A review of a book about books starring a book-hater written by a bookworm. Books!
Part fantasy, part mystery, this young adult novel belongs to a subgenre of stories about getting literally “sucked into” a book, with a couple key distinguishing traits. First, instead of the protagonist going into the story, the story consumes reality, changing Yomunaga and its residents into the book’s world…
I’m (hopefully?) easing out of my burnout era and into my ANN reviewer era. Special thanks to the McElroys for this year’s theme, “Twenty-ThunderDrive: Faster Than Fear,” which motivated me to try writing again. Absolutely no thanks to being unemployed for three months, which also motivated me, but in a much less fun way.
Mikako-chan Halloween Bag featuring Mikako and Tsutomu as illustrated by Gokinjo Monogatari series mangaka, Yazawa Ai. This item was bundled with the October 1995 issue of Ribon magazine and scanned from my personal collection.
Gutted about Nick/LossThief’s passing. We were mutuals for almost 10 years. We didn’t chat a ton, but I always loved when we did. Whether it was about Pokemon, basketball, underrated shoujo, or just trading bad puns, he was so friendly, sharp, and funny. I’m really gonna miss you, Nick.
…I also know you’d be BEGGING me to inject some levity into this memoriam, so forget angels - as a fellow Dance with Devils defender, I hope a full pomeranian choir sung thee to thy rest 💙
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Dee is a writer, a translator, a book worm, and a basketball fan. She has bachelor's degrees in English and East Asian studies and a master's degree in Creative Writing. To pay the bills, she works as a technical writer. To not pay the bills, she writes young adult novels, watches far too much anime, and cheers very loudly for the Kansas Jayhawks.
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