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Sailor Moon Is Here!
While I simply do not have the energy to compile month in reviews posts for June through August-for some reason it seems such a daunting task-I thought I'd share my reviews of two highly anticipated shoujo manga coming out this week courtesy of Kodansha Comics.
Codename: Sailor V, Vol. 1
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1Thanks to everyone who ( Read more... ) -
So. I Wrote a Drabble.
It's my first one, so please be kind 'cos I'm awfully proud of it.
Exactly 100 words on the prompt "Willow, Tara, dried flowers."
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The Month in Reviews, May 2011
Greetings! Before I get to listing out my posts for the month of May, the big news is that, effective June 1, I have formally joined the Manga Bookshelf family. My blog is now located at http://soliloquyinblue.com/ with a spiffy new layout!
Let's Get Visual:
Mono no Aware (featuring ( Read more... ) -
The Month in Reviews, April 2011
Well, it was a pretty sparse month, mostly because I spent a lot of time on a full series reread of Please Save My Earth. I should have more to talk about next month!
Let's Get Visual
Funny Pages (Silver Diamond and Yotsuba&!)
Tidbits
Shonen Jumpin' Jehosaphat (Bakuman。, Bleach, Genkaku Picasso, and Slam Dunk)
Off the Shelf
4/6/11 (Itazura Na ( Read more... ) -
The Month in Reviews, March 2011
Last one!
Off the Shelf:
3/2/11 (Cowboys, Babies and Shotgun Vows and Marriage Scandal, Showbiz Baby!)
3/9/11 (Portrait of M & N 3-4 and Bokurano: Ours 3)
3/16/11 (Eensy Weensy Monster 2 and Clean Freak, Fully Equipped 1)
3/23/11 (Pavane for a Dead Girl 1 and Skip Beat! 23 ( Read more... ) -
The Month in Reviews, February 2011
Let's Get Visual:
The Verklempt-Makers (NANA and One Piece)
Tidbits:
A TOKYOPOP Assortment (Alice in the Country of Hearts, Happy Cafe, Maid Sama!, Neko Ramen, and Silver Diamond)
Off the Shelf:
2/3/11 (Highschool of the Dead 1 and Lives 1)
2/9/11 (Itsuwaribito 1 and The Stellar Six of Gingacho 2)
2/24/11 (Ayako)
Roundtables:
One Thousand and ( Read more... ) -
The Month in Reviews, January 2011
Let's Get Visual:
Tricks of the Trade (featuring Karakuri Odette and Tokyo Babylon)
Tidbits:
Catching Up with Shojo Beat (Dengeki Daisy, Honey Hunt, Kimi ni Todoke, Ouran High School Host Club, and Skip Beat!)
Four by Hinako Takanaga (A Capable Man, CROQUIS, Liberty Liberty!, and You Will Drown in Love 2)
Sports Manga for the Win (Crimson Hero, ( Read more... ) -
The Month in Reviews, December 2010
Let's Get Visual:
Duds (featuring Fairy Tail, Baseball Heaven, and Moon Boy)
Off the Shelf:
12/1/11 (Ghost Hunt 11 and Papillon 5/6)
12/8/11 (Fairy Tail 12 and C0de:Breaker 2)
12/15/11 (Angel Diary 11-13 and Cactus’s Secret 4)
12/29/11 (AiON 1 and Nabari No Ou 3-5)
Roundtables:
NANA Project #8 (Volumes 15 and 16)
Tidbits:
Four from Yen Press ( Read more... ) -
The Much Belated Month in Reviews, November 2010
I have a lot of these to catch up on, so my approach will be somewhat streamlined.
Let's Get Visual:
Of Sakura and the Sea (featuring Children of the Sea and Suppli)
Off the Shelf:
11/3/11 (Cool/Uncool and Kingyo Used Books 2)
11/10/11 (Maid Sama! 5-6 and Saturn Apartments 2)
11/24/11 (I am Here! 1 and Panic X Panic 1-2)
Roundtables:
Breaking ( Read more... ) -
A Post! Gasp!
Firstly, I am alive and doing well. For those who care. :)
Secondly, I stopped doing the 'Month in Reviews' posts after October 'cos they were kind of annoying to assemble, and now the backlog is just so vast that it's a daunting process to resume them. Did anybody actually like them?
I'm thinking mostly of salimbol and gwyneira here, since I don't think they'd ( Read more... )