From the back cover: Fourteen-year-old Marina didn't know why she was sent away to school. Actually, that wasn't completely true. She knew it had something to do with the progress she hadn't made in the hospital. After all, she still didn't talk. And Marina knew her mother didn't want her at home. Then Marina started writing in a journal for English class. Bit by bit the … [Read more...] about So Much to Tell You by John Marsden
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
From the back cover: Welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of Hamlet, and forging … [Read more...] about The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
My Bad! by Rize Shinba
I didn't think I was interested in reading My Bad! at first, since I typically don't enjoy BL comedies, but after reading Shinba's Intriguing Secrets, I changed my mind. I'm glad I did, because the stories in this collection are quirky and often genuinely funny. "Stamp Please!," the story of a guy who falls in love with his amiable postman, is a particular favorite. You can … [Read more...] about My Bad! by Rize Shinba
Honey Colored Pancakes by Keiko Kinoshita
Who could resist a cover this cute? Certainly not me. I reviewed this collection for this month's BL Bookrack at Manga Bookshelf. I liked the title story very much, but had mixed feelings about the others. You can find that review here. Review copy provided by the publisher. … [Read more...] about Honey Colored Pancakes by Keiko Kinoshita
Breaking Down Banana Fish 14-16
The seventh installment of the Breaking Down Banana Fish roundtable has been posted at Manga Bookshelf, featuring disussion of volumes fourteen through sixteen of the series. There is a ton of action in these three volumes, as Ash's friends rescue him from Papa Dino and must then contend with retribution both from the Chinese forces of Yut-Lung and a band of mercenaries … [Read more...] about Breaking Down Banana Fish 14-16