It never hurts to call companies to see if you can get a better deal. I recently looked at the phone/internet bill and was struck by how high it was, so I called the cable company for a price to switch internet over. I then put off calling the phone company to see how much just having landline service would cost because they have crap hours ( ( Read more... )

Ouji Reizoku 1 ~Senko Ibun~ by Yashiro Yoneka and illustrated by Rikuyu Chikako is the first of two books set in a Chinese fantasy world. I've only read the first volume so far, but it was highly amusing. Story is about the oldest son of a kingdom who is a prince but has no real status since his mother was not high class and had no family backing. ( Read more... )

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While idly looking around I saw that rusalkaz had posted the illustrations from volume 1 of Shiawase ni dekiru by Tanizaki Izumi and illustrated by Rikuyu Chikako with explanations (from the drama CD) here. I had been planning to write about this series (12 books total), but now I don't have to! I'll just talk about my impression of the entire series ( Read more... )