Cannonball Read 18

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“For three months, I’d like the three of you to live together. Then Meguru will formally choose her father.”

Dysfunctional Family Theory (Volume 1) by Mayo Tsurukame

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Even though there are many things that this book does that I don’t normally like — miscommunication, cliffhangers, multi volume work where I don’t know the ending so now I’m locked into potentially buying several more volumes, putting a child into emotionally fraught situations I don’t think she  should be in — Tsurukame has done such a good job here and made such an enjoyable group of characters that I was won over despite myself and will pick up the second book whenever it appears. […]

“As long as you were pursuing your dreams, that was all that mattered.”

Light of My Life by Takiba and Fuuko Minami

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This had been sitting on my to-read shelf for a while, and CBR has been helping me to tackle some of these books that I’ve felt sort of meh about and either keep them or get them out the door. Light of My Life is one volume, so it has that going for it, and it’s a fast read. Aki, Minagi, and Sarara were all best friends in high school; Aki wanted to become a pro soccer player, Minagi wanted to be a doctor, and Sarara […]

There’s no one on this goddamn planet I’d rather be a disaster with than you.

The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings 1.5) by Mackenzi Lee

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I would teach my body to regrow my heart each time I gave it to him, over and over and over again. Heart after heart after heart—every one of them his. ― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky I had kissed my fair share of lads who had only used me as a counterpoint to their own virtue. My primary contribution to our circles back home had been making everyone else feel grounded and well-behaved in comparison. ― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide […]

“Straight-forward feelings hit you like a truck, don’t they? Isn’t it nice?”

Director Akasaka's Princely Training Course by Wacoco Waco

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This was shrinkwrapped when I bought it, so I didn’t have the chance to look inside and just bought based off the cover and the fact that I like what Kuma publishes 80%+ of the time. I do in this case wish I’d been able to preview it because it was fine but not something I’m going to keep. Akasaka is a director at a successful company but hasn’t been able to find a satisfactory relationship. During a night out in Ni-Chome, the gay neighborhood […]

“It’s inadvisable for anyone to fall for a host like me.”

Call Me Master by KedamaShiba

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Call Me Master deals with the world of Japanese host clubs, which is a very specific area of employment that it would be probably helpful to know about before reading this book. Ichinose is the number one host at Club de Rois and he’s very proud of that. In addition to his duties of providing companionship in the club to the clients, he also has to help out behind the scenes and he’s worn out. He wants an assistant, and when the new host Tsukasa […]

“On this island where gemstones bloom like flowers…there lived a powerful demon king.”

Dear Demon King by Emu Soutome

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There’s so much here that I like and it just didn’t click for me as a whole — magic, BL, interesting world building, solid art — none of it enough to make this something I really enjoyed. Dear Demon King has a complicated setup about a world where the demon king Kougyoku rules over a floating island full of magical beasts, and also the island has all of these gemstones full of magical power on them that humans want, and fifty years ago the humans attacked […]



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