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ObscureGodOfTea

ObscureGodOfTea@bookrastinating.com

Joined 1 year, 5 months ago

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I'm primarily a fantasy enthusiast though you might occasionally spot me reading something else. Here to keep track of and sometimes comment upon the books I read.

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ObscureGodOfTea's books

Umebachi Yamanaka: Matcha Made in Heaven, Vol 1 (EBook, 2022, Kodansha International) No rating

Chako Hananoki thought she’d found happiness in a handsome fiancé, but when she realized a …

Cute concept but there are so many things about this series which suck. The pacing is all over the place, the love interest is a jerk (I like awkward bad at communicating love interests as much as the next guy, but this one is just an asshole), the whole fake marriage is extremely contrived (and the bar is LOW for what I'll suspend my disbelief for), and all the side characters are really shallowly written

Yukino Sonoyama: Bless, Vol 1 (Paperback, 2024, Kodansha International) No rating

At a young age, Aia Utagawa was scouted as a model, but his real ambition …

One of those competitive shounen manga, the same kind of format a sports manga would be except about the creative process. Always fun to read as an artist. Gorgeous visuals too, thought this is one of the rare times I'm reading a black and white comic where I wish it was in color. Color is so important to this series and mentioned so often... I wish at least the final make-up reveals got color pages.

Terry Pratchett: The Light Fantastic (Paperback, 1988, Penguin) 4 stars

The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the …

Technically I've read this before, but it was in the form of listening to it as an audiobook playing while on a road trip with my father. The thing about consuming any sort of media with my dad is I'm going to miss parts of it when he doesn't wait for me and the thing about audiobooks is I'm going to miss parts of them as I zone out. This time I'll hopefully get the full experiance :)

小神 奈々, 米織, 仁藤 あかね: 捨てられ聖女の異世界ごはん旅, 1 (Paperback, Japanese language, 2021, KADOKAWA)

捨てられ聖女の異世界ごはん旅, 1 by , ,

聖女召喚に巻き込まれましたが、私のスキルはキャンピングカーでした。

趣味のソロ釣りキャンプから帰る途中、突然美少女JKと共に聖女召喚をされたリン。 だが、クズスキルだといわれ、あっという間に異世界放り出されてしまう… しかしリンのスキルは特殊環境下でのみ実力を発揮する、超有能スキルだった!! アウトドア好きの血が騒ぎ、早速超有能スキルの【野営車両(モーターハウス)】で異世界を移動し、釣りを楽しんでいると流れてきたのは……冒険者!? この出会いから、リンの異世界グルメ旅が始まる!

芹澤 知: グレープフルーツムーン (Paperback, Japanese language, 2020, プランタン出版) No rating

イケメンすぎる天才パティシエ(でも夢見失い中)と、 猪突猛進・年下わんこバイト

地元の小さな洋菓子店「Fujimura」で、アルバイトをすることになった、 スイーツ大好きな大学生・香月。 超不器用で失敗ばかりの香月に、 パティシエ・洋一郎は、容赦がなくて何だか意地悪。 でも実は面倒見が良くて、何より、 その指先から生み出されるケーキは、とても美しかった。 しかし彼がある理由で某有名ホテルを辞め、 パティシエとしての情熱を失いかけていると知り……。

夢に輝く19歳が、夢を見失った31歳を、その“きらめき”で変えていく――。

Short & sweet bakery romance. Super cute.