Inkdeath and Against Happiness done! Still got Evil Genius, Breaking Dawn, and Full Frontal Feminism. But I got two done!
Happy holiday reading!
Monday, December 15, 2008
More book quotes!
After none for so long, suddenly, an abundance!
From Pornography by Debbie Nathan
Porn, on the other hand, is often "all about the fantasy of abundance," says California sex therapist Marty Klein. It's like a fairy tale feast where the food is perfectly prepared and there's more than enough for everyone. Even better, the diners didn't have to buy or cook it--it was no work or trouble at all. And the variety of dishes is amazing. Many, such as roast beef, new potatoes and chocolate cake, are enjoyed by almost everyone. Others--the Brussels sprouts, duck pate and pickled watermelon rinds--make just a few people's mouths water, while others absolutely can't stand them. Regardless of their likes and dislikes, the guests line up at the buffet to load what they want on their plates. No one wonders about what childhood experience made them like funny little green vegetables more than potatoes. No one thinks that watermelon rinds are evil. They just pass them up for the cake. Everyone gorges. Afterward, heartburn is never a problem.
After all, what could be a bigger turn-on than a world where everyone has the right to express his or her sexuality, without having to act out someone else's because of poverty, oppression or ignorance? What could be more exciting than sex education that helps young people know who they are--not by adopting stereotyped identities such as stud, hottie or good girl, but by understanding themselves as community members and complicated individuals?
From Pornography by Debbie Nathan
Porn, on the other hand, is often "all about the fantasy of abundance," says California sex therapist Marty Klein. It's like a fairy tale feast where the food is perfectly prepared and there's more than enough for everyone. Even better, the diners didn't have to buy or cook it--it was no work or trouble at all. And the variety of dishes is amazing. Many, such as roast beef, new potatoes and chocolate cake, are enjoyed by almost everyone. Others--the Brussels sprouts, duck pate and pickled watermelon rinds--make just a few people's mouths water, while others absolutely can't stand them. Regardless of their likes and dislikes, the guests line up at the buffet to load what they want on their plates. No one wonders about what childhood experience made them like funny little green vegetables more than potatoes. No one thinks that watermelon rinds are evil. They just pass them up for the cake. Everyone gorges. Afterward, heartburn is never a problem.
After all, what could be a bigger turn-on than a world where everyone has the right to express his or her sexuality, without having to act out someone else's because of poverty, oppression or ignorance? What could be more exciting than sex education that helps young people know who they are--not by adopting stereotyped identities such as stud, hottie or good girl, but by understanding themselves as community members and complicated individuals?
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Book quotes!
From Against Happiness by Eric G. Wilson
What, then, is America becoming? It is turning into a nation of true consumers, people bent on taking in huge mouthfuls of Happy Meals, hoping too for the special prize, earned just for eating an imitation of a real hamburger. What, really, could be wrong with this? Apparently a lot could be wrong. Look at what sort of people this culture is creating. I have seen them. You have too. They haunt the gaudy and garish spaces of the world and ignore the dark margins. They tilt their heads to the side, feign bemusement, and not knowingly. They clinch their eyes in looks of concern. They blink a lot, bewildered. They murmur truisms about overcoming adversity. They say that they love their parents and puppies and all babies. They devour bestsellers about the wisdom of children or coaches. They can be smarmy war-mongering conservatives or passive-aggressive peace-loving liberals. They can be Christians hiding their meanness or New Agers hungry for power. They adore the Lifetime channel. They are happy campers. They want God to bless the world. They want us to ask them about their children. They believe that a hug is an ideal gift; one size fits all. They think that kind words make good echoes. They join Book-of-the-Month clubs and identify with sympathetic characters. They sign their e-mails with chirpy icons. They swear by the power of prayer. The swear by the power of positive thinking. They dream of having Norman Vincent Peale as a dinner guest. They would eat Jell-O and Cool Whip. They would eat turkey too and make an endless Thanksgiving.
Surely some of you have felt the same way that I do. You have turned sullenly from those thousands of glowing, perfect teeth lighting the American landscape and slouched to the darkness—the half-lighted room, the twilight forest, the empty café. There you have sat and settled into the bare, hard fact that the world is terrible in its beauty, indifferent much of the time, incoherent and nervous and resplendent when on certain evenings, when the clouds are right, a furious owl swooshes luridly from the horizon. You feel that sweet pressure behind your eyes, as if you would at any minute explode into hot tears. You long to languish in this unnamed sadness, this vague sense that everything is precious because it is dying, because you can never hold it, because it exists for only an instant.
Creating doesn't make us unhappy, unhappiness makes us creative. To create is to live, and in living, we want only to create more, to set our foundations deeper and reach higher toward the sky. If sadness is what makes us creative, then sadness is nothing else but life.
Trying to forget sadness and its integral place in the great rhythm of the cosmos, this sort of happiness insinuates in the end that the blues are an aberrant state that should be cursed as weakness of will or removed with the help of a little pink pill.
What, then, is America becoming? It is turning into a nation of true consumers, people bent on taking in huge mouthfuls of Happy Meals, hoping too for the special prize, earned just for eating an imitation of a real hamburger. What, really, could be wrong with this? Apparently a lot could be wrong. Look at what sort of people this culture is creating. I have seen them. You have too. They haunt the gaudy and garish spaces of the world and ignore the dark margins. They tilt their heads to the side, feign bemusement, and not knowingly. They clinch their eyes in looks of concern. They blink a lot, bewildered. They murmur truisms about overcoming adversity. They say that they love their parents and puppies and all babies. They devour bestsellers about the wisdom of children or coaches. They can be smarmy war-mongering conservatives or passive-aggressive peace-loving liberals. They can be Christians hiding their meanness or New Agers hungry for power. They adore the Lifetime channel. They are happy campers. They want God to bless the world. They want us to ask them about their children. They believe that a hug is an ideal gift; one size fits all. They think that kind words make good echoes. They join Book-of-the-Month clubs and identify with sympathetic characters. They sign their e-mails with chirpy icons. They swear by the power of prayer. The swear by the power of positive thinking. They dream of having Norman Vincent Peale as a dinner guest. They would eat Jell-O and Cool Whip. They would eat turkey too and make an endless Thanksgiving.
Surely some of you have felt the same way that I do. You have turned sullenly from those thousands of glowing, perfect teeth lighting the American landscape and slouched to the darkness—the half-lighted room, the twilight forest, the empty café. There you have sat and settled into the bare, hard fact that the world is terrible in its beauty, indifferent much of the time, incoherent and nervous and resplendent when on certain evenings, when the clouds are right, a furious owl swooshes luridly from the horizon. You feel that sweet pressure behind your eyes, as if you would at any minute explode into hot tears. You long to languish in this unnamed sadness, this vague sense that everything is precious because it is dying, because you can never hold it, because it exists for only an instant.
Creating doesn't make us unhappy, unhappiness makes us creative. To create is to live, and in living, we want only to create more, to set our foundations deeper and reach higher toward the sky. If sadness is what makes us creative, then sadness is nothing else but life.
Trying to forget sadness and its integral place in the great rhythm of the cosmos, this sort of happiness insinuates in the end that the blues are an aberrant state that should be cursed as weakness of will or removed with the help of a little pink pill.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Reading the same books...forever!
Okay, so I've been reading the same few books forever...and I can't seem to finish them. It's not that I don't enjoy them, it's that I get other things that need to be read sooner. Like...library books that have holds on them that need to be read by a certain date. Or something that catches my interest better.
I vow to finish Breaking Dawn, Inkdeath, Evil Genius, Against Happiness, and especially Full Frontal Feminism by the end of winter break (which for me will be around 1/4). Of course, I have two more grad school applications to finish first and a bunch of library books that need to be read by a certain time, but I'm determined. My last personal challenge of the year. :)
I vow to finish Breaking Dawn, Inkdeath, Evil Genius, Against Happiness, and especially Full Frontal Feminism by the end of winter break (which for me will be around 1/4). Of course, I have two more grad school applications to finish first and a bunch of library books that need to be read by a certain time, but I'm determined. My last personal challenge of the year. :)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
best books of november 2008
most interesting plot for a young adult book:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
best book incorporating other peoples' dreams:
- The Night of Your Life by Jesse Reklaw
most disappointing after all the hype:
- Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
coolest picture book (with the best pull out map ever):
- Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
best reminder that i love learning about phobias:
- Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
best reminder that i love psychology:
- Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling
prettiest bound, decorated, and illustrated young adult book:
- ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
added to the favorite picture book author list:
- Mini Grey
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
books i've read november 2008
11.1.08
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (YA)
11.3.08
- Angel: After the Fall #13 (C)
- Spike: After the Fall #4 (C)
11.4.08
- Nothing Nice to Say by Mitch Clem (GN)
- The Night of Your Life by Jesse Reklaw (GN)
11.6.08
- Wild Ones #1 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
- My Heavenly Hockey Club #2 by Ai Morinaga (M)
- Bleach #4 by Tite Kubo (M)
- Crimson Hero #9 by Mitsuba Takanashi (M)
11.7.08
- Red River #20 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Skip-Beat! #14 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
11.10.08
- MySpace Dark Horse Presents editd by Scott Allie & Sierra Hahn (GN)
- Ultimate X-Men: Apocalypse by Robert Kirkman, Salvador Larroca, & Harvey Tolibao (GN)
- Wild Ones #2 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
11.11.08
- My Sister the Vampire #4: Vampalicious! by Sienna Mercer (Y)
11.13.08
- Bad Sex: We Did It, So You Don't Have To by the writers of Nerve (A-NF)
- Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (GN)
- Bleach #5 by Tite Kubo (M)
11.14.08
- Nobunny's Perfect by Anna Dewdney (PB)
- Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett (PB)
- The Different Dragon by Jennifer Bryan & Danamarie Hosler (PB)
11.16.08
- Satisfaction Guaranteed #3 by Ryo Saenagi (M)
11.17.08
- Otto's Orange Day by Frank Cammuso & Jay Lynch (Y)
- Cat Nights by Jane Manning (PB)
- Nui! #1 by Natsumi Mukai (M)
- Marveltown by Bruce McCall (PB)
- Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & Nathan Hale (GN)
- Satisfaction Guaranteed #4 by Ryo Saenagi (M)
11.20.08
- Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto (PB)
11.26.08
- Sweaterweather by Sara Varon (GN)
- Traction Man Meets Turbodog by Mini Grey (PB)
- Bats at the Library by Brian Lies (PB)
- The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer (YA)
- Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling (A-NF)
- Red River #21 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Kamisama Kazoku #1 by Tapari & Yoshikazu Kuwashima (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #15 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Broken Angels #3 by Setsuri Tsuzuki (M)
- Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki & Steve Rolston (GN)
- Burnout by Rebecca Donner & Inaki Miranda (GN)
- Water Baby by Ross Campbell (GN)
- Traction Man Is Here! by Mini Grey (PB)
- Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg (GN)
11.27.08
- Geek Chic: The Zoey Zone by Margie Palatini (Y)
11.28.08
- Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew by Ursula Vernon (Y)
- Oliver Nocturne: The Vampire's Photograph by Kevin Emerson (Y)
11.29.08
- You Just Can't Get Enough by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
- Infamous by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
- Well Witched by Frances Hardinge (Y)
- Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, & Will Conrad (GN)
- ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley (YA)
11.30.08
- Bleach #6 by Tite Kubo (M)
- The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-to-Be by Mini Grey (PB)
- The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey (PB)
- The Little Bit Scary People by Emily Jenkins & Alexandra Boiger (PB)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight #19 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #14 (C)
- The Government Manual for New Wizards by Matthew David Brozik & Jacob Sager Weinstein (A)
11.08 total: 58
5 young adult; 4 comics; 12 graphic novels; 16 manga; 6 youth fiction; 2 adult non fiction; 12 picture books; 1 adult fiction
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I'm not MIA!
