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Jarulf

Jarulf@bookrastinating.com

Joined 3 years ago

I work in a used book shop in a small town in Sweden. I often prefer to spend my evenings with a book rather than the TV. I mostly read Science Fiction and Fantasy, but the occasional non-genre or literary fiction book slips through too as well as crime. I read to relax, to escape and recharge. I read shockingly few books in Swedish, my native language, and I keep telling myself I should read more without much happening.

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Robin McKinley: The Blue Sword (Orbit Books) (Paperback, 1985, Orbit)

This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the …

I read this in the 80s, and while I don't remember anything about it (I don't have my old copy anymore), I do remember liking it. So when it turned up at work it quickly found a new home.

started reading Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition Volume 2 by Hitoshi Ashinano (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, #2)

Hitoshi Ashinano: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition Volume 2 (2023, Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC)

This manga is one of my absolute favourites. I haven't read it in a long time, and then it was as translated scans I found online. I never thought it would get an official translation, so I was both surprised and happy that Seven Seas picked it up. The second volume has been sitting on my shelf for awhile, but it's time now. I ordered the remaining three volumes earlier today. #Manga #Reading @bookstodon@a.gup.pe

started reading Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #3)

Seanan McGuire: Beneath the Sugar Sky (EBook, 2018, Tordotcom) No rating

Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor …

I'm about half-way way into this, the third novel in the Wayward Children series, and loving it.

finished reading Berserk Deluxe Volume 2 by Kentaro Miura (Berserk Deluxe Edition, #2)

Kentaro Miura, Duane Johnson: Berserk Deluxe Volume 2 (Hardcover, 2019, Dark Horse Comics) No rating

The reigning king of adult fantasy manga now in deluxe 7x10 hardcover editions! Born in …

While I wasn't entirely sold on the first volume of this classic, I am slowly coming around. In the first one, I sometimes found the art a little difficult to make out in the action scenes, but it has either got better or I am better at understanding it. Taking my time on the pages and not rush through them certainly helps. Faces can still be a bit awkward looking, but backgrounds such as castles and landscapes are often gorgeous.

The story is interesting, though I definitely prefer the scenes that doesn't involve fighting, and develop the characters and their relationships. A lot more politics too this time around, something I expect will be a trend for a long while.

I have a the third deluxe edition volume already, and will definitely get to it soon.

started reading Berserk Deluxe Volume 2 by Kentaro Miura (Berserk Deluxe Edition, #2)

Kentaro Miura, Duane Johnson: Berserk Deluxe Volume 2 (Hardcover, 2019, Dark Horse Comics) No rating

The reigning king of adult fantasy manga now in deluxe 7x10 hardcover editions! Born in …

This and the third volume have been sitting on my shelf for awhile. I know a lot of people love this series, but the first volume didn't convince me.

Manga #Beserk #KentaroMiura

Seems like this could be interesting. Getting some Hitoshi Ashinano vibes here as well Girls' Last Tour.

Manga #TouringAfterTheApocalypse #YokohamaKaidashiKikou #GirlsLastTour

Sū Morishita: A Sign of Affection 1 (Paperback, 2021, Kodansha Comics) No rating

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finished reading Imaginary Vol. 1 by Niiro Ikuhana

I loved this. It's a realistic slice-of-life portrayal of life for a group of college-age young adults, a slowly developing romance peppered with wild flights of fancy. This mix of mundane realism and more or less weird and bizarre tangents into imagination and memory, with art to match really appealed to me. The way conversations change and go off on unrelated tangents feels very real, and is often pretty funny. If coming volumes are anything like this first one, I can easily see this becoming a favourite of mine.

William Flanagan, Hiro Mashima: Fairy Tail Volume 2 (2012, Kodansha Comics)

Not bad, but not my thing really

The craziness continues in this second volume, and it is fairly (ha!) fun. Just not my kind of fun. I'm beginning to suspect this type of shonen series just isn't for me. I have the third volume as well, and may get to it eventually.