Bounce Back by Misako Rocks!
I picked up Bounce Back by Misako Rocks! several weeks ago, while I was in the vehicle waiting for someone to leave the grocery store. I did not get very far, so when I picked it up again a few days ago, I skimmed to remind myself what was going on. I realized I had missed pages and a couple plot points. So, not off to a good start for this cute book with diversity and contemporary themes. But I got into the swing of […]
The Way of the Househusband vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono
CBR14Bingo – Funky: I can’t think of much funkier than a former yakuza gangster applying the same energy to bargain hunting as offing people. And, it’s my first BINGO! I’d heard wonderful things about this manga, so when I saw it was finally available at my library, well, I jumped on it. It’s a hilarious collection of loosely connected slice-of-life stories from a yakuza who’s traded turf battles for bargain sales. Tatsu has retired from being the infamous “Immortal Dragon” of the yakuza underworld to become […]
Cursed Princess Club Volume One by Lambcat
Cursed Princess Club Volume Two by Lambcat
Cursed Princess Club Volume One created by Lambcat is a WebToons special. In January 2023 volumes one and two (the summer of 2023) will be (hopefully) published in a physical format (as long as there are no broken-down trucks, snowstorms, printing issues, or acts of the Great Spaghetti Monster). When the King of the Pastel Kingdom wakes his children in the morning, one is sleeping in the flowers that grows wherever she is, one has birds and critters brushing her hair, one is delighting and sparkling […]
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes vol. 12 by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, Kohei Horikoshi
Bingo 13: Series My Hero Academia is a pretty popular well-known manga series; surprisingly it’s main manga spin-off is also quite popular; usually the spin-off is only kinda popular or short-lived. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is kind of a prequel and it’s recently concluded, although I’m not quite to that point myself. Volume 12 definitely seems like it’s part of a final arc though, especially since a good chunk of it is what I suspect is meant to be revealing backstory. I’m guessing that giving […]
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, vols. 13-14. by Aidalro
I’m going part literal and part metaphorical with the shadows with vols. 13-14 of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. On the literal side, a good chunk of the story in these two parts of the series take place in the spirit world which seems like a shadowy place, and the spirits who can cross into the real world are almost always popping up out of a shadow. This is also the part of the story where two shadows (ie mysteries) that have been going on for a while […]
Witch Hat Atelier, volume one by Kamome Shirahama
CBR14 Bingo: “Rec’d” – This book was recommended by Darcy, one of my favorite booksellers at Mysterious Galaxy bookstore. My favorite independent bookstore is also doing book bingo this summer. With Witch Hat Atelier I was able to cross off a bingo square about recommendations on both my Cannonball Bingo (Rec’d) and Mysterious Galaxy’s (Staff pick) bingo cards. Happily that was the last square I needed to complete a Mysterious Galaxy bingo and now I get a 20% discount on a book at the store! […]
