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Apothecary Diaries (manga), vols. 1-13 by Hyūga, Natsu, Nekokurage, et. al

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Bingo row 5 – white Anyone else notice that manga with women and girls as protagonists tend to have white-based covers and spines? I don’t know if that’s a trend or coincidentally what I read. The Apothecary Diaries from author Natsu Hyūga is an ongoing series in the form of light novels (aka easy to read books with pictures), two manga series, and an anime. So that’s four simultaneously ongoing series of the same story and despite what people on Reddit say, they’re all about […]

The title says it all

Death of the Author by Okorafor, Nnendi

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Bingo row 1- review I’ve been a fan of Nnendi Okorafor for a while, but her books have always been vaguely unpleasant. Not because they’re bad, but because they hit something in my psyche that is very tender. Every time I finish one of her works, I say that’s the last one. I don’t have time to need recovery from a book. And then, she draws me back in. Death of the Author came out earlier this year and everyone loved it. I’ve seen Okorafor’s […]

There were also nuns in the book

Danger to Others by Crites, Martha

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Bingo row 4 – red (Why did I splay out the book like this? To show how red it is.) I recently read and partially read a few books that should have been enjoyable, but they weren’t. Maybe I was in the wrong place for books I would have enjoyed at another time. Maybe those books just weren’t for me. But whatever it was, what I needed was murder mysteries. Danger to Others by Martha Crites is a standalone sequel to her first book. If […]

Citation and murder

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby

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bingo row 5 – citizen S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed takes place in Flannery O’Connor’s south. The protagonist – even cites her because he is so very well read. The book is set c. 2017 and was published in 2023. Normally several years doesn’t make a big difference, but considering that topics included confederate statues being taken down, Black lives mattering, and racist cops, I think setting it pre-2020 makes a big difference. But I’m not Black and I’ve never been to Virginia so […]

A mirror of the reviewer’s life

Cat + Gamer, vols. 1-7 by Nadatani, Wataru

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Guess I’m trying out bingo. Row 2 – Play. Usually when I relate to a fictional character it’s because of something unpleasant. Like that shitty thing that happened to them also happened to me. But with Cat + Gamer I now have a character I can say I’m like without making awkward ice breaker questions even more awkward. Cat + Gamer is a manga series by Wataru Nadatani. Seven volumes have been released in English; the eighth and final translated volume is expected later this […]

Diverse disabled exepriences

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

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Why did I read Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century from Alice Wong and dozens others? I urgently needed to borrow a book from a friend for specific and convoluted reasons. And the Storygraph’s Genre Challenge includes “an essay collection by a disabled author.” Finally, as a person who digs fashion and human rights, I was (and am) a fan of well dressed activist Alice Wong. Essentially, I had no reason not to read it.   The book is split into four groups […]



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