First time at the BookExpo today. Brought home a huge haul: 49 books in 5 tote bags on 2 bruised and aching shoulders. All huge trade paperbacks or hardcovers too. Quite the strength-building workout and when this ibuprofen wears off I'm going to regret it.

I just learned of it last week and decided to go. (It is ridiculous, btw, that I hang out ( Read more... )

Because usomitai helped choose the last book I read, I agreed I'd offer my opinion in exchange ( Read more... )

While I didn't manage to post as often as I'd like, I did manage to complete the resolution I made for this year which was to read 150 books (manga counts) and for them all to be books off my own shelves, not any that had been loaned to me... argh... no wait, that last batch of scanslations wasn't off my shelf, DARN IT! but I still hit 150 without ( Read more... )

A couple of bloggers are getting together over here to celebrate less popular or obscure young adult books, and so I also decided to contribute a list of YA books that I have enjoyed over the years that other people may not have heard of.
The rule for obscurity is to appear in the libraries of less than 500 people on Librarything. While these 10 ( Read more... )