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  • Fall Comics

    Spy x Family vol 13-14 by Tatsuya Endo The latest chapters in the Spy x Family saga are as thrilling, and funny as usual. I didn’t expect for there to be a spotlight on Mr. Henderson and Martha, much less have a tragic romance during the war, but I loved it! It reminded me a bit…

  • Reading Log 2024

    1, 212 books! Or 1, 213. I forgot if added The Making of Gone with the Wind to my count as the last book of the year, and I’m too tired to recount everything again. Still, you read that right. Over a 1,000 books in one year. If you don’t believe look down below at…

  • Book of the Month: Spy x Family

    Honestly, not much to delve into her as I reread the first volume of Spy x Family for book club. Okay, there was a little as hindsight allows me to appreciate Twilight’s mission all the more. First, reading it you think he is like any other heroic archtype in his intense devotion to his country…

  • April Books

    Spy x Family vol 11 by Tatsuya Endo Endo’s delightful spy family goes on a field trip! Okay, only Anya is going on a field trip and she’s determined to step up her role in becoming friends with Donovan Desmond and the rest of the Desmond family. Which she has the perfect opportunity to do…

  • Fullmetal Alchemist

    Remember last year when I said I almost finished Fullmetal Alchemist if only my library picked up the missing volume 9. Well, four months later, I finally got to read volume 9. That plus my friend gifted me the 20th anniversary edition so I have all the Fullmetal content I could want. So let’s get…

  • Reading Log 2023

    Last year, I read an amazing 500 books so this year it was only reasonable that I reach a little more and try to get to 600. I didn’t. I got to 700 books!! And yes, maybe it’s considered “cheating” if you count those graphic novels and lower grade books that are easy to read…

  • Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 11-17

    Even though the library didn’t have vol 9 or 10, I had to know what happened next and went straight for 11. Thankfully, it was easy to sum up what had happened in between though I was shocked. Armstrong has a sister!! Prince Ling’s body was taking over by Greed! May has joined up with…

  • November Books

    Hotel of Secrets by Diane Biller It is New Years Eve in Vienna and Maria Wallner is determined to rebbuild the Wallner Hotel, her family legacy even though her mother neglected it throughout the economic downturn. The hotel is her life and provides a distraction from romance which all of Vienna is waiting for her…

  • Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 1-8

    Alright, I started a new manga. One of the most popular ones apparently so this is a more spoilery what I thought about the first half of the series rather than a full-on review. But I guess it doesn’t matter since the spoilers won’t make sense to someone who hasn’t read them. Let’s get to…

  • Oct Books

    The Moonlit Vine by Elizabeth Santiago Santiago’s debut novel begins with the conquest of the Caribbean as Anacoana’s daughter watches the conquistadors burn down her kingdom. She and her own daughter are in hiding and she gifts her with a zemi that will protect her and connect her to her ancestors. In the present day,…