I've been so bad... This month, I've been consumed by graduate school applications. And visiting friends. And procrastinating. I haven't been reading much. And I wanted to do NaNoWriMo, but I haven't even done that! :( It's been an unproductive month, book wise. Well, except for buying them, as usual...
I'll be better. I'm "off" on vacation this week and I'm hoping to read a bit, since I seem to be hoarding library books again. I need to relax. In between writing essays for grad school apps. :)
Wish me luck!
I'll be better. I'm "off" on vacation this week and I'm hoping to read a bit, since I seem to be hoarding library books again. I need to relax. In between writing essays for grad school apps. :)
Wish me luck!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
books i've read october 2008
10.1.08
- Flipped #1: Transformations by Mike Kunkel (C)
- Young Dracula...diary of a Vampire #1 by David Mack, Steven Mack, & Gary Francis (C)
10.3.08
- Jack of Fables: The Bad Prince by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, Andrew Pepoy, Russ Braun, & Andrew Robinson (GN)
- Chiggers by Hope Larson (GN)
10.4.08
- The Book of Boy Trouble edited by Robert Kirby & David Kelly (GN)
- Bleach #1 by Tite Kubo (M)
- Squirrelly Gray by James Kochalka (PB)
- New X-Men: Hellions by DeFilippis, Weir, Henry, Morales, Adams, Leisten, & Ketcham (GN)
- Mother Earth and Her Children: A Quilted Fairy Tale by Sibylle von Olfers, Sieglinde Schoen Smith, & Jack Zipes (PB)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #1 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #2 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #3 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #4 (C)
- Godchild #6 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- Godchild #7 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- Godchild #8 by Kaori Yuki (M)
10.5.08
- Red River #17 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #18 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #19 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- What Pete Ate from A-Z by Maira Kalman (PB)
- The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba (GN)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #5 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #6 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #7 (C)
10.6.08
- Bleach #2 by Tite Kubo (M)
- how to (un)cage a girl by Francesca Lia Block (YA)
- Real World by Natsuo Kirino (A)
- Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown (GN)
10.7.08
- Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye (YA)
10.9.08
- Revenge of the Wannabes by Lisi Harrison (YA)
10.10.08
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #8 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #9 (C)
- Cry Yourself to Sleep by Jeremy Tinder (GN)
- (un)Fashion by Tibor Kalman & Maira Talman (A-NF)
- My Sister the Vampire #3: Re-Vamped! by Sienna Mercer (Y)
10.11.08
- Good Ghouls Do by Julie Kenner (YA)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #10 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #11 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #12 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #13 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #14 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #15 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #16 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #17 (C)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #18 (C)
10.12.08
- Serenity: Better Days #1 (C)
- Serenity: Better Days #2 (C)
- Serenity: Better Days #3 (C)
- Wraith by Phaedra Weldon (A)
- American Elf: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka October 26, 1998 to December 31, 2003 by James Kochalka (GN)
10.14.08
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #4 by Fumino Hayashi (M)
- The Adventures of Hamtaro: A Home for Hamtaro & Other Stories by Ritsuko Kawai (Y)
- Monkey vs. Robot by James Kochalka (GN)
- Satisfaction Guaranteed #1 by Ryo Saenagi (M)
10.15.08
- Angel: After the Fall #1 (C)
- Zombie Blondes by Brian James (YA)
10.16.08
- Untouchable by Kate Brian (YA)
- Quit Your Job by James Kochalka (GN)
- Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost in the World! by James Kochalka (GN)
- Learning to Love You More by Harrell Fletcher & Miranda July (A-NF)
- Shaun of the Dead by Chris Ryall, Zach Howard, Sean Murphy, Thompson Knox (GN)
- Queens #1 by Sung-Hyen Ha (M)
- Tales of Woodsman Pete by Lilli Carre (GN)
- Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2: A Giant Problem by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black (Y)
10.17.08
- Earth to Earth: Art Inspired by Nature's Design by Martin Hill (A-NF)
- Confessions by Kate Brian (YA)
10.18.08
- Angel: After the Fall #2 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #3 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #4 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #5 (C)
10.19.08
- Angel: After the Fall #6 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #7 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #8 (C)
- Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale E. Basye (Y)
- Love Attack #1 by Shizuru Seino (M)
- The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #7 by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki (M)
10.20.08
- Angel: After the Fall #9 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #10 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #11 (C)
- Angel: After the Fall #12 (C)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #5 by Fumino Hayashi (M)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #6 by Fumino Hayashi (M)
- My Heavenly Hockey Club #1 by Ai Morinaga (M)
10.21.08
- Spike: After the Fall #1 (C)
- Spike: After the Fall #2 (C)
- Spike: After the Fall #3 (C)
10.25.08
- Inner Circle by Kate Brian (YA)
10.26.08
- Get Backers #7 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
- Satisfaction Guaranteed #2 by Ryo Saenagi (M)
- The Adventures of Hamtaro: Hamtaro Gets Lost & Other Stories by Ritsuko Kawai (Y)
10.27.08
- Platinum Garden #3 by Maki Fujita (M)
- Platinum Garden #4 by Maki Fujita (M)
- Monkey Vs. Robot and the Crystal of Power by James Kochalka (GN)
10.28.08
- Nodame Cantabile #13 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
10.29.08
- Legacy by Kate Brian (YA)
- Nodame Cantabile #14 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Bleach #3 by Tite Kubo (M)
10.30.08
- Found Polaroids by Jason Bitner (A-NF)
10.31.08
- The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman (A-NF)
- The Mine-O-Saur by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen & David Clark (PB)
- This Is the Tree: A Story of Baobab by Miriam Moss & Adrienne Kennaway (Y-NF)
10.08 total: 101
38 comics; 14 graphic novels; 23 manga; 4 picture books; 9 young adult fiction; 2 adult fiction; 5 adult non fiction; 5 youth fiction; 1 youth non fiction
Friday, October 3, 2008
books i've read september 2008
9.1.08
- The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Y)
- Witch Fire by Anya Bast (A)
9.2.08
- Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (YA)
9.3.08
- She's a Witch Girl by Kelly McClymer (YA)
9.4.08
- Blood Song: A Silent Journey by Eric Drooker (GN)
- Mister O by Lewis Trondheim (GN)
- The Octonauts & the Only Lonely Monster by Meomi (PB)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #2 by Fumino Hayashi (M)
- New X-Men: Childhood's End v. 2 by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, & Paco Medina (GN)
- My Sister the Vampire #1: Switched by Sienna Mercer (Y)
9.6.08
- Private by Kate Brian (YA)
9.7.08
- Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (YA)
9.9.08
- Godchild #4 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (YA)
- Catwoman: Catwoman Dies by Will Pfeifer, David Lopez, & Alvaro Lopez (GN)
9.11.08
- The Knitted Cat by Antonella Bollinger-Savelli (PB)
- The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman & Gris Grimly (PB)
- Monkey With a Tool Belt by Chris Monroe (PB)
- Chibikuro Party by Akiko Ikeda (Y)
- Cantarella #1 by You Higuri (M)
- Good Luck #1 by E-Jin Kang (M)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation: Extra Credit #2: Suddenly Last Summer by J. Torres & Ramon Perez (GN)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation: Extra Credit #3: Missing You by J. Torres & Eric Kim (GN)
- Godchild #5 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- High School Debut #2 by Kazune Kawahara (M)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #3 by Fumino Hayashi (M)
- Forest of Gray City #1 by Uhm Jung Hyun (M)
9.14.08
- Nodame Cantabile #7 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Gon #1 by Masashi Tanaka (GN)
- Dayan's Birthday by Akiko Ikeda (Y)
- Cantarella #2 by You Higuri (M)
- Dead Over Heels by MaryJanice Davidson (A)
- Nodame Cantabile #8 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #9 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
9.15.08
- Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz (YA)
9.16.08
- Cantarella #3 by You Higuri (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #10 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
9.17.08
- New X-Men: Childhood's End v. 4 by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Paco Medina, & Juan Vlasco (GN)
- Wings by Shinsuke Tanaka (PB)
- Red River #9 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #10 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #11 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Cantarella #4 by You Higuri (M)
- Cantarella #5 by You Higuri (M)
9.18.08
- New X-Men: Childhood's End v. 3 by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Paco Medina, Mike Norton, Juan Vlasco, & Dave Meikis (GN)
9.19.08
- Thursday Rainy Party by Akiko Ikeda (Y)
- White Eurocka by Akiko Ikeda (Y)
- Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder (A)
9.21.08
- Penguin Revolution #5 by Sakura Tsukuba (M)
- Nightmare Inspector #1 by Shin Mashiba (M)
9.22.08
- Red River #12 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #13 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #14 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #15 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Red River #16 by Chie Shinohara (M)
9.23.08
- Cantarella #6 by You Higuri (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #11 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Miffy at the Museum by Dick Bruna (PB)
- Little Star by Antonin Louchard (PB)
9.24.08
- Cantarella #7 by You Higuri (M)
- Cantarella #8 by You Higuri (M)
9.25.08
- Cantarella #9 by You Higuri (M)
- Cantarella #10 by You Higuri (M)
- My Sister the Vampire #2: Fangtastic! by Sienna Mercer (Y)
9.26.08
- Gnome Man's Land by Esther Friesner (A)
9.27.08
- The Prince of Tennis #1 by Takeshi Konomi (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #12 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Invitation Only by Kate Brian (YA)
9.28.08
- Nerve's Guide to Sex Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen by Em (Emma Taylor) & Lo (Lorelei Sharkey) (A-NF)
9.29.08
- Y: The Last Man: Whys and Wherefores by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, & Jose Marzan, Jr. (GN)
9.30.08
- Magic Trixie by Jill Thompson (GN)
- High School Debut #3 by Kazune Kawahara (M)
- Video Girl Ai #1: Preproduction by Masakazu Katsura (M)
- The Prince of Tennis #2 by Takeshi Konomi (M)
- Korgi Book 2 by Christian Slade (GN)
09.08 total: 75
7 youth fiction; 4 adult fiction; 7 young adult fiction; 12 graphic novels; 7 picture books; 37 manga; 1 adult non fiction
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Almost forgotten new books
