Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 10 by Kamome Shirahama

Spoilers ahead for earlier volumes.

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Hunting vampires is a hellish and violent occupation.


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Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 9 by Kamome Shirahama

They go to the fair. Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.

Some Coco being amazed, some the girls showing off their contraptions -- Agott is forbidden to use hers in the procession -- an interlude involving the king and politics, and another with a Knight Moralis -- and Coco's past, and the recruitment of ( Read more... )

An attempt to take a crunchy subject and make it go down smoothly, so people will be less stupid about statistics.


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Apples of Immortality: Folktales of Armenia by Leon Z. Surmelian

A collection, starting with fairy tales and going on to other folktales of fools and clever characters, and such like mundane tales.

You have to know your fairy tales to recognize many of the types. Even the Cinderella variant -- The Red Cow features not only a quite different helper, ( Read more... )

The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South by Robert D. San Souci ( Read more... )

A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars by AJ Sherwood was fun. Bel is part demon, so he needs a human familiar... or maybe two.

This is m/m/m polyamory. There's a lot of light-hearted humour, but one of the characters (Nico) is a bit of a caricature because of it. I enjoyed the book, but keep it for when you're not in the mood for multi-layered

Trailer Park Trickster by David Slayton was awesome. It's the sequel to White Trash Warlock.

The popular m/m story involving reapers right now is probably Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune, but I like this series better. The characters feel more real, more down-to-earth, and the pacing is stronger.

Just Ash by Sol Santana was excellent. Ash is an intersex boy. When his schoolmates find out, things get tough for him ( Read more... )

The YA space opera continues, and reads more and more like fanfiction.


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