December's Books & a year in books

[cornerofmadness]

It's slim pickings

Manga: Jack Frost #2, BOOKS The Monster of Florence

Manga: Fullmetal Alchemist #20, BOOKS: What Remains of Heaven


Manga: Ouran High School Host Club # 13, BOOKS: Homer's Odyssey

BOOKS: Grave Secret

Manga: Angelic Runes #1, BOOKS: 1001 Ridiculous Ways to Die

BOOKS: The Wheel of Darkness



BOOK 2009 (143)
MANGA
Nightmare Inspector #4 -8 by Shin Mashiba
Black Cat #15 by Kentaro Yabuki
Saiyuki Reload #9 by Kazuya Minekura
Venus versus Virus #5 by Atsushi Suzumi
Apothecarius Argentum #4 by Tomomi Yamashita
Vampire Knight #4-6 by Matsuri Hino
Ral & Grad #2- 4 by Tsuneo Takano (art by Takeshi Obata)
B. Ichi #1-4 by Atsushi Ohkubo
Zombie Loan #4-6 by Peach-Pit
Astral Project #1 by Marginal & Syuji Takeya
Author’s Pet by Deathco Cotorino
Knights#1 by Minoru Murao
Fruits Basket #21-23 by Natsuki Takaya
A Wise Man Sleeps #2 by Mick Takeuchi
Bleach #25 -27– Tite Kubo
07-Ghost #1-3 by Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara
Xxxholic #4 by CLAMP
Qwan #2 > by Aki Shimizu
Her Majesty’s Dog#11 by Mick Takeuchi
D. Gray-Man #12-14 by Katsura Hoshino
Ouran High School Host Club #11-13 ¬by Bisco Hatori
Night school: The Weirn Books by Svetlana Chmakova
Spiral : The Bonds of Reasoning #4-6 (Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna) by Kyo Shirodaira
Suikoden III 1-11 by Aki Shimizu
Fullmetal Alchemist #18-20 by Hiromu Arakawa
Dogs Blood and Carnage: #0 – 1 by ShirowMiwa
Fairy Tail #3-6 by Hiro Mashima
Vampire’s Portrait #1 by Hiroki Kusumoto
Cirque Du Freak #1 by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai
Tetragrammaton labyrinth #3 by Ei Itou
Keili #1-2 by Yukako Kabei, art by Shiori Teshirogi
Ghostbusters:Busted by Yamashita, Johnson, Delk, Lorenzo, Shelfer, Watson & Steibach
It Takes a Wizard: The complete saga by Thomas R. Hart (art by Sean Lam)
Bride of the Water God #1-3 by Mi-Kyung Yun
Utahime: The Songstress by Aki
Kaze no Hana #2-3 by Ushio Mizta & Akiyoshi Ohta
Steal Moon #1 by Makoto Tateno
Orange Crows#1 by James Perry II & Ryo Kawakami
Ghosttalker’s Daydream #1 by Okuse Saki & Meguro Sankichi
Jack Frost #1-2 by Jin Ho Ko
Angelic Runes #1 by Makoto Tateno



MYSTERY

Creature Discomforts by Susan Conant
Zaregoto: Book 1 of the Kubikiri Cycle by Nisioisin
The Cracked Pot - Melissa Glazer
Where the Serpent Sleep by C.S. Harris
Needled to Death by Maggie Sefton
The Organ Grinder by Maan Meyers
Blood Sins- Kay Hooper
Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper
Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
A Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick
Bone Cold by Erica Spindler
2nd Chance by James Patterson
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Slay Bells by Kate Kingsbury
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass
Necropath by Eric Brown (xover –SF)
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
When Gods Die by C.S. Harris
Helen Hath No Fury - by Gillian Roberts
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Lancelot Murders by J.M. C. Blair
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris



URBAN FANTASY

Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
Succubus on top by Richelle Mead
Blood Brothers¬ by Nora Roberts
Lord of Bones by Justine Musk
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child




FANTASY

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor by Alison Croggon


YOUNG ADULT

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Moral Instruments : City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones




NON-FICTION

The Green Tea User’s Manual by Helen Gustafson
The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland
Tea Bliss by Theresa Cheung
The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg
The Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture by Heather L. Duda
Ghosthunting Pennsylvania by Rosemary Ellen Guiley
The Future is Now: Timely Advice for Creating a Better World by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi
Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper
1001 Ridiculous Ways to Die by David Southwell & Matt Adams


reviews can all be found at bookheaven but you can always ask about any that sound interesting.





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Comments

[salomesensei.livejournal.com]

The year looks good. December makes me titter.
Mine was about the same.

Yoshinaga, Ooku (manga)
Wrong About Japan (short memoir about Japan)
lots of fanfic (lol)

And I'm a literature prof, so it's particularly fail. I didn't even finish Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes I see your point.

I read an ungodly amount of manga.

Youknow I'vebarely read ANY fanfic since the end of sept. just the stuff in the contest comms and the gift exchanges

I didn't even particularly like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

I felt pretty much the same way about Wheel of Darkness (they have a new one coming out soon by the way)

And clicks :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh good thanks Yeah that wasn't that good