It's been awhile...the pile is pretty big! :)
Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:
Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:
- Night Rising by Chris Marie Green
- How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan
- The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes by Beatrix Potter
- The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Borders tempted me to buy:
- Princess Resurrection #4 by Kasunori Mitsunaga
- The Q Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Gregory L. Norris
- Blacklisted by Gena Showalter
- Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both by Laura Sessions Stepp
- The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
- Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow
- Beyond Cool by Bev Katz Rosenbaum
- Vamps by Nancy Collins
- The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
- How to Make Books by Esther K. Smith
From beloved Vault:
- After School Nightmare #8 by Setona Mizushiro
- Spike: After the Fall #2
- BtVS Season Eight #17
- NYX: No Way Home #1
- Angel: After the Fall #11
- Runaways #1
Bought online, for various reasons:
- Babymouse: Monster Mash by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
- Owly: A Time to Be Brave by Andy Runton
- Temping Fate by Esther Friesner
- The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms by Jordan Tate
- City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
- Hotter Than Hell edited by Kim Harrison
- Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
- The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universe by the writers of Nerve
Found:
- The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
- One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
monthly favorites august 2008
most empowering book of the month:
- Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution edited by Alix Olsen
saddest graphic novel i've ever read:
- The Last Lonely Saturday by Jordan Crane
now that i've read the manga, i have to watch the anime:
- Revolutionary Girl Utena series by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas
non fiction book i learned the most from:
- Flush!: The Scoop on Poop Throughout the Ages by Charise Mericle Harper
best & weirdest short stories i've read in a long time:
- Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan
hottest yaoi:
- My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor by Kazuka Minami
- Man's Best Friend by Kazusa Takashima
hottest implied yaoi:
- Godchild series by Kaori Yuki
biggest attack of cuteness EVER:
- The Octonauts & the Sea of Shade by Meomi
book that makes me wish i knew a dragon:
- Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi
cutest manga characters:
- Free Collars Kingdom series by Takuya Fujima
bestest picture books this month:
- Cesar Takes a Break by Susan Collins Thoms & Roge
- The Octonauts & the Sea of Shade by Meomi
- Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski & Lee Harper
best Meg Cabot book i read this month:
- How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
most interesting (and creepy) book concept:
- Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
best graphic novel of the month:
- Fables: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham & others
Monday, September 1, 2008
books i've read august 2008
8.2.08
- Pretty Face #5 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
- Safe House by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Click #5 by Youngran Lee (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #1 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Stray Little Devil #1 by Kotaro Mori (M)
- Party Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Sweet Sixteen Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Valentine Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
8.3.08
- Hunter & Painter by Tom Gauld (GN)
- Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz (YA)
8.4.08
- Heaven!! #2 by Shizuru Seino (M)
- Skip-Beat! #12 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
8.5.08
- Click #6 by Youngran Lee (M)
- Click #7 by Youngran Lee (M)
- Stray Little Devil #2 by Kotaro Mori (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #2 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Chibi Vampire #4 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)
8.6.08
- Free Collars Kingdom #1 by Takuya Fujima (M)
- The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (PB)
- Boris and the Snoozebox by Leigh Hodgkinson (PB)
- Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution edited by Alix Olsen (A)
8.7.08
- The Last Lonely Saturday by Jordan Crane (GN)
- B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth and Other Stories by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, Brian McDonald, Derek Thompson, & Matt Smith (GN)
- Gothic Sports #3 by Anike Hage (M)
8.9.08
- Revolutionary Girl Utena #2: To Plant by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
- Nana #11 by Ai Yazawa (M)
8.10.08
- Tempted by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena #3: To Sprout by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena #4: To Bud by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena #5: To Blossom by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
- X-Men--The End: Heroes & Martyrs by Chris Claremont & Sean Chen (GN)
- The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner (YA)
- Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot (YA)
- The Diamond District by 50 Cent & Derrick R. Pledger (A)
- Sanctuary by Meg Cabot (YA)
8.11.08
- Princess Mia by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Yubisaki Milk Tea #4 by Tomochika Miyano (M)
8.12.08
- Night Road by A.M. Jenkins (YA)
8.13.08
- Wild Adapter #1 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
- Hellboy: Weird Tales v. 1 by Arcudi, Casey, Cassaday, Cortes, Ellington, Fingerman, Hollingsworth, Kim, Langridge, Liever, Maleev, Nedelcu, Nicieza, Parkhouse, Pearson, Powell, Raffaele, Ricketts, Ryan, Sniegoski, Showman, Stradley, Stout, Watson, Wight, & Yu (GN)
- Love*Com #4 by Aya Nakahara (M)
- Flush!: The Scoop on Poop Throughout the Ages by Charise Mericle Harper (Y-NF)
8.14.08
- Stray Little Devil #3 by Kotaro Mori (M)
- Mail Order Ninja #1 by Joshua Elder (M)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #3 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
8.15.08
- Free Collars Kingdom #2 by Takuya Fujima (M)
- Godchild #1 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- Blood Roses by Francesca Lia Block (YA)
- Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan (YA)
8.16.08
- Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Jen Corace (PB)
- Take Care, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas & Paul Meisel (PB)
- Love*Com #5 by Aya Nakahara (M)
- Stray Little Devil #4 by Kotaro Mori (M)
- Wild Adapter #2 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
- Fendi, Ferragamo, & Fangs by Julie Kenner, Johanna Edwards, & Serena Robar (YA)
8.17.08
- Missing You by Meg Cabot (YA)
8.18.08
- Competition's a Witch by Kelly McClymer (YA)
- My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor by Kazuka Minami (M)
- Man's Best Friend by Kazusa Takashima (M)
8.19.08
- A Isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet by Wendy Ulmer & Laura Knorr (PB)
- The Octonauts & the Sea of Shade by Meomi (PB)
- Jason and the Argobots v. 1: Birthquake by J. Torres & Mike Norton (GN)
- The Invisible Moose by Dennis Haseley & Steven Kellogg (PB)
- Ernest and Elston by Laura T. Barnes & Carol A. Camburn (PB)
- The Adventures of Max and Pinky: Superheroes by Maxwell Eaton III (PB)
- Kaput & Zosky by Lewis Trondheim & Eric Cartier (GN)
- Little Apple Goat by Caroline Jayne Church (PB)
- Stray Little Devil #5 by Kotaro Mori (M)
- The Wallflower #16 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
- Pandora by HAI! (M)
8.20.08
- That Darn Yarn! by Tony Millionaire (PB)
- Cesar Takes a Break by Susan Collins Thoms & Roge (PB)
- Wild Adapter #3 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
- Godchild #2 by Kaori Yuki (M)
8.21.08
- Venus Versus Virus #1 by Atsushi Suzumi (M)
- Amulet, Book 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)
- X-Men--The End: Men & X-Men by Chris Claremont, Sean Chen, & Sandu Florea (GN)
- How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot (YA)
8.22.08
- The Clique by Lisi Harrison (YA)
- Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi (Y)
- New X-Men: Childhood's End v. 1 by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Mark Brooks, & Paul Pelletier (GN)
8.23.08
- Mail Order Ninja #2: Timmy Strikes Back! by Joshua Elder & Erich Owen (M)
- Pretty Face #6 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
- Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski & Lee Harper (PB)
8.24.08
- Degrassi: The Next Generation: Extra Credit #4: Safety Dance by J. Torres & Steve Rolston (GN)
- Teen Idol by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Undead and Unworthy by MaryJanice Davidson (A)
8.25.08
- Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure edited by Rachel Fershleiser & Larry Smith (A-NF)
- Nodame Cantabile #4 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Generation Dead by Daniel Waters (YA)
8.26.08
- Love*Com #6 by Aya Nakahara (M)
- Love*Com #7 by Aya Nakahara (M)
- Best Friends for Never by Lisi Harrison (YA)
8.27.08
- Heaven!! #3 by Shizuru Seino (M)
- Skip-Beat! #13 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
8.28.08
- Wild Adapter #4 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
- Wild Adapter #5 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
- High School Debut #1 by Kazune Kawahara (M)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation: Extra Credit #1: Turning Japanese by J. Torres & Ed Northcott (GN)
- Nodame Cantabile #5 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
8.29.08
- Yurara #5 by Chika Shiomi (M)
- Free Collars Kingdom #3 by Takuya Fujima (M)
- Red River #8 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Hellboy: Weird Tales v. 2 by Asamiya, Bermejo, Blackman, Cassaday, Cho, Dolan, Dorkin, Edwards, Fassbender, Fields, Kaluta, Marz, Morse, Noto, Pascoe, Petrie, Pfiefer, Purcell, Russell, Starlin, Stevens, Stewart, Templesmith, Thompson, Thompson, Walker, Wilkins, Williams III, & Yoshida (GN)
- Sweetblood by Pete Hautman (YA)
- American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent (A-NF)
8.30.08
- The Very Best Bed by Rebekah Raye (PB)
- Never Tease a Weasel by Jean Conder Soule & George Booth (PB)
- Godchild #3 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- Mister i by Lewis Trondheim (GN)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #1 by Fumino Hayashi (M)
- Nodame Cantabile #6 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
- Peanutbutter & Jeremy's Best Book Ever! by James Kochalka (GN)
- Perfect Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Fables: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Aaron Alexovich, & Andrew Pepoy (GN)
8.31.08
- My Imaginary Enemy by Julie Gonzalez (YA)
08.08 total: 117
55 manga; 24 young adult fiction; 16 graphic novels; 15 picture books; 3 adult fiction; 1 youth non fiction; 1 youth fiction; 2 adult non fiction
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Six Word Memoirs
Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Rachel Fershleiser & Larry Smith
Really, really cool. Some of my favorite six word memoirs:
Almost a victim of my family.
--Chuck Sangster
Taking a lifetime to grow up.
--Mirona Iliescu
And he nerded as never before.
--Jon Thysell
An unusual turn of gender circumstances.
