Open Thread: List Challenges Current reading is slow going, so time for an open thread! I got lured on to the List Challenges website, which allows you to create lists of books or movies or other items and post them so people can then click on the items to show they’ve read or watched the… Continue reading Open Thread: List Challenges
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Manga Review: Ultimate Muscle Battle 24
Manga Review: Ultimate Muscle Battle 24 by Yudetamago Years ago, Kinnikuman (“Muscle Man”) was the world’s worst superhero. When he wasn’t causing disasters due to his profound stupidity instead of stopping them, civilians were actively embarrassed to be saved by him. (This is, after all, a man who flew using the power of compressed farts.)… Continue reading Manga Review: Ultimate Muscle Battle 24
Open Thread: Scavenger Hunts
Open Thread: Scavenger Hunts This year, I participated in Beat the Backlist (2017), which had a Harry Potter theme. As part of this, there were four scavenger hunts, three of which I completed. Let’s take a look at them! Related posts: Manga Review: Sword Art Online: Aincrad Comic Strip Review: Dick Tracy Movie Review: Magnum… Continue reading Open Thread: Scavenger Hunts
Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan) Vol. 63/64
Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan) Vol. 63/64 by Gosho Aoyama Quick recap: When teen genius detective Shinichi Kudou (Jimmy Kudo in the American version) is shrunk to a childlike form in a botched assassination attempt, he takes the name Conan Edogawa and is taken in by bumbling private eye Kogoro Mouri (Richard Moore) and… Continue reading Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan) Vol. 63/64
Manga Review: One Piece #27 & #28
Manga Review: One Piece #27 & #28 by Eiichiro Oda On a world covered with oceans, pirates run rampant. Not so many years ago, the so-called King of Pirates, Gol D. Roger, was executed, but before he went, he proclaimed that he’d left all his fabulous treasure in “one piece.” It’s assumed that finding that… Continue reading Manga Review: One Piece #27 & #28
Open Thread: Top Posts of 2016!
Open Thread: Top Posts of 2016! I’m sure you all know how top ten lists work, so let’s get straight into it! Top Ten Posts of 2016 1. Book Review: The Financial Expert 2. Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura 3. Open Thread: Minicon 51 Report 4. Comic Book Review: Batman Deathblow After the Fire 5. Book… Continue reading Open Thread: Top Posts of 2016!
Open Thread: Reading Challenges
Back in November, some folks in the Booklr community of Tumblr organized a challenge called #readwomen. The idea was to deliberately read books written by women for pleasure in December. For full participation, every book should be written by a woman, but I opted to just increase the proportion by picking from my to read… Continue reading Open Thread: Reading Challenges