From the back cover: Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way to Cairo, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been abandoned by her scoundrel lover. Together the two women sail up the … [Read more...] about Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters: B
10, 20, and 30 7 by Morim Kang: B+
Morim Kang’s warm, family-oriented manhwa comes to a close in its seventh volume, bringing the tales of thirty-something Krumb, twenty-something Belle, and teenager Rok to a satisfying close. Each woman has faced personal and romantic challenges throughout the course of the series, and the ending resolves nearly all of these plot lines well while still retaining the sense that … [Read more...] about 10, 20, and 30 7 by Morim Kang: B+
I Don’t Grok Ken Akamatsu
I like to think I'm a well-read manga fan. I'm interested in a variety of genres—drama, mystery, action, sports, romance, fantasy, supernatural, et cetera—and I've even read the occasional title I wasn't all that interested in for the purposes of a review and felt that I was broadening my horizons by doing so. It's not manga, but heck, I even read Twilight! It is exceedingly … [Read more...] about I Don’t Grok Ken Akamatsu
10, 20, and 30 3-6 by Morim Kang: B+
10, 20, and 30 is a charming manhwa about three women, each in a different decade of life. Krumb is a widowed mother in her thirties; Rok, in her late teens, is Krumb's daughter; and Belle, in her twenties, is Krumb's niece and Rok's cousin. As volume three begins, they've recently moved out of the spacious house that Krumb's husband built and into an affordable-to-maintain … [Read more...] about 10, 20, and 30 3-6 by Morim Kang: B+
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga: A
From the back cover: In Edo Period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And … [Read more...] about Ōoku: The Inner Chambers 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga: A