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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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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

Content warning Minor details revealed

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.