2 weeks!!!

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• Anime: All watching on CrunchyRoll
  
  1. Kuroko's Basketball - Epi 61-63
     - Kise's and Kuroko's game concludes. I was right. Apparently, I'm a Kise fan.
     - Epi 63: Middle school time, preparing for the final. They are all so cute and babyish. I didn't expect Aoi to be this nice :) I do enjoy this looking back.
  2. Sailor Moon Crystal - Epi 19-20
     - Time travel to the future.
  3. My Love Story - Epi 1-2
     - so fun.
  4. Yamada-kun and the seven witches - Epi 1-2
     - What fun. The anime zooms through the manga! I read the manga first before watching the anime, though.
  5. Song of the Sea
     - borrowed from BPL.
     - Beautifully drawn. Lovely songs. Great story about siblings.
• Chapter Book:
  
  1. The Perfect Gentleman (The Love and Temptation Series Book 7) by M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney)
     - Borrowed from bpl
     - Regency Novel. Last book of "The Love and Temptation Series."
     - Fast read, entertaining.
  2. Tortall: Song of the Lioness, book 2: In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
     - Borrowed from bpl, overdrive
     - Read by Trini Alvarado
     - Alana's adventure continues: becoming squire then knight. Secret revealed to everyone.
     - George confessed his feelings but willing to wait.
  3. In the company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
     - Borrowed from apl - one click
     - read by Adjoa Andoh
     - Story about lost love, strict and depriving parent, ballet, escaping.
     - Gossips.
     - There are misunderstanding but the characters didn't let it last which I'm glad. A good read and the reader is very good.
  4. The Sisters Grimm Book 2: The Unsual Suspects by Michael Buckley
     - Borrowed from apl - one click
     - read by L.J Ganser
     - More mysteries. More fairy tales characters showing up, some are unexpected darker.
  5. Relistened: Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke
  6. Relistened: Boy by Roald Dahl
  7. Relistened: Enchanted Glass by Dianna Wynne Jones
  8. Already read/listened: The Intrigue by M.C. Beaton
     - read by Charlotte Anne Dore
• Manga:
  
  1. Shindo 3 by Akira Saso
     - From Crunchyroll here
     - Wao's entrance exam and heartbreak.
     - Highly recommended :)
     - Next is the last volume!
  2. A silent voice chapters 1-62 - the end by Ichigo Takano
     - From Crunchyroll here
     - Very good. So good I marathoned to finish it!
     - Bullying. Jealousy. Trying to make amends. Depressions.
     - Friendship. Correcting past mistakes. Family relationship when there's a child with disability - deaf, siblings, husband-wife.
  3. My Love Story 4 story by Kazune Kawahara and art by Aruko - Viz Ebook
     - Suna's sister is back and her friend is causing trouble in the name of helping her!!!
     - Another enjoyable volume.
     - The fishing trip when Takeo and Suna were little is so cute and the little person whom Takeo helped was Yamato :) - awwww.
  4. Voice Over! 10 by Maki Minami - viz app
     - Fun read.
     - Mizuki realized his feelings.
     - Sedo tried to make friends and he may suspect something. He's so awkward.
  5. Natsume's Book of Friends 16-17 by Yuki Midorikawa
     - They've been sitting on my toberead pile until last week! Oh why have I waited so long to read these enjoyable volumes.
     - in 16 I can't figure out where Natsume's right hand is. Is Natsume putting his hand in his friend's pocket?
     - 17 - Natsume's fan club - heh.
  6. Master Keaton 2 by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki
     - Another volume of great stories.
  7. Stepping on Roses 1-9 by Rinko Ueda
     - 1 and 2 are reread. 8-9 are on ebook.
     - This is a total soap opera :) so should be read with that in mind. Will donate the books to local library unless my friendlist is interested.
  8. Daisy, lycéennes à Fukushima 1-2 - the end by Reiko Momochi - in French
     - The story follow 4 high schoolers who live in Fukushima at the time of the Tsunami 3/11/2011.
     - rebuild, heartache, sadness.
     - One girl moved to Tokyo because of the worries about the radiation her Tokyo boyfriend broke up with her when finding out that she was in Fukushima when the event happened. She then moved back home and tried to commit suicide, but was rescued, then moved away again.
     - One girl's father grows rice and people refused to buy his products for fear of level of radiation in the soil.
     - There are hopes and rebuild.
     - There are some reality checks between what the government announced and the area reality.
  9. Journal d'une fangirl 1 by Sanae Uno- in French
     - A story about a girl who's a fujoshi - somehow she's got roped into helping out 2 boys that she's been observing secretly on commute train daily. It turned out that they always knew she was observing them and using her reaction to create their story board. They are mangaka.
     - There seems to be some story behind their friendship, but I'm not interested enough to continue.
     - drop!
  10. The Boys Over Flowers Season 2 chapter 5 by Yoko Kamio
      - All 3 chapters are available on Viz manga website: here
      - I wonder who sent her the package.
  11. Kiss Him Not Me chapter 23 by Junko
      - From Crunchyroll here
      - Kae and the other girl had a disagreement about fanship. Educating the boys.
  12. Kamisama Kiss 16-17 by Julietta Suzuki
      - Borrowed from opl
      - Vol 16: reread.
      - Traveling to the past arc ends with volume 17. Nanami and Tome are so cute.
  13. My neighbor Seki 1 by Takuma Morishige
      - Borrowed from opl
      - So much fun to read. There are some stories that are not animated and I'm glad.
  14. Pandora Hearts 21-22 by Jun Mochizuki
      - I've been waiting to borrow volume 22 but finally decided to request my local lib to buy since they have volumes 1-21 :) and they did. Yay.
      - 21 is a reread
      - 22 is very sad! I suppose the story is at climax and things need to get uglier and uglier.
  15. Reread Puzzle 1-13 by Ryo IKUEMI - in French
      - Story is so good.
  16. Fleur de demon 1 by Oto Hisamu - in French
      - The story is about a demon who found an infant girl and raised her.
      - In volume 1, the girl is about 9 or 10. The demon is 300 :)
      - There are 2 demons coming to drag him back so far they aren't successful.
  17. Yamada-kun and the 7 witches 1-5 by Miki Yoshikawa
      - From Crunchyroll here
      - Yamada reminds me of Sedai from NG Life by Mizuho KUSANAGI.
      - Fun fast read. There are some fan services but it's not so blatant to me so far.
      - It seems like a semi harem and shonen - like to me. I like the part when the students start to be friend with each other.

French license News via Manga Conseil:
• Uso-Kano by Mikase Hayashi, June 2015, 5 volumes ongoing, shojo, Shojo des éditions Tonkam. Looks cute? I may check out.
• Mon étoile secrète (My secret star) by Qiaolin Wang et He Wang, 1 volume complete, manhua, 22 mai 2015, Urban China.
• eta: this news was awhile ago that's why I forgot: Gwendoline by Yoko Hanabusa, June 2015, 6 volumes deluxe complete, shojo, Isan Manga. Classic and cute? I may check out.