--Dragana Varadinac
Verbal hemophilia. Why can't I clot?
--Scott Mebus
Boys liked her. She preferred books.
--Anneliese Cuttle
After your jump, the net appears.
--Vincent Lauria
Without me, it is just aweso.
--Chris Madigan
Can't read all the time. Bummer.
--Rina Bander
Not quite what I was planning...
--Summer Grimes
Straight jacket on the gentle cycle.
--Stewart Rudy
Asked to quiet down; spoke louder.
--Wendy Lee
Say no now, I now know.
--Steve Woodruff
Good, evil use the same font.
--Arthur Harris
Man, slightly disgruntled, may throw poo.
--Egan Fowler
Just a rockin' readin' knittin' kitten.
--Emmeline Friedman
We were our own "Springer" episode.
--Michelle Hoogerwerf
I started writing some of my own...but I'm not ready to share them. :)
Really, really cool. Some of my favorite six word memoirs:
Almost a victim of my family.
--Chuck Sangster
Taking a lifetime to grow up.
--Mirona Iliescu
And he nerded as never before.
--Jon Thysell
An unusual turn of gender circumstances.
--Dragana Varadinac
Verbal hemophilia. Why can't I clot?
--Scott Mebus
Boys liked her. She preferred books.
--Anneliese Cuttle
After your jump, the net appears.
--Vincent Lauria
Without me, it is just aweso.
--Chris Madigan
Can't read all the time. Bummer.
--Rina Bander
Not quite what I was planning...
--Summer Grimes
Straight jacket on the gentle cycle.
--Stewart Rudy
Asked to quiet down; spoke louder.
--Wendy Lee
Say no now, I now know.
--Steve Woodruff
Good, evil use the same font.
--Arthur Harris
Man, slightly disgruntled, may throw poo.
--Egan Fowler
Just a rockin' readin' knittin' kitten.
--Emmeline Friedman
We were our own "Springer" episode.
--Michelle Hoogerwerf
I started writing some of my own...but I'm not ready to share them. :)
Sunday, August 24, 2008
The end of an era
As of today, I am no longer working at the library. They were unwilling to work with my schedule to let me participate in a research study for a month, so I quit.
I'm very sad that I will not be around all those books all the time. I will probably reapply, but due to crazy politics (and the fact that certain higher ups don't like me much for some reason), I may not be hired back.
What sucks most (besides not getting to see all the cool people I loved working with)? I'm going to have to pay a non-resident fee for my card. :(
I'm very sad that I will not be around all those books all the time. I will probably reapply, but due to crazy politics (and the fact that certain higher ups don't like me much for some reason), I may not be hired back.
What sucks most (besides not getting to see all the cool people I loved working with)? I'm going to have to pay a non-resident fee for my card. :(
Saturday, August 16, 2008
I am changing the world
I am making people's lives better by encouraging them to read Scaredy Squirrel, Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend, & Scaredy Squirrel Goes to the Beach by Melanie Watt.
Go on, read them. I know you'll love Scaredy Squirrel!!
Go on, read them. I know you'll love Scaredy Squirrel!!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
...and some awesome poems
Again, from Word Warriors. Sorry, couldn't resist. :)
Subtle Sister by Alix Olsen
So we've learned karate,
carry knives on our runs
wield words like weapons
prepare glares like hidden guns,
we've deconstructed, demystified
tried retribution, remythologized,
we've been diagnosed with your diseases,
and still tried pleases, tried tears, tried Jesus.
You wanna see what it's like down here
in this pool of someone else's rules, well
jump in, take a swim or just sit in this pit
squishing bare toes in someone else's bullshit,
we do it all the time.
Still we've tried being patient,
collected, calm, nice
trying praying, tried laying you
paying the price,
we've learned to scream
until our throats throbbed
what else do you do
while your cunt's being robbed.
And they say "you've made progress, girls,
take a rest in between"
but see while you're resting,
someone else is progressing,
it's what i've seen.
So i take back the whispers,
the cute mute act,
and the high-pitched giggles, yeah
i take them back,
i won't avoid your stare, evade your step,
nothing of that kind,
won't help you help me victimize
the only space that's mine.
See now i'd put my life on the line just to see them trip,
frown and say "funny love, i never saw you slip."
i say, "my life on the line--"
you say, "man, she's jaded."
i say, "maybe control's overrated."
like when we cackled, they called us witches,
now we don't giggle they call us bitches
well i'm cacklin loud, taking it back, full of hiss,
cacklin loud, cackling proud now.
And they're getting nervous with this kissing each other,
scratching their heads,
what's going on brother
and they yell feed your husband, stop feeding the fire!
and we just cackle,
we're a fuckin witches choir.
and we sing "sharpen your knives, sharpen your daughters
steam up the mirrors, bake us some dreams,
cook up some riots, fry up some screams,
and when you're sick of your skirts
slice open the seams
cause they want domestics,
they'll give us needle and thread
for patching their egos.
we'll sow revolution instead."
And i hear you saying
"subtle, sister,
less bite, more bark
you can make your point without leaving such a mark.
subtle, sister,
stop your seething,
i think we got it, i think we're even."
subtle like a penis pounding its target?
subtle like your hissing from across the street?
subtle like the binding on my sisters' feet?
subtle like her belly raped with his semen,
draped in his fuck, funny,
doesn't seem even.
See, sometimes anger's subtle, stocked in metaphor
full of finesse and dressed in allure
yes, sometimes anger's subtle, less rage than sad
leaking slow through spigots you didn't know you had.
and sometimes it's just
fuck you.
fuck you.
you see, and to me,
That's poetry too.
Book of Rules: A Girl's Guide to Doing What You're Told by Nomy Lamm
Part 1.
you don't get to decide what you are
what happens is, you are nothing, and then you pop out
and the doctor says "boy" or else "girl" and that's that.
for the rest of your life you are trying to be "boy" or else "girl."
if you are very lucky, you will be called a man
and you will feel like a man and everyone else will think
you are a man and you will do all the things that real
men are supposed to do and you will score lots of chicks.
then you will be on top of the world, the pinnacle of success,
a very powerful person. this is a catch-22 though,
because if you are called a man and you feel like a man
and everyone thinks you are a man and you do all the things
that real men are supposed to do, then chances are
you are a fucking asshole and i hate you.
if you are called a woman and you feel like a woman
and everyone else thinks of you as a woman and you do all the things
that real women are supposed to do, then you are probably miserable.
if, like most people, you lie somewhere in between or beyond,
then you are also probably miserable.
(tough life.)
Part 2.
The First Thing You Have to Do if You Want to Be a Woman Is Be Pretty.
this is simple.
To be pretty, all you need is to fulfill at least three of these requirements:
(a) a great tan; (b) long legs (two of them); (c) blonde; (d) perky tits;
(e) button nose; (f) smooth skin; (g) slender waist; (h) stare dumbly;
(i) you are a doll; (j) a shimmery lipgloss; (k) a can of diet coke;
(l) a short skirt; (m) be on television
okay, count your points.
don't worry if you didn't quite make it
being pretty is all in the mind.
do this exercise:
every night before you go to sleep,
look in the mirror and say
"please god, you can take away all my friends and family,
make me into a moron,
send me to hell when i die, just please,
make me as beautiful as tori spelling."
if you don't want to look like tori spelling then too bad for you
because it doesn't work any other way.
when you wake up you will be pretty.
Part 3.
your body is a whole entire beautiful magical universe
of its own, exactly right and perfect.
i know that this is not what you have been taught, but it is The Truth.
how could anything so incredible ever be denigrated,
scoffed at, invaded, discounted, spat on, violated, ridiculed?
your body is magic.
what you are thinking now is:
why was i told to look at charts, diagrams, scales
and teen magazines to tell me what is wrong with me?
why wasn't i told to trust myself?
why did they make me feel like a horrifying ugly
pathetic puking loathesome monster,
if the truth is that i am magic?
as woman, you must learn to identify as an object.
you must learn to be objectified, made ugly and disgusting,
but not in a way that is powerful or frightening to them--
you will be made ugly in a putrid, rotting way.
your soul is the first to rot.
then your heart, then your mind, then your flesh...
whatever is left is the magical part that will live forever.
this is the part of you that is eternal.
your silicone implants.
Say More by Sini Anderson
I want to run into the insane energy of love
I want to run into every wall the upper class puts up in our path
When you think you have nothing to say,
Stop and remember what you tell your friends
And when someone is trying to silence you,
Scream louder
I want to spit on sidewalks in front of men who take up way too much space
And when you're walking down the street, if you're a woman or a queer,
Take up more space
I think we should be making out more in front of people who are uncomfortable with it
And don't be afraid to be a punk-rock hippie
And don't be afraid to tell people how much you love them
If you are fortunate enough to have two working legs and a mind,
Run more
If you're not, demand that your people push you
Stop telling yourself you're dumb with nothing to say
And demand that your opinion be heard by your government
Remember that they work for us
If you're hurting, tell someone
If you can't afford your medication, demand that your state provide it for you
Remember that you're not the only one in the room right now who's panickig
And remember that health care in this country is a luxury, and that,
That is just simply wrong
Remember that you deserve clean needles if you need them
And remember that at some point in your life, you can live alive and thrive without self-medicating
I want you to run into the idea that people think you're great, and smart
And I want to be really cool to someone who's talking a bunch of smack about me
Because that, that feels better
Remember it's not okay for anyone to physically, verbally or
mentally abuse you, anyone, not your friends, anyone, not
your girlfriend...anyone.
Listen to your family when they praise you
And tell them to fuck off when they are hurting you
intentionally
Remember that art is a very, very valid form of employment
Know that we couldn't survive without it
Remember right now you're thriving, you're thriving, you are thriving.
Hey you know that sliding scale?
I don't always pay the bottom, and I'm poor.
Run to the stage when you're scared
Run to the kitchen when you're hungry
Stretch more, it feels good
When you hear someone say something fucked up to a young girl on a bus,
stick up for her
And when you hear someone say something fucked up about someone you care about,
stick up for them
Love can hurt, we'll live I swear
Know the power of positivity
And know that I really, really need you
And know that this,
This feels much, much better,
Than when I was writing it alone in my room
I want to run into the insane energy of love
I want to run into every wall
The upper class
Puts up in my path...
I want you to run into the insane energy of love
I want you to run into every wall
The upper class
Puts up...in your path...
Subtle Sister by Alix Olsen
So we've learned karate,
carry knives on our runs
wield words like weapons
prepare glares like hidden guns,
we've deconstructed, demystified
tried retribution, remythologized,
we've been diagnosed with your diseases,
and still tried pleases, tried tears, tried Jesus.
