Soliloquy in Blue

Manga and Book Reviews by Michelle Smith

  • Home
  • Reading Lists
    • 2002 Reading List
    • 2003 Reading List
    • 2004 Reading List
    • 2005 Reading List
    • 2006 Reading List
    • 2007 Reading List
    • 2008 Reading List
    • 2009 Reading List
    • 2010 Reading List
    • 2011 Reading List
    • 2012 Reading List
    • 2013 Reading List
  • Review Index
    • Review Index by Title A-M
    • Review Index by Title N-Z
    • Bookshelf Briefs Archive
    • Let’s Get Visual Archive
    • Off the Shelf Archive
  • About
  • Blogroll

Comics Reviews

vagabond1

Vagabond, Vols. 1-3

By Takehiko Inoue | Published by VIZ Media (first VIZBIG edition) One of my … [Read More...]

kamisama6

Tidbits: Now We Are Six

Originally, this post was supposed to go up several months ago, when the sixth … [Read More...]

psyren1

Psyren, Vols. 1-2

By Toshiaki Iwashiro | Published by VIZ Media Ageha Yoshina is a first-year … [Read More...]

More comics reviews

Book Reviews

baltimoreblues

Four by Laura Lippman

In the mood for a new mystery series, I decided to check out the Tess Monaghan … [Read More...]

facelesskillers

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

Book description: It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a … [Read More...]

threebagsfull

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

From the back cover: On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, … [Read More...]

More book reviews

Features

cipher1

The CMX Project: Cipher

MICHELLE: Hello, and thanks for joining us for the second installment of The CMX Project, in which we turn our attention to Cipher! (Please kindly overlook the fact that this column was promised for February; life has a nasty habit of upending one's plans.) This month we'll also have a special … [Read More...]

blindfolded9

The CMX Project: Land of the Blindfolded

MICHELLE: Welcome to the first installment of a new feature called The CMX Project. Back in October, Karen Peck and I talked about the CMX series Canon for that month's Manga Moveable Feast, and had such fun that we decided to start a recurring feature focusing on some of the other series they … [Read More...]

More features

Recent Comments

  • Michelle Smith: That’s awesome to hear about the accuracy! The Thompson Twins were popular a bit before I...
  • Jana: Just wanted to say that I grew up in the 80′s in NYC and the detail of this manga is amazing. She had the...
  • Estara: Oh how lovely to see Asako Suzuki chime in. Most of my shoujo manga that remain on my shelves are either VIZ...
  • Karen: I don’t have Empty Empire – I had a volume or two but I think it ended up being donated before I...
  • Michelle Smith: I have all of Barefoot Gen and have not made it beyond volume one due to excessive depressingness.

News

Hating on Season Eight

I was invited to participate in the "Anniversary of Hate" going on at The Hooded Utilitarian this month. My contribution, "Hating on … [Read More...]

Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundaup: Part Four

It's the fourth quarter, and your co-hosts have banded together to take you through the final stretch! Anna joins me for a special … [Read More...]

Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundup: Part Three

What started as a trickle has become a steady stream as the Takehiko Inoue MMF begins drawing to a close! At Experiments in Manga, … [Read More...]

More news

Return to top of page

Copyright © 2011 Soliloquy in Blue · Powered by WordPress & the Genesis Framework