heads up for manga fans

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heads up for manga fans

rightstuf.com has a codeword sale ("bookit") for Tokyopop books, including preorders...brings Tokyopop books to 33% off, 40% if your one of their members.

cdrama: Twin of Brothers

 Short version:

Chi-Ling/Ron Ng suck, is incredibly boring and his "romance" with Fei Huan/Leila Tong is a study in sanctimonious boredom.  Really, his entirely storyline and all the "good guys"  in it sucks, even though he gets awesome villains.

Kau Chong/Raymond Lam is awesome and compensated for it and had a great and cute romance.

( longer version )

cdrama: Twin of Brothers

 Short version:

Chi-Ling/Ron Ng suck, is incredibly boring and his "romance" with Fei Huan/Leila Tong is a study in sanctimonious boredom.  Really, his entirely storyline and all the "good guys"  in it sucks, even though he gets awesome villains.

Kau Chong/Raymond Lam is awesome and compensated for it and had a great and cute romance.

( longer version )

Wired by Liz Maverick

Wired is the second book in  dorchester's Shomi line, which is a line of romance novels that I've read(though, IMO, neither or the 2 I've read  are romance so much as scifi with a romantic subplot.)  To be honest, I'm considerably less thrilled with it than I expected to be.  I've only read one other book by Maverick, The Shadow Runners, and loved it, so I went into Wired with expectations.

Wired is about Roxy Zaborovsky, a computer programmer who gets "mugged" on he way to the 7-11 at 2 a.m.  Except she wasn't getting mugged.  Two agents for opposing forces were trying to get ahold of her for a code she hasn't written yet.  One of the Mason Merrick, was her college rommate's boyfriend, while the other, Leo Kaysar a supposedly dangerously seductibe englishman(he seemed rather blah to me, really) she's never met before.  Roxy soon learns that she's caught up in a game where Mason and Leo(and apparently other we don't meet) are able to reset and rewrite reality to suit their needs.  The book is ok, and it has an interesting plot, but it just couldn't hold me...I read it quickly because I had 4 hours and the only other entertainment option at the time was looking out the 3rd floor window while people looed for a parking spot(which isn't to say I would have dropped it otherwise-I wouldn't, but it would have taken me longer to read.)  

Part of the problem, I think is that while Roxy and Mason were ok, leo was just...there.  He was supposed to be dark and appealing and dangerous, and seeing him that way is rather important to enjoying the book.  The other problem is that reality was rest so much tat I just couldn't keep up with it.

Still, it was a good enough read, and interesting, it just didn't work as well for me as I expected it to.

Wired by Liz Maverick

Wired is the second book in  dorchester's Shomi line, which is a line of romance novels that I've read(though, IMO, neither or the 2 I've read  are romance so much as scifi with a romantic subplot.)  To be honest, I'm considerably less thrilled with it than I expected to be.  I've only read one other book by Maverick, The Shadow Runners, and loved it, so I went into Wired with expectations.

Wired is about Roxy Zaborovsky, a computer programmer who gets "mugged" on he way to the 7-11 at 2 a.m.  Except she wasn't getting mugged.  Two agents for opposing forces were trying to get ahold of her for a code she hasn't written yet.  One of the Mason Merrick, was her college rommate's boyfriend, while the other, Leo Kaysar a supposedly dangerously seductibe englishman(he seemed rather blah to me, really) she's never met before.  Roxy soon learns that she's caught up in a game where Mason and Leo(and apparently other we don't meet) are able to reset and rewrite reality to suit their needs.  The book is ok, and it has an interesting plot, but it just couldn't hold me...I read it quickly because I had 4 hours and the only other entertainment option at the time was looking out the 3rd floor window while people looed for a parking spot(which isn't to say I would have dropped it otherwise-I wouldn't, but it would have taken me longer to read.)  

Part of the problem, I think is that while Roxy and Mason were ok, leo was just...there.  He was supposed to be dark and appealing and dangerous, and seeing him that way is rather important to enjoying the book.  The other problem is that reality was rest so much tat I just couldn't keep up with it.