You wanna see what it's like down here
in this pool of someone else's rules, well
jump in, take a swim or just sit in this pit
squishing bare toes in someone else's bullshit,
we do it all the time.
Still we've tried being patient,
collected, calm, nice
trying praying, tried laying you
paying the price,
we've learned to scream
until our throats throbbed
what else do you do
while your cunt's being robbed.
And they say "you've made progress, girls,
take a rest in between"
but see while you're resting,
someone else is progressing,
it's what i've seen.
So i take back the whispers,
the cute mute act,
and the high-pitched giggles, yeah
i take them back,
i won't avoid your stare, evade your step,
nothing of that kind,
won't help you help me victimize
the only space that's mine.
See now i'd put my life on the line just to see them trip,
frown and say "funny love, i never saw you slip."
i say, "my life on the line--"
you say, "man, she's jaded."
i say, "maybe control's overrated."
like when we cackled, they called us witches,
now we don't giggle they call us bitches
well i'm cacklin loud, taking it back, full of hiss,
cacklin loud, cackling proud now.
And they're getting nervous with this kissing each other,
scratching their heads,
what's going on brother
and they yell feed your husband, stop feeding the fire!
and we just cackle,
we're a fuckin witches choir.
and we sing "sharpen your knives, sharpen your daughters
steam up the mirrors, bake us some dreams,
cook up some riots, fry up some screams,
and when you're sick of your skirts
slice open the seams
cause they want domestics,
they'll give us needle and thread
for patching their egos.
we'll sow revolution instead."
And i hear you saying
"subtle, sister,
less bite, more bark
you can make your point without leaving such a mark.
subtle, sister,
stop your seething,
i think we got it, i think we're even."
subtle like a penis pounding its target?
subtle like your hissing from across the street?
subtle like the binding on my sisters' feet?
subtle like her belly raped with his semen,
draped in his fuck, funny,
doesn't seem even.
See, sometimes anger's subtle, stocked in metaphor
full of finesse and dressed in allure
yes, sometimes anger's subtle, less rage than sad
leaking slow through spigots you didn't know you had.
and sometimes it's just
fuck you.
fuck you.
you see, and to me,
That's poetry too.
Book of Rules: A Girl's Guide to Doing What You're Told by Nomy Lamm
Part 1.
you don't get to decide what you are
what happens is, you are nothing, and then you pop out
and the doctor says "boy" or else "girl" and that's that.
for the rest of your life you are trying to be "boy" or else "girl."
if you are very lucky, you will be called a man
and you will feel like a man and everyone else will think
you are a man and you will do all the things that real
men are supposed to do and you will score lots of chicks.
then you will be on top of the world, the pinnacle of success,
a very powerful person. this is a catch-22 though,
because if you are called a man and you feel like a man
and everyone thinks you are a man and you do all the things
that real men are supposed to do, then chances are
you are a fucking asshole and i hate you.
if you are called a woman and you feel like a woman
and everyone else thinks of you as a woman and you do all the things
that real women are supposed to do, then you are probably miserable.
if, like most people, you lie somewhere in between or beyond,
then you are also probably miserable.
(tough life.)
Part 2.
The First Thing You Have to Do if You Want to Be a Woman Is Be Pretty.
this is simple.
To be pretty, all you need is to fulfill at least three of these requirements:
(a) a great tan; (b) long legs (two of them); (c) blonde; (d) perky tits;
(e) button nose; (f) smooth skin; (g) slender waist; (h) stare dumbly;
(i) you are a doll; (j) a shimmery lipgloss; (k) a can of diet coke;
(l) a short skirt; (m) be on television
okay, count your points.
don't worry if you didn't quite make it
being pretty is all in the mind.
do this exercise:
every night before you go to sleep,
look in the mirror and say
"please god, you can take away all my friends and family,
make me into a moron,
send me to hell when i die, just please,
make me as beautiful as tori spelling."
if you don't want to look like tori spelling then too bad for you
because it doesn't work any other way.
when you wake up you will be pretty.
Part 3.
your body is a whole entire beautiful magical universe
of its own, exactly right and perfect.
i know that this is not what you have been taught, but it is The Truth.
how could anything so incredible ever be denigrated,
scoffed at, invaded, discounted, spat on, violated, ridiculed?
your body is magic.
what you are thinking now is:
why was i told to look at charts, diagrams, scales
and teen magazines to tell me what is wrong with me?
why wasn't i told to trust myself?
why did they make me feel like a horrifying ugly
pathetic puking loathesome monster,
if the truth is that i am magic?
as woman, you must learn to identify as an object.
you must learn to be objectified, made ugly and disgusting,
but not in a way that is powerful or frightening to them--
you will be made ugly in a putrid, rotting way.
your soul is the first to rot.
then your heart, then your mind, then your flesh...
whatever is left is the magical part that will live forever.
this is the part of you that is eternal.
your silicone implants.
Say More by Sini Anderson
I want to run into the insane energy of love
I want to run into every wall the upper class puts up in our path
When you think you have nothing to say,
Stop and remember what you tell your friends
And when someone is trying to silence you,
Scream louder
I want to spit on sidewalks in front of men who take up way too much space
And when you're walking down the street, if you're a woman or a queer,
Take up more space
I think we should be making out more in front of people who are uncomfortable with it
And don't be afraid to be a punk-rock hippie
And don't be afraid to tell people how much you love them
If you are fortunate enough to have two working legs and a mind,
Run more
If you're not, demand that your people push you
Stop telling yourself you're dumb with nothing to say
And demand that your opinion be heard by your government
Remember that they work for us
If you're hurting, tell someone
If you can't afford your medication, demand that your state provide it for you
Remember that you're not the only one in the room right now who's panickig
And remember that health care in this country is a luxury, and that,
That is just simply wrong
Remember that you deserve clean needles if you need them
And remember that at some point in your life, you can live alive and thrive without self-medicating
I want you to run into the idea that people think you're great, and smart
And I want to be really cool to someone who's talking a bunch of smack about me
Because that, that feels better
Remember it's not okay for anyone to physically, verbally or
mentally abuse you, anyone, not your friends, anyone, not
your girlfriend...anyone.
Listen to your family when they praise you
And tell them to fuck off when they are hurting you
intentionally
Remember that art is a very, very valid form of employment
Know that we couldn't survive without it
Remember right now you're thriving, you're thriving, you are thriving.
Hey you know that sliding scale?
I don't always pay the bottom, and I'm poor.
Run to the stage when you're scared
Run to the kitchen when you're hungry
Stretch more, it feels good
When you hear someone say something fucked up to a young girl on a bus,
stick up for her
And when you hear someone say something fucked up about someone you care about,
stick up for them
Love can hurt, we'll live I swear
Know the power of positivity
And know that I really, really need you
And know that this,
This feels much, much better,
Than when I was writing it alone in my room
I want to run into the insane energy of love
I want to run into every wall
The upper class
Puts up in my path...
I want you to run into the insane energy of love
I want you to run into every wall
The upper class
Puts up...in your path...
bits and pieces from Word Warriors
Just a few of my favorite bits and pieces of poems from Word Warriors.
tell me you don't matter to a universe that conspired
to give you such a tongue, such rhythm
or rhythmless hips, such opposable thumbs--
give thanks or go home a waste of spark
speak or let the maker take back your throat
march or let the creator rescind your feet
dream or let your god destroy your good and fertile mind
this is your warning / this
your birthright / do not let
this universe regreat you.
--Marty McConnell from "instructions for a body"
Girl words the way girls word, the way pussies poem.
--Eve Ensler
the man's always had a plan
to slow down the velocity of a woman's journeys
to lower the volume of woman's voices
saying hush now honey be calm be still
the powers that be saying
there's an appropriate level for your grief and
there's a healthy range for your rage
and when woman exceeds
the emotional speed limit
society puts on the brakes
--Leah Harris from "revenge of the crazy wimmin"
she's wondering how many women are walking around this world
feeling the tingling of their amputated wings
remembering what it was to fly to sing
--Andrea Gibson rom "Blue Blanket"
praise the vens that river these wrists
praise the prolapsed valve in a heart
praise the scars marking a gallbladder absent
praise the rasp and rattle of functioning lungs
praise the prearthritic ache of elbows
and ankles
praise the lifeline sectioning a palm
praise the photographic pads of fingertips
praise the vulnerable dip at the base of a throat
praise the muscles surfacing on an abdomen
praise these arms that carry babies
and anthologies
praise the leg hairs that sprout
and are shaved
praise the ass that refuses to shrink
or be hidden
praise the cunt that bleeds
and accepts, bleeds
and accepts
praise the prominent ridge of nose
praise the strange convexity of ribcage
praise the single hair that insists on growing
from a right areola
praise the dent where the mole was clipped from the back
of a neck
praise these inner thighs brushing
praise these eyelashes that sometimes turn inward
praise these hips preparing to spread
into a grandmother's skirt
praise the beauty of the freckle
on the first knuckle of a left little finger
--Marty McConnell from "instructions for a body"
tell me you don't matter to a universe that conspired
to give you such a tongue, such rhythm
or rhythmless hips, such opposable thumbs--
give thanks or go home a waste of spark
speak or let the maker take back your throat
march or let the creator rescind your feet
dream or let your god destroy your good and fertile mind
this is your warning / this
your birthright / do not let
this universe regreat you.
--Marty McConnell from "instructions for a body"
Girl words the way girls word, the way pussies poem.
