Saint Francis, Kuroko, Goong, Kamisama Kiss, and Gate 7

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• Chapter Book:
  
  1. The Way of Saint Francis: Teachings and Practices for Daily Life - by Father Murray Bodo
     - Borrowed from BPL.
     - Read by author.
     - It's like the title says, on Saint Francis' teaching and practices for daily life - meditation.
     - SPORT = Silence, Patience, Open, R (I can't remember what it was and I had returned the CD! I'm inclined to say "Rest"), Time: the five keys of Franciscan spirituality.
     - Little I know about Saint Francis is this prayer "Lord, make me a channel of your peace...", and he was a knight, from a rich family, but became a friar, a great friend of Saint Clare, his statue with birds and creatures surrounding him.
     - The book talks more about his life with his family when he was young and the conflicts with his father.
• Anime:
  
  1. Kuroko's basketball 2 epi 3-7
     - epi 3-6: The Winter Cup preliminaries. 2 games.
     - epi 7: back story of the 2nd years when they were first year :) I'm surprised at Hyuga's last year hair color.
• Manga:
  
  1. Goong 13 by So Hee Park
     - borrowed from ILL
     - Prince Shin and Chae-Kyung try to live separate lives.
     - There are people to help distract themselves from their pains and love, but ...
     - Chae-Kyung went on group date with somewhat disastrous results!
     - extra story from when the Daebi (Yul's mother) when she was young and ambitious :P I can't say I sympathize for her after reading the story, though.
  2. Kamisama Kiss 13 by Julietta Suzuki.
     - Borrowed from BPL
     - Himemiko's arc ends and Tomoe's arc hinted/started?
  3. Gate 7 4 by Clamp.
     - Borrowed from APL
     - Alliance was made and more characters showed up.
     - It'll be bloody.
     - Very pretty art.

Rambling:

• I thought I had read more than the list above, apparently, I've spent a lot of time this past week reading The Earl and The Fairy translations here
• From Kino last week:
  • Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii (それでも世界は美しい) 1-4 by Shiina Dai
  • Arashi to Doctor (嵐とドクター) by Shiina Dai - I'm not sure what the story is about, but there seems to be a vet - the man in the white robe and Arashi.
  • Cipher 3-4 by Minako NARITA, Aizōban release to celebrate Hakusensha's 40th anniversary
  • Doubutsu no Oisha-san - 動物のお医者さん 1 by Sasaki Noriko, Aizōban release to celebrate Hakusensha's 40th anniversary
  • From Eroica With Love 38 by Yasuko Aoike - which is still in shrink wraps!
  • Golden Days (ゴールデン・デイズ) 1-7 and last bunko by TAKAO Shigeru