Thursday, April 28, 2011

World War II stories are hard to write well, as this one shows all too clearly

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I don’t often get stuck in the middle of a book that I just can’t stand. I can  usually shift them out a mile away, and then avoid them like...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Manga Monday: Meet the Red Ribbon Army

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Last time, in Dragon Ball VizBig 1 We've met Goku, our pint-sized, monkey-tailed adventurer, and now he's entered the “Strongest Ma...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Manga Monday: A martial arts dojo where literally ANYTHING goes

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It must be hard to be a dojo leader and only have had daughters.  Eventually, he’ll need to find an appropriate boy to take over the leaders...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

An outspoken, brazen girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution

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Many memoir writers are not terribly good at really being honest with the reader. While writing a memoir should be a reflective exercise, ...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Manga Monday: Why is it that no one seems to get a reward that they actually want when they do something good?

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In the anime movie Whisper of the Heart , there is a scene where we meet a grey cat statue wearing a tuxedo. Later on, the main character S...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

When a beauty named Rose meets a half-man, half-beast in early 1900s San Francisco...

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Books based on fairy tales tend to be a very relaxing type of story.   We already know the basic structure that it will have. The settings o...
Monday, March 7, 2011

Manga Monday: Can a street girl be taught the same way as the upper class?

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Maids have a strange place in Japan pop culture. Maid cafés are fantastically popular in the big cities, especially Tokyo . They seem to ha...