--Eve Ensler
the man's always had a plan
to slow down the velocity of a woman's journeys
to lower the volume of woman's voices
saying hush now honey be calm be still
the powers that be saying
there's an appropriate level for your grief and
there's a healthy range for your rage
and when woman exceeds
the emotional speed limit
society puts on the brakes
--Leah Harris from "revenge of the crazy wimmin"
she's wondering how many women are walking around this world
feeling the tingling of their amputated wings
remembering what it was to fly to sing
--Andrea Gibson rom "Blue Blanket"
praise the vens that river these wrists
praise the prolapsed valve in a heart
praise the scars marking a gallbladder absent
praise the rasp and rattle of functioning lungs
praise the prearthritic ache of elbows
and ankles
praise the lifeline sectioning a palm
praise the photographic pads of fingertips
praise the vulnerable dip at the base of a throat
praise the muscles surfacing on an abdomen
praise these arms that carry babies
and anthologies
praise the leg hairs that sprout
and are shaved
praise the ass that refuses to shrink
or be hidden
praise the cunt that bleeds
and accepts, bleeds
and accepts
praise the prominent ridge of nose
praise the strange convexity of ribcage
praise the single hair that insists on growing
from a right areola
praise the dent where the mole was clipped from the back
of a neck
praise these inner thighs brushing
praise these eyelashes that sometimes turn inward
praise these hips preparing to spread
into a grandmother's skirt
praise the beauty of the freckle
on the first knuckle of a left little finger
--Marty McConnell from "instructions for a body"
Sunday, August 3, 2008
reflections on books read july 2008
most excited that the library now has:
- Owly #4: A Time to Be Brave by Andy Runton
- the Click series by Youngran Lee
favorite graphic novel of the month:
- Spiral-Bound by Aaron Renier
newest manga addictions:
- S.A.: Special A series by Maki Minami
- Demon Flowers series by Mizuki Hakase
favoritest Meg Cabot book of the month:
- All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
art i am most taken with:
- in Demon Flowers series by Mizuki Hakase
biggest disappoinment (b/c i had such high expectations):
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
finally took the recommendation:
- Revolutionary Girl Utena series by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas
guiltiest pleasure of the month:
- The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur
books i've read july 2008
7.1.08
- Born to Rock by Gordon Korman (YA)
- The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins (Y)
7.2.08
- Micrographica by Renee French (GN)
- Owly: A Time to Be Brave by Andy Runton (GN)
7.3.08
- Tumble Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky & Marylin Hafner (PB)
- Spiral-Bound by Aaron Renier (GN)
- Rex Libris: I, Librarian by James Turner (GN)
- As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial by Derrick Jensen & Stephanie McMillan (GN)
7.4.08
- Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness by Kaza Kingsley (Y)
- Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (YA)
7.5.08
- The Land of Sokmunster by Mike Kunkel & Randy Heuser (Y)
- Yurara #2 by Chika Shiomi (M)
- Yurara #3 by Chika Shiomi (M)
- Catwoman: When in Rome by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale (GN)
- Emo Boy v. 1: Nobody Cares About Anything Anyway, So Why Don't We All Just Die? by Steve Emond (GN)
- Moon Child #1 by Reiko Shimizu (M)
- Good As Lily by Derek Kirk Kim & Jesse Hamm (GN)
- Project Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
7.6.08
- Translucent #1 by Kazuhiro Okamoto (M)
- Translucent #2 by Kazuhiro Okamoto (M)
- Translucent #3 by Kazuhiro Okamoto (M)
- The Clouds Above by Jordan Crane (GN)
- Hero by Perry Moore (YA)
7.7.08
- St. Lunatic High School #1 by Majiko! (M)
- S.A.: Special A #1 by Maki Minami (M)
7.8.08
- S.A.: Special A #2 by Maki Minami (M)
- S.A.: Special A #3 by Maki Minami (M)
- What's Michael? Planet of the Cats by Makoto Kobayashi (GN)
- The Recipe for Gertrude #1 by Nari Kusakawa (M)
- St. Lunatic High School #2 by Majiko! (M)
- Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa (GN)
7.9.08
- Love*Com #1 by Aya Nakahara (M)
- Pretty Face #1 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
- Skip-Beat #6 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
7.10.08
- The Ticking by Renee French (GN)
- Jellaby by Kean Soo (GN)
- The Soap Lady by Renee French (GN)
- Our Walk in the Woods by Charity Nebbe & Jeffrey Ebbeler (PB)
- Serenity Rose v. 1: "Working Through the Negativity" by Aaron Alexovich (GN)
- Doubt!! #4 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
7.11.08
- Stray by Rachel Vincent (A)
- The Cain Saga #1: Forgotten Juliet by Kaori Yuki (M)
- Skip-Beat #7 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
- Skip-Beat #8 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
- Skip-Beat #9 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
- Doubt!! #5 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
- Doubt!! #6 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
- Iron Man: Extremis by Warren Ellis & Adi Granou (GN)
7.12.08
- Uncanny X-Men: Bright New Mourning by Chuck Austen, Salvador Larroca, & Ron Garney (GN)
- Love as a Foreign Language v. 1 by J. Torres & Eric Kim (GN)
- Kitsune Tales by Woodrow Phoenix & Andi Watson (GN)
- Glister #2: House Hunting by Andi Watson (GN)
- Hellboy: Strange Places by Mike Mignola (GN)
- Jinx by Meg Cabot (YA)
7.13.08
- Herobear and the Kid: The Inheritance by Mike Kunkel (GN)
- American Photobooth by Nakki Goranin (A-NF)
- When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot (YA)
7.14.08
- Heaven!! #1 by Shizuru Seino (M)
- Yurara #4 by Chika Shiomi (M)
- Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (YA)
7.15.08
- Flight Explorer v. 1 edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)
- A.L.I.E.E.E.N.: Archives of Lost Issues and Earthly Editions of Extraterrestrial Novelties by Lewis Trondheim (GN)
- Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others by Mike Mignola, Richard Corben, & P. Craig Russell (GN)
7.16.08
- Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting (A-NF)
- Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot (YA)
7.17.08
- Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot (A)
- How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowksi, & Lauren Myracle (YA)
7.18.08
- I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss & Mary Blair (PB)
- Max's Words by Kate Banks & Boris Kulikov (PB)
- Help Me, Mr Mutt!: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel (PB)
- Chibi Vampire #2 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)
- X-Men: The End: Dreamers & Demons by Chris Claremont & Sean Chen (GN)
- Catwoman: The Replacements by Will Pfeifer, David Lopez, & Alvaro Lopez (GN)
- The Collected Alison Dare, Little Miss Adventures v. 2 by J. Torres & J. Bone (GN)
7.19.08
- Days Like This by J. Torres & Scott Chantler (GN)
- Get Backers #6 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
- S.A. #4 by Maki Minami (M)
7.20.08
- The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary by P.D. Eastman (Y-NF)
- Scrapbook: Uncollected Work: 1990-2004 by Adrian Tomine (GN)
- Princess in Training by Meg Cabot (YA)
- The Princess Present by Meg Cabot (YA)
7.21.08
- Skip-Beat! #10 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
- Skip-Beat! #11 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
- The Cain Saga #2: The Sound of a Boy Hatching by Kaori Yuki (M)
- Biker Girl by Misako Rocks! (GN)
- Crayon Shinchan v. 1 by Yoshito Usui (GN)
- The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur (A)
7.22.08
- Devi: Namaha by Shekhar Kapur, Siddharth Kotian, Samit Basu, & Mukesh Singh (GN)
- The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina (YA)
- All-American Girl by Meg Cabot (YA)
7.23.08
- Pretty Face #2 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena #1: To Till by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
- Love*Com #2 by Aya Nakahara (M)
- Love Roma #4 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
7.24.08
- Demon Flowers #1 by Mizuki Hakase (M)
- Cain Saga #3: Kafka by Kaori Yuki (M)
- Chibi Vampire #3 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)
- A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (PB)
- Big Boned by Meg Cabot (A)
7.25.08
- Devi v. 2 by Shekhar Kapur, Samit Basu, Aditya Chari, & Saumin Patel (GN)
- Skeleton Key: Beyond the Threshold by Andi Watson (GN)
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems (PB)
- Pretty Face #3 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
7.26.08
- Devi v. 3 by Shekhar Kapur, Saurav Mohapatra, Saumin Patel, Edison George, Siddarth Kotian (GN)
7.27.08
- Ready or Not by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Code Name Cassandra by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Into the Mists by Patrick Carman (Y)
7.28.08
- Demon Flowers #2 by Mizuki Hakase (M)
- Love Roma #5 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
- Pretty Face #4 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
- Click #3 by Youngran Lee (M)
7.29.08
- The Cain Saga #4: The Seal of the Red Ram Part 1 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- The Cain Saga #4: The Seal of the Red Ram Part 2 by Kaori Yuki (M)
- The Boy Next Door by Meggin Cabot (A)
- The Great Women Superheroes by Trina Robbins (A-NF)
7.30.08
- Demon Flowers #3 by Mizuki Hakase (M)
- Click #4 by Youngran Lee (M)
- Sidekicks: The Transfer Student by J. Torres & Takeshi Miyazawa (GN)
7.31.08
- Love*Com #3 by Aya Nakahara (M)
07.08 total: 119
15 young adult fiction; 4 youth fiction; 37 graphic novels; 7 picture books; 47 manga; 5 adult fiction; 3 adult non fiction; 1 youth non fiction
Monday, July 28, 2008
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*
Thursday, July 17, 2008
I ROCK!!
AADL Summer Reading Game: Under Construction COMPLETE!!
I will collect my prize tomorrow.
I will collect my prize tomorrow.
- Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
- Stray by Rachel Vincent
- American Photobooth by Nakki Goranin
- Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
- 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!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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?
Saturday, July 12, 2008
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. :)
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. :)
Friday, July 4, 2008
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.
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... :)
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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
Monday, June 30, 2008
Summer Reading update
I've gotten off to a REALLY slow start on my Summer Reading game thinger. But! I finally finished my first adult book. :) So...the tally so far...
1. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
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Reading mysteries seems to be a summer reading program staple for me. I started reading Janet Evanovich for a summer reading program (I had to read a mystery and I don't really like mysteries (as they are traditionally conceived) much). And last year, I think I read a Janet Evanovich. I tried Meg Cabot's mystery series this year b/c I like her YA books so much. And I liked it. It was funny. :) I like funny mysteries. Oh, and ones about supernaturally people (you know, like vampires and werewolves and witches and such). *laughs*
Hmmmm...I've got at least one other adult book started (a non fic book even) and a couple prospects. Yay! I just have to quit getting all those graphic novels and manga from the library. Then I'll have time!
Oh, and GUESS WHAT! The Northfield Township Library has a Summer Reading program for adults too! I starts tomorrow (or techincally today). You enter yourself in a raffle for every book you read. Don't know what the prizes are, but I'm betting they're better than a free movie popcorn. You think?
I was thinking today that I wish I could have my own summer reading game with my friends. I don't know what we'd do, but...we'd have cooler prizes. And then I was thinking, I'd like to have friends who'd be interested in playing reading games with me. Not reading groups. Blech. But, like...someone who would exchange recommendations with me and we could talk about them. Someone to expose me to new books I've never read before or new authors. Well, I often wish I had friends who'd play games with me (like the question game or Truth or sending each other real letters/packages or something). I'm weird that way, I guess.
Anyway... I'm not much for posting this month, am I? I have lots of cool ideas for posts, I've just been too busy to write them. I have to write about the backroom buried treasures, that cookbook Julie & I found, and The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit. I'll get around to it...I hope.
1. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
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3.
4.
5.
