Boxing day 2012

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• Chapter Book: I'm addicted to books on CD :)
  
  1. Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon (Prequel) by Jonathan Stroud.
     - Borrowed from BPL.
     - Read by Simon Jones.
     - This is the story when Bartimaeus met and talked with King Solomon.
     - Bartimaeus' tongue is as sharp as ever regardless who his master is!
     - Asmira is a great character. And of course King Solomon.
  2. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart.
     - Borrowed from APL.
     - Read by Del Roy.
     - Perilous journey indeed.
     - and all well that ends well.
• Manga:
  
  1. Pride 4 by Yukari Ichijo
     - JManga.
     - The team SRM is moving forward but there are obstacles they can't overcome.
     - Shio's fiance's revealed.
     - Jinno's half sister isn't a bad kid.
     - I look forward to more :)
  2. Slam Dunk (スラムダンク) 22-24: by Takehiko Inoue.
     - borrowed from ILL
     - 1st round of Nationals!
     - I don't like the "Ace Killer"'s actions because I don't think it's sportsmanship to win by hurting the ace player in the other team - one can say that the end justifies the means. Winning is everything. I don't agree with that.
     - I almost catch up with Viz release.
     - I forgot to mention it last time, that volum 4 I borrowed was published by Gutsoon! That means Slam Dunk is a rescued license. Interesting.
  3. Ooku 7 by Fumi Yoshinaga.
     - borrowed from BPL.
     - Now we are back to the end of book 1.
     - There are aways 2 sides of any story/event.
     - I'm curious to see what's going to happen next. How the shogun plans to reform the inner chamber and the current system.
  4. Young Miss Holmes, Casebook 3-4 by Kaoru Shintani.
     - Continue to be interesting.
     - I enjoyed the two maids' back-stories for Nora and AnnMarie and how AnnMarie is very protective of Kristie :)
     - Kristie's parents are nice.
  5. Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura 9 by Arina Tanemura.
     - Borrowed from BPL.
     - Aoba's secrets and actions revealed.
     - Lots of kissing scenes as the author mentioned.

Rambling:

• Les Fleurs du passé (Natsuyuki Rendez-vous) (4 volumes complete) by Haruka Kawachi is licensed by Komikku and will be out in France February 2013 via Manga Conseil. I already bought the Japanese books, all 4 of them. I'm debating if I want to go for it in French, too.
• Viz's new website is very nice and shiny, check out the release dates page here up to March 2013 :) that means all my links are obsolete. It's a good thing I abandoned that format!
• Kinokuniya has free shipping until the end of today (11:59pm 12/26/12).