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Familiar Diversions

I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.

Currently reading

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Vol. 1
Dojyomaru, Fuyuyuki, Sean McCann
Progress: 103/374 pages
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Jeff Lindsay
Progress: 424/470 minutes
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn
Progress: 184/184 pages
Parental Guidance
Avery Flynn
Progress: 40 %
An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn
Progress: 102/358 pages
The Twisted Ones
T. Kingfisher
Progress: 385/385 pages
Educated
Tara Westover
Progress: 315/730 minutes
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, Vol. 2
Satoru Yamaguchi, Nami Hidaka
Progress: 24/171 pages
Graphic Medicine Manifesto
MK Czerwiec, Kimberly R. Myers, Scott T. Smith, Michael J. Green, Susan Merrill Squier, Ian Williams
Progress: 26/172 pages
Ao Oni: Mutation
Kenji Kuroda, Karin Suzuragi, Alexander Keller-Nelson
Progress: 30/152 pages

My manga-reading took a hit when the furnace suddenly decided to stop working. It's amazing how hard it is to concentrate on reading when you're really cold. Thankfully the furnace is fixed now.

 

I spent most of the year fretting about how high my reading goal is, but it looks like, with this vacation reading, I might be able to manage it. I'll be caught up after 38 more volumes.

 

I have a lot to choose from, and I know it's going to get to the point that I'm going to have to decide which series to ditch. At the moment, things aren't looking good for Are You Alice? I've only read one volume, and it feels like a more boring version of Alice in the Country of Hearts, minus the romance. "Alice" being a boy does not automatically make the story more interesting.

 

Things I'm hoping to get through:

  • More Natsume's Book of Friends
  • Naruto
  • The Betrayal Knows My Name
  • More Alice in the Country of