Reading mysteries seems to be a summer reading program staple for me. I started reading Janet Evanovich for a summer reading program (I had to read a mystery and I don't really like mysteries (as they are traditionally conceived) much). And last year, I think I read a Janet Evanovich. I tried Meg Cabot's mystery series this year b/c I like her YA books so much. And I liked it. It was funny. :) I like funny mysteries. Oh, and ones about supernaturally people (you know, like vampires and werewolves and witches and such). *laughs*
Hmmmm...I've got at least one other adult book started (a non fic book even) and a couple prospects. Yay! I just have to quit getting all those graphic novels and manga from the library. Then I'll have time!
Oh, and GUESS WHAT! The Northfield Township Library has a Summer Reading program for adults too! I starts tomorrow (or techincally today). You enter yourself in a raffle for every book you read. Don't know what the prizes are, but I'm betting they're better than a free movie popcorn. You think?
I was thinking today that I wish I could have my own summer reading game with my friends. I don't know what we'd do, but...we'd have cooler prizes. And then I was thinking, I'd like to have friends who'd be interested in playing reading games with me. Not reading groups. Blech. But, like...someone who would exchange recommendations with me and we could talk about them. Someone to expose me to new books I've never read before or new authors. Well, I often wish I had friends who'd play games with me (like the question game or Truth or sending each other real letters/packages or something). I'm weird that way, I guess.
Anyway... I'm not much for posting this month, am I? I have lots of cool ideas for posts, I've just been too busy to write them. I have to write about the backroom buried treasures, that cookbook Julie & I found, and The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit. I'll get around to it...I hope.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Do you know what time it is?
It's Summer Reading Game time! Woo hoo!
And this year, the prize is NOT a coupon for free bread from Great Harvest!
It's a coupon for a free large popcorn from the movie theater.
Yeah...not that inspiring. But! It's a challenge.
*snorts* Like reading 5 books by August is a challenge for me.
Whatever. It's fun! :) I've got to read 5 adult books. I haven't even started yet. I'll keep you updated...
And this year, the prize is NOT a coupon for free bread from Great Harvest!
It's a coupon for a free large popcorn from the movie theater.
Yeah...not that inspiring. But! It's a challenge.
*snorts* Like reading 5 books by August is a challenge for me.
Whatever. It's fun! :) I've got to read 5 adult books. I haven't even started yet. I'll keep you updated...
Friday, June 6, 2008
lovely new books!
For $2 from the Ann Arbor Book Festival (Shaman Drum's table):
- Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free edited by Mary D. Esselman & Elizabeth Ash Velez
B/c I had to have them (from Borders):
- Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
- Frostbite by Richelle Mead
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 4
Paperbackswapped/Bookmooched:
- Off World by Stephanie Vaughan
- A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton
Monday, June 2, 2008
book i've read may 2008
5.1.08
- Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of Paperback by Susan Stryker (A-NF)
- The Anybodies by N.E. Bode (Y)
5.2.08
- Here a Face, There a Face by Arlene Alda (PB)
- Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle & Matt Phelan (PB)
- Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems (PB)
- Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives #1 by Ellen Schreiber & rem (GN)
- Cute Beast by Amayo Tsuge (M)
- The Brook Book: Exploring the Smallest Streams by Jim Arnosky (Y-NF)
- Red River #3 by Chie Shinohara (M)
5.3.08
- Tails Are Not for Pulling by Elizabeth Verdick & Marieka Heinlen (PB)
- Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express by Megan McDonald (Y)
- Happy to Be Girls by Sarah Davies & Jenny Mattheson (PB)
- Hello, Robots by Bob Staake (PB)
- Nobody Laughs at a Lion! by Paul Bright & Matt Buckingham (PB)
- Do Kangaroos Wear Seat Belts? by Jane Kurtz & Jane Manning (PB)
- How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan (YA)
- Chocolat #1 by Shin Ji-Sang & Geo (M)
5.4.08
- Princess in Love by Meg Cabot (YA)
- Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert (A-NF)
5.5.08
- Penguin Revolution #4 by Sakura Tsukuba (M)
- The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #3 by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki (M)
- Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (PB)
5.8.08
- Love Tails by Rachael Hale (PB)
- Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Jen Corace (PB)
- Skippyjon Jones: Color Crazy by Judy Schachner (PB)
- Polo: The Runaway Book by Regis Faller (PB)
- Loveholic #1 by Toko Kawai (M)
- Get Backers #4 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
- Chocolat #2 by Shin JiSang & Geo (M)
5.9.08
- Chicks with Sticks (Knitwise) by Elizabeth Lenhard (YA)
5.11.08
- Uncanny X-Men: Dominant Species by Austen & Asamiya (GN)
- The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #2 by Arina Tanemura (M)
- High School Girls #2 by Towa Oshima (M)
- Chocolat #3 by Shin JiSang & Geo (M)
- Chocolat #4 by Shin JiSang & Geo (M)
- Leon the Chameleon by Melanie Watt (PB)
5.13.08
- Bertie Was a Watchdog by Rick Walton & Arthur Robins (PB)
- A Very Hairy Scary Story by Rick Walton & David Clark (PB)
- Mr. Nick's Knitting by Margaret Wild & Dee Huxley (PB)
- The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (PB)
- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (YA)
- The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti (YA)
5.15.08
- Unforgettable by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
- The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (YA)
5.16.08
- The Adventures of Polo by Regis Faller (PB)
- Snog: A Puppy's Guide to Love by Rachael Hale (A-NF)
- Hybrid Child by Shungiku Nakamura (M)
- Princess Resurrection #3 by Yasunori Mitsunaga (M)
- Forbidden Dance #2 by Hinako Ashihara (M)
- Platinum Garden #2 by Maki Fujita (M)
- Yubisaki Milk Tea #3 by Tomochika Miyano (M)
- Catwoman: Relentless by Ed Brubaker, Cameron Stewart, & Javier Pulido (GN)
- The Mighty Skullboy Army by Jacob Chabot (GN)
- Bond(z) by Toko Kawai (M)
5.17.08
- The Tarot Cafe #6 by Sang-Sun Park (M)
- Words of Devotion #2 by Keiko Konno (M)
- Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins (Y)
- Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track by Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan (A-NF)
5.18.08
- Mugen Spiral #2 by Mizuho Kusanagi (M)
- Let Dai #7 by Sooyeon Won (M)
- Let Dai #8 by Sooyeon Won (M)
- Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett (PB)
5.19.08
- Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer & Marvin Bileck (PB)
- ME2 #1 by Sho Murase (M)
5.21.08
- The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #4 by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki (M)
- The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #5 by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki (M)
- Not Bartlett's: Thoughts on the Pleasures of Life: People, Love, Gardens, Dogs and More edited by Elisa Lufkin (A-NF)
- Fabian Escapes by Peter McCarty (PB)
- The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit by Werner Holzwarth & Wolf Erlbruch (PB)
- The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say Moo by Jonathan Allen (PB)
- When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach & David Small (PB)
- Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt (PB)
- Look Behind!: Tales of Animal Ends by Lola M. Schaefer, Heather Lynn Miller, & Jane Manning (Y-NF)
5.22.08
- The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #6 by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki (M)
- Nana #9 by Ai Yazawa (M)
- Crimson Hero #7 by Mitsuba Takanashi (M)
- The Wallflower #13 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
- The Wallflower #14 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
- The Wallflower #15 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
5.23.08
- Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty (PB)
- Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore & Briana Bolland (GN)
- Ultimate X-Men: Sentinels by Robert Kirman, Oliver, Davidson, Alixe, Miki, Paquette, LaPointe (GN)
- Vogelein: Old Ghosts by Jane Irwin (GN)
- Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers (Y)
5.24.08
- Red River #4 by Chie Shinohara (M)
- Love Recipe #1 by Kirico Higashizato (M)
- Dear Myself by Eiki Eiki (M)
- Nana #10 by Ai Yazawa (M)
5.25.08
- Lake Michigan: A Photographic Portfolio by Ed Wargin (A-NF)
- Doubt!! #1 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
- DearS #1 by Peach-Pit (M)
- Vogelein: Clockwork Fairy by Jane Irwin & Jeff Berndt (GN)
- Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins (Y)
- 3 by Julie Hilden (A)
5.26.08
- The Dangerous Book for Dogs: A Parody by Rex & Sparky, Joe Garden, Janet Ginsburg, Chris Pauls, Anita Serwacki, & Scott Sherman (A)
- Wanted: Assassin's Edition by Mark Millar, JG Jones, & Paul Mounts (GN)
5.27.08
- The Nobodies by N.E. Bode (Y)
5.28.08
- Catwoman: Crooked Little Town by Ed Brubaker (GN)
- DearS #2 by Peach-Pit (M)
5.29.08
- Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and Other Things Not to Do) by Judi Barrett & John Nickle (PB)
- Mole Music by David McPhail (PB)
- Doubt!! #2 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
- Crimson Hero #8 by Mitsuba Takanashi (M)
- Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 by Jaye Zimet (A-NF)
- A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Shoppers by Hillary Carlip (A)
- Rabbit & Squirrel: A Tale of War & Peas by Kara LaReau & Scott Magoon (PB)
- Mr. Pusskins and Little Whiskers: Another Love Story by Sam Lloyd (PB)
5.30.08
- Forbidden Dance #3 by Hinako Ashihara (M)
- DearS #3 by Peach-Pit (M)
5.31.08
- Reclining Nude by Lidia Guibert Ferrara (A-NF)
- Let Dai #9 by Sooyeon Won (M)
- Let Dai #10 by Sooyeon Won (M)
- Let Dai #11 by Sooyeon Won (M)
- Doubt!! #3 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
- Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen (PB)
- Flower of Life #3 by Fumi Yoshinaga (M)
- Catwoman: Selina's Big Score by Darwyn Cooke & Matt Hollingsworth (GN)
05.08 total: 117
8 adult non fiction; 6 youth fiction; 32 picture books; 11 graphic novels; 48 manga; 3 youth non fiction; 7 young adult; 3 adult fiction
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
So behind on new books!!!
Well, I'm behind and I got a whole ton from a bunch of different places recently...
