Magus of the Library vols. 1-3 by Mitsu Izumi
Bingo Review 3: Pandemic. I’m going a little out of my planned order here, but that’s just the way things turned out. I’d been in a weird head-space for a few days, and I went to a bookstore a little further away because they had something I wanted that the shop closer didn’t. It turns out the place I went had a buy 2 get 1 free deal on manga and graphic novels, so I picked up Magus of the Library 1. That turned out […]
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
I saw the author post something on social media before this was released about how some early readers didn’t think the novella had enough fighting to be wuxia. Zen Cho said that was because she meant for the novella to be a fan-fic of an imaginary 50 episode tv series of that genre. I don’t really know much about wuxia but I do think that The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water has the flavor of it at least. The general premise is […]
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
…because lord knows we cannot deal with any more from that dreadful she-who-must-not-be-named and her unquenchable desire to hurt the hearts and minds of the people who grew up with, admired, and felt welcomed by Harry Potter and company. People are who they say they are, and she-who-must-not-be-named can do us all a favor and shout her nonsense directly into a portal to hell. Anywho! Luckily, Becky Chambers is on the scene to raise our spirits through the roof and out into the beautiful and […]
Illuminae (Illuminae Files 1) by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
If you take some of the more famous bits that include humans from 2001: Space Odyssey, add a probably evil corporation out to destroy everyone and everything the main characters hold dear, a deadly zombie-like virus, and two main characters who are teenagers who have just broken up at the beginning of all the trouble, you have the basic premise of Illuminae (The Illuminae Files_01). If you know the basic types just noted, then you know the characters and the narrative already for the most […]
Drrrr!! vol. 9 (light novel) by Ryohgo Narita
There have been about 2 light novel series that have been adapted into other formats that I’ve liked all versions of roughly equally. Drrrr!! (ie Durarara!!) is one. I’ve just finished volume 9, and I think there’s only a few more to go to finished the story; this novel is also a good bit past where the anime and manga versions that I’ve gotten through are at. One of things about this particular story is that there are a lot of characters to keep track […]
Network Effect by Martha Wells
I don’t often pre-order, but the Murderbot series is one of the few that I will do that for. I am however realizing that this often means I have to wait a few days after the release to actually get the book; this was true even before pandemic close/slow-downs. This meant that I was getting a little impatient for Network Effect to show up. When the novel showed up, I got into it right away, and I think this might have been a bit of […]
