Monday, July 23, 2012

Manga Monday: Perhaps Lydia needs to listen to her cat more often

›
A kidnapping, a betrayal and a death follow Miss Lydia to the Isle of Manan in The Earl and the Fairy Volume 2 . Note:   The Earl and t...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

A half-fairy girl battles the fairy courts in 1930s America

›
1935 was a hard year, in the middle of a hard decade, for the Great Plains.  Beyond The Great Depression, which had the entire country in it...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Manga Monday: I suppose it makes sense that evil soul stealers would incorporate...

›
We learn more about Rinne - and his terribly dysfunctional family - in Rin-Ne Volume 4 . Note: Rin-Ne Volume 4  is, of course, the seq...
Friday, July 13, 2012

If the pantheon was real, they'd probably have to advertise like everyone else.

›
Thankfully, in our world, any gods and goddesses that might exist take a very hands-off approach to their followers.  Even if a person has a...
Friday, July 6, 2012

Royal intrigue, lost books and magic all come to a head

›
Diana's magic can no longer be ignored in Deborah Harkness' second novel in the 'All Souls' trilogy, Shadow of Night . ...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Manga Monday: Sometimes a day trip doesn't work out quite as planned

›
Asumi has a crisis of confidence, but her friends rally to pull her through in Twin Spica Volume 3 . Note:   Twin Spica Volume 3 is...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

A brief look at wearing kimono in modern society

›
As much as Japan as modernized and westernized in the last fifty years, there is still something of the classical there.  New apartment buil...