From the Chicago Public Library (for a quarter!):
From the Chicago Public Library (for a quarter!):
- O Solo Homo: The New Queer Performance edited by Holly Hughes & David Roman
From some bargain book store:
- Found II by Davy Rothbart
- Sexy Witch by LaSara FireFox
From Vault!:
- Absolute Boyfriend #6 by Yuu Watase
- Angel: After the Fall #7
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #14
- Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #11
- Serenity: Better Days #3
From Borders while looking for something for someone else (which I got too):
- Gibran's Little Book of Love
Preordered from amazon.com!:
- Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
- Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:
- We Got Issues! edited by Rha Goddess & JLove Calderon
- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
From a mysterious source:
- Eternally Bad: Goddesses with Attitude by Trina Robbins
From the awesome Livonia library book sale:
- Wedding Readings edited by Eleanor Munro
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Immortal by Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder
- Angel: Dark Mirror by Craig Shaw Gardner
- Angel: Redemption byMel Odom
- The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey
- Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey
- The Procession: Poems by Khalil Gibran
- Secrets of Tarot by Annie Lionnet
- Dialogues of Plato edited by Justin D. Kaplan
- Pooh's Little Book of Feng Shui
- Grace Before Meals by A. William Nyce & Hubert Bunyea
- A Child's Book of Blessings compiled by Sabrina Dearborn
- Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
- The Lives of the Saints: For Every Day of the Year, Volumes 1, 2, 3
That's about it. :) Told you it had been awhile... All these amazing new books, YAY!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
The best book title of the day
Someone had it on hold and I had to pull it b/c they didn't pick it up in time. I'm glad b/c otherwise, I probably never would have seen it!
Jesus in Your Backpack by William R. Grimbol
You know, I thought first, "Wow, I didn't know Jesus could fit in a backpack." Then I thought, "Do you feed him in there? Is he like a pet?"
Yes, I know, very wrong. But it made me laugh, which is really a good thing b/c I don't feel much like laughing these days.
And I just looked it up on amazon to get the author name and there's a Buddha in Your Backpack too (by Franz Metcalf). It's just funny. They're books about spirituality for teens. Hee hee.
Jesus in Your Backpack by William R. Grimbol
You know, I thought first, "Wow, I didn't know Jesus could fit in a backpack." Then I thought, "Do you feed him in there? Is he like a pet?"
Yes, I know, very wrong. But it made me laugh, which is really a good thing b/c I don't feel much like laughing these days.
And I just looked it up on amazon to get the author name and there's a Buddha in Your Backpack too (by Franz Metcalf). It's just funny. They're books about spirituality for teens. Hee hee.
The best first line of a children's book EVER!
"Did you know that animal butts are amazing? They are!"
from Look Behind! Tales of Animal Ends by Lola M. Schaefer, Heather Lynn Miller, & Jane Manning
from Look Behind! Tales of Animal Ends by Lola M. Schaefer, Heather Lynn Miller, & Jane Manning
Monday, May 12, 2008
Riding the train!
I'm officially on vacation. And tomorrow (well, in about 8 1/2 hours), I'm taking the train to Chicago! Woo hoo! I'm so excited to ride the train and have nothing to do but read for 4 1/2 hours. Doesn't that sound so cool? :) And I've got a whole train ride back TOO! And three days to explore in Chicago.
I'm bringing about six books with me. *laughs* In my defense, some of them are YA books that will only take me a couple hours to read. So it's not too outrageous! I swear.
And one of my stops in Chicago (if I can find it) will be Powell's. There's a Powell's in Chicago! I had no idea. I adore Powell's. Yay! And if I can find it too, I'll go to the Chicago Public Library. Oh...books. Didn't I tell you I adore them? I'm such a geek, but that's okay. I like me that way.
I'm bringing about six books with me. *laughs* In my defense, some of them are YA books that will only take me a couple hours to read. So it's not too outrageous! I swear.
And one of my stops in Chicago (if I can find it) will be Powell's. There's a Powell's in Chicago! I had no idea. I adore Powell's. Yay! And if I can find it too, I'll go to the Chicago Public Library. Oh...books. Didn't I tell you I adore them? I'm such a geek, but that's okay. I like me that way.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Lovely new books
More adoration for paperbackswap & bookmooch b/c I got THESE books from them:
- Sexual Lives: A Reader on the Theories and Realities of Human Sexualities by Robert Heasley & Betsy Crane
- Babymouse: Beach Babe by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
- Bumperboy and the Loud, Loud Mountain by Debbie Huey
Bumperboy and Babymouse are two of my absolute favorites. :) And I adore Robert and Betsy--I'm so glad to have their book! I've wanted it since they told me it came out. I knew them back at IUP. They were two of the people who kept me sane in that insane place.
Because I was in a book buying mood:
- Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
- The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
And from Borders super bargains:
- Lucinda, Darkly by Sunny
- Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter
I'm not sure if I want to read Lucinda, Darkly anymore. I read one of Sunny's stories in some anthology and didn't like it much. But...it was $2 in the bargain section at Borders. If I don't like it, I can swap it! :)
Monday, May 5, 2008
Want to know what working in a library is really like?
Read Don Borchert's Free for All! This book was awesome! I could relate to MANY of the stories he told. And it was funny!
Check out my favorite quotes:
"Because there is a belief that once you begin to open books, you will become a better person. It is Pandora's box, but in a good way. You are inching toward the promised land, page by page."
"Support your local library.
Get a library card.
Pay your goddamn fines. Man up for Christ's sake. Be a little responsible."
"Love stories are scarce in the library, and this might have something to do with the fact that we tell people to knock it off and take it outside, which is not a good way for a love story to begin. There are quite a few romantics punching the clock for the library, so in the abstract we are rooting for young lovers, but only in the abstract. We don't want urget fumblings in the adult nonfiction stacks, unzipped jeans, or indiscreet wetness. The janitors will have to bring out their most powerful chemicals and an assortment of disinfectants, and the sharp zip of ammonia will give us all headaches."
And my favorite!:
"I don't understand people who will pay $10 to sit in a movie theater for two hours but hesitate to pay a 25-cent fine for a book that is overdue one day. I do not understand people who will lustily throw $40,000 at the shiny red automobile of their choice, but well up with tears and become outraged when they are asked to pay $5 for a damaged videotape. Either they are fucked up and their priorities are fucked up or I am fucked up and my priorities are fucked up.
Because I am me, I think it is them.
I think a free library is an outrageous perk. I think being able to take out fifty books at a time is an astounding luxury, especially if you've priced hardbound books anytime since the Clinton administration. Go into a public library, fill out an application, and here you go, we'll loan you $1,000 worth of materials. Collateral? Nah--just take them. You're good for it. We'd do it for anybody.
And we would."
Check out my favorite quotes:
"Because there is a belief that once you begin to open books, you will become a better person. It is Pandora's box, but in a good way. You are inching toward the promised land, page by page."
"Support your local library.
Get a library card.
Pay your goddamn fines. Man up for Christ's sake. Be a little responsible."
"Love stories are scarce in the library, and this might have something to do with the fact that we tell people to knock it off and take it outside, which is not a good way for a love story to begin. There are quite a few romantics punching the clock for the library, so in the abstract we are rooting for young lovers, but only in the abstract. We don't want urget fumblings in the adult nonfiction stacks, unzipped jeans, or indiscreet wetness. The janitors will have to bring out their most powerful chemicals and an assortment of disinfectants, and the sharp zip of ammonia will give us all headaches."
And my favorite!:
"I don't understand people who will pay $10 to sit in a movie theater for two hours but hesitate to pay a 25-cent fine for a book that is overdue one day. I do not understand people who will lustily throw $40,000 at the shiny red automobile of their choice, but well up with tears and become outraged when they are asked to pay $5 for a damaged videotape. Either they are fucked up and their priorities are fucked up or I am fucked up and my priorities are fucked up.
Because I am me, I think it is them.
I think a free library is an outrageous perk. I think being able to take out fifty books at a time is an astounding luxury, especially if you've priced hardbound books anytime since the Clinton administration. Go into a public library, fill out an application, and here you go, we'll loan you $1,000 worth of materials. Collateral? Nah--just take them. You're good for it. We'd do it for anybody.
And we would."
Sunday, May 4, 2008
David Levithan!
Okay, so I just adore this man's writing. :) Just finished How They Met and Other Stories. Lovely. Especially b/c I'm feeling all lovey and such. Thank you, David, for writing such wonderful books.
Realm of Possibility is still my favorite though.
You know, there's still just so few young adult authors who write fiction for queer kids. That's partly why I love David Levithan. If I was a more accomplished author, I'd write such things. You know what I'd like to see? Young adult lesbian love stories? David and a couple others have written gay boy love stories books, but I can't recall even one about a teenage lesbian couple... Hmmm...might have to research that.
Quotes from How They Met and Other Stories:
I knew I was getting perilously close to opening up my History of Stupid Things Done in the Name of Crushes, but the insidious thing about the History was that I always felt each new blank page had the potential to transform it into a different book. One successful gesture, one successful relationship would suddenly turn it into a History of Stupid Things Done in the Name of Crushes That Were All Redeemed in the End.
--from "Starbucks Boy"
I mean, why is everyone so brainwashed into believing that they have to be in a relationship with one other person? Look at us, Teddy. If anyone were to tell us that the whole girl-boy thing was natural and anything else was unnatural, we'd know they were completely wrong. But have them tell us that every person needs to be with another person in order to be happy, and we nod along like it's the most obvious thing in the world. But there's no reason for it, is theree? It's not a proven truth. It's just some thing that our culture has come to spin itself around, mostly so we'll procreate, and we're the dupes who fall for it over and over and over again.
--from "Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat"
Love weaves itself from hundreds of threads.
We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.
--from "Breaking and Entering"
To love--to fall--is not a question.
To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions.
--from "Without Saying"
It doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third date.
It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirit.
It just has to be.
--from "Intersection"
Realm of Possibility is still my favorite though.
You know, there's still just so few young adult authors who write fiction for queer kids. That's partly why I love David Levithan. If I was a more accomplished author, I'd write such things. You know what I'd like to see? Young adult lesbian love stories? David and a couple others have written gay boy love stories books, but I can't recall even one about a teenage lesbian couple... Hmmm...might have to research that.
Quotes from How They Met and Other Stories:
I knew I was getting perilously close to opening up my History of Stupid Things Done in the Name of Crushes, but the insidious thing about the History was that I always felt each new blank page had the potential to transform it into a different book. One successful gesture, one successful relationship would suddenly turn it into a History of Stupid Things Done in the Name of Crushes That Were All Redeemed in the End.
--from "Starbucks Boy"
I mean, why is everyone so brainwashed into believing that they have to be in a relationship with one other person? Look at us, Teddy. If anyone were to tell us that the whole girl-boy thing was natural and anything else was unnatural, we'd know they were completely wrong. But have them tell us that every person needs to be with another person in order to be happy, and we nod along like it's the most obvious thing in the world. But there's no reason for it, is theree? It's not a proven truth. It's just some thing that our culture has come to spin itself around, mostly so we'll procreate, and we're the dupes who fall for it over and over and over again.
--from "Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat"
Love weaves itself from hundreds of threads.
We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.
--from "Breaking and Entering"
To love--to fall--is not a question.
To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions.
--from "Without Saying"
It doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third date.
It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirit.
It just has to be.
--from "Intersection"
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