From the back cover: Ten years after graduating from high school in Neptune, California, Veronica Mars is back in the land of sun, sand, crime, and corruption. She's traded in her law degree for her old private investigating license, struggling to keep Mars Investigations afloat on the scant cash earned by catching cheating spouses until she can score her first big … [Read more...] about The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
Reviews
Catching Up with Lynley and Havers
Careless in Red It's been a while since I talked about an Elizabeth George book on the blog. I did read With No One as Witness, but spent so long digesting my reaction to the surprise ending (which had, admittedly, been spoiled for me by the author's website) that I forgot many of the other details. And I started the next book, What Came Before He Shot Her, but as it doesn't … [Read more...] about Catching Up with Lynley and Havers
Vagabond, Vols. 1-3
By Takehiko Inoue | Published by VIZ Media (first VIZBIG edition) One of my goals for this Manga Moveable Feast was to finally read some of Vagabond. I've been collecting the VIZBIG editions since they started coming out, which means there were ten of these on my shelf (with their spines forming a group portrait) unread. Now that I finally have read some of Vagabond, I've … [Read more...] about Vagabond, Vols. 1-3
Tidbits: Now We Are Six
Originally, this post was supposed to go up several months ago, when the sixth volumes of these series were newly released, but time conspired against me. And so, belatedly, I present reviews of volumes five and six of Kamisama Kiss and Oresama Teacher. Also included is perennial favorite Skip Beat!, which is on a similar trajectory, just twenty volumes ahead. Kamisama … [Read more...] about Tidbits: Now We Are Six
Psyren, Vols. 1-2
By Toshiaki Iwashiro | Published by VIZ Media Ageha Yoshina is a first-year highschool student who channels his passion for fighting into helping people (for a fee). When classmate Sakurako Amamiya goes missing, he can’t just ignore it, particularly since she seems to know something about Psyren, a mysterious organization that recently issued Ageha a phone card when he … [Read more...] about Psyren, Vols. 1-2