week 8 and some of 9 reading
(36) Something Sinful by Suzanne Enoch-This one reminded me of why I like this author's historical romances. Intelligent heroine, nice(and intelligent) hero and lots of wit. As always with Enoch, the history is far from perfect(but much better than many other authors) but not so off that it jars me, and my requirement is nothing that makes me go "wait...that's not right" as I'm reading, as opposed to when I think about it. Now if we could just do something about
37) Hana Kimi Vol 16 by Hisaya Nakajo-The near-ultimate comfy cuddly read. I seem to be becoming rather fond of Shin, he's kind of what you get when you toss Sano and Nakatsu in a pot and set it to stew. This volume was pitifully lacking in Nanba, but they tried to compensate with Kagurazaka. There wasn't much Umeda, either, but his scolding Nakatsu for freaking out of Mizuki getting a scrape and then fussing over it himself is worth a lot of mileage.
38) The Serpent of the Crown by Elizabeth Peters-Quite possibly my favorite novel series ever. The only reason it took me so long to get to this book is because the PB edition is in that horribly "new and easier to read" format they tried out last year. Which really sucks because it was hard to read more than 15-20 pages of this at a time. Anyway, this book was as awesome as always, and I almost literally squealed when Sethos showed up. That Margaret really needs to wise up and say yes the next time he proposes. And I love that, as always, Ramses really is more like a younger and far more moral Sethos than he is like Emerson. That said, I'm a little worried about Amelia. Yeah, a large part of the appeal to Amelia is that she sees herself as extremely grounded and practical, and while that's true, she's also a hopeless romantic. But now...I don't know, I'm worry she may be starting to lose it or something.
39) Buso Renkin Vol 4 by Nobuhiro Watsuki-I maintain that this book came to be when Watsuki sat down with his editor and was told to make something like Bleach. Which it's not as good as, much less Rurouni Kenshin. Still, it is rather good and worth getting. This volume mostly focused on the Hayasaka twins, and I'm glad things turned out well with them. That said...what IS it with me and liking characters who like to disappear for multiple volumes? You'd think I'd be used to it after Magatsu...first manga, first manga crush, favorite in Blade of the Immortal...sigh...
40) Pearl Pink Vol 1 by Meca Tanaka-This is a rather cute series. I got it on a whim because my Basara wasn't in yet, and I'm glad I did. For dorama fans, it reminds me a lot of It Started With A Kiss--if Xiang Qin were a tomboy and Zhi Shu were nicer to her and got stuck picking up hisd dad's porn from the bookstore all the time. It's a very fun, light shojo and rather sweet.
(41) Basara Vol 22 by Yumi Tamura-"eyes long post from yesterday and spares flist*