From the back cover: "Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. 'Book love,' Trollope called it. 'It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.' Yet of all the many things in which we recognize some universal comfort—God, sex, food, family, friends—reading seems to be the one in which the comfort is most undersung, at least … [Read more...] about How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen: B
Basara 26 by Yumi Tamura: B
From the back cover: Sarasa's quest for freedom has ended, but the story isn't over yet! In this volume of special side stories, Yumi Tamura goes deeper than ever before to explore the characters and world of Basara. Hijiri and Nachi recount childhood memories of ships, sea monsters, and mermaids. A band of star-crossed rebels arises in another time—and changes the course of … [Read more...] about Basara 26 by Yumi Tamura: B
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome: B+
From the back cover: "There were four of us—George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency." Three men, and a dog, in a boat on one of the prettiest waterways in the world—the Thames—in summer. Idyllic, wouldn't you say? Perhaps, if George hadn't insisted on camping, and if someone had remembered the can-opener, and if... well, maybe not idyllic, but … [Read more...] about Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome: B+
Boys Over Flowers 3 by Yoko Kamio: A
Book description: Tsukushi joins Kazuya and his family for Summer vacation at their villa in Atami. Friction erupts between Kazuya and Doumyouji after the latter accidentally kisses Tsukushi during a black-out aboard his ship. Even more juicy tension develops between Shizuka and Rui, but does anything become of it?! And what will happen when Doumyouji finds out about … [Read more...] about Boys Over Flowers 3 by Yoko Kamio: A
Hornblower During the Crisis by C. S. Forester: B
From the back cover: Although unfinished at the time of C. S. Forester's death, Hornblower During the Crisis delivers a full measure of action at sea—the hallmark of this incomparably exciting series of historical adventures. On the threshold of securing his first post as captain, Hornblower finds himself forced by the exigencies of war to fight alongside a man whom he has … [Read more...] about Hornblower During the Crisis by C. S. Forester: B