Still, it was a good enough read, and interesting, it just didn't work as well for me as I expected it to.

go forth and rec anime

My newly spawned anime fan,  calixa, needs anime recs.   She likes mysteries, comedy, romantic comedy, wuxia, cute otps, and fluff.  Here is her post on what she's seen so far.  Go forth and rec.  But no yaoi.  And only good stuff.  Friends don't rec bad anime to friends of friends.

go forth and rec anime

My newly spawned anime fan,  calixa, needs anime recs.   She likes mysteries, comedy, romantic comedy, wuxia, cute otps, and fluff.  Here is her post on what she's seen so far.  Go forth and rec.  But no yaoi.  And only good stuff.  Friends don't rec bad anime to friends of friends.

Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning Vol 1

 After many years of waiting, i have finally read volume 1 of the Spiral manga.  I am in love.  Course, I was already in love thanks to the anime.  But I am feeling lazy, so I shall simply link to my post about the first volume of the anime here, which tells you what it's about.  There are plot differences, of course(largely the anime pulling stuff out...the opening story in the manga is a lot more details and complex, and doesn't involve Saiyoko at all, but rather, several other Blade Children) but it all still applies.

I was actually a bit worried going in...I spoiled myself for the manga recently, and...man...

The anime, once you look past the detecting and logic and cute OTP and manga insanity is pretty much a study in how much angst, self-doubt and emotional manpain you can pile on a guy without crushing him(the answer apparently being "endless, as long as he has a super cute and perky girl to be his cheerleader") but the manga?  That is a whole new level.  Yeesh.  Yet I am still in love.

Also, if you think Hiyono transcends genres in the anime, just wait until you read the manga.  It may be shonen, but that doesn't mean she can't summon up a swarm of sparkles and/or flowers to accompany her appearances if she wants to.

 

Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning Vol 1

 After many years of waiting, i have finally read volume 1 of the Spiral manga.  I am in love.  Course, I was already in love thanks to the anime.  But I am feeling lazy, so I shall simply link to my post about the first volume of the anime here, which tells you what it's about.  There are plot differences, of course(largely the anime pulling stuff out...the opening story in the manga is a lot more details and complex, and doesn't involve Saiyoko at all, but rather, several other Blade Children) but it all still applies.

I was actually a bit worried going in...I spoiled myself for the manga recently, and...man...

The anime, once you look past the detecting and logic and cute OTP and manga insanity is pretty much a study in how much angst, self-doubt and emotional manpain you can pile on a guy without crushing him(the answer apparently being "endless, as long as he has a super cute and perky girl to be his cheerleader") but the manga?  That is a whole new level.  Yeesh.  Yet I am still in love.

Also, if you think Hiyono transcends genres in the anime, just wait until you read the manga.  It may be shonen, but that doesn't mean she can't summon up a swarm of sparkles and/or flowers to accompany her appearances if she wants to.

 

because that's JUST the kind of guy Roy Mustang is...

Apparently, there is fanfic out there for Mustang and Hughes's wife.  Because, you know, he's just the kind of guy to go after his best friend's grieving widow.  This is wrong on rather extreme levels, IMO.  (He will, of course, carefully screen all applicants for suitors for both wife and daughter...it's what any playboy dutiful best friend would do...he knows what's out there.)

I also just read issues #50-52 of Teen Titans.  It seems not even Lobo can hold my attention through TT these days.  Or Future Evil Titans(not a fan of theirs, but they're interesting) A pity, as I've rally liked Sean McKeever in the past.

because that's JUST the kind of guy Roy Mustang is...

Apparently, there is fanfic out there for Mustang and Hughes's wife.  Because, you know, he's just the kind of guy to go after his best friend's grieving widow.  This is wrong on rather extreme levels, IMO.  (He will, of course, carefully screen all applicants for suitors for both wife and daughter...it's what any playboy dutiful best friend would do...he knows what's out there.)

I also just read issues #50-52 of Teen Titans.  It seems not even Lobo can hold my attention through TT these days.  Or Future Evil Titans(not a fan of theirs, but they're interesting) A pity, as I've rally liked Sean McKeever in the past.