Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Ramona's World by Beverly Clearly
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Dengeki Daisy v11
Stepping on Roses (Hadashi de Bara wo Fume) v9
Nothing But Loving You
Archie: The Married Life book 3
It was funny that while reading Bernadette they had Michelle reading it on Bunheads. I was like, "Yikes, I'm accidentally trendy!" But it was actually good, and while I do not like kids, I might if I had one like Bee. Come on, she has a Zune and loves Xanadu! That's my kind of kid.
And so far, Delirium seems to be much better than Matched, so that's one rec out of fifty that's worked for me. I've ordered the next one, so we'll see how that goes.
But I was super disappointed in the ending to Hadashi de bara wo fume, and D said he felt like it was rushed to get it finished. That is kinda how it felt. Like, let's introduce a plot twist, and then have that solve everything. Because really, I wanted to see Sumi have some sort of grand plan like was hinted at, and for her and Soichiro to work together, and for Komai to finally bust out his kung fu butler skills, and we got none of that. SHE WAS STILL GOING THROUGH WITH THE WEDDING WHAT THE HELL. And given that Nozomu turned out to be nucking futz, why on earth would he stay with Miu and HAVE A BABY THAT POOR KID DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE. I'm all for melodrama, but for reals, this story just flew apart at the end. I love Ueda's art style and humor, but man, this one ultimately didn't work for me like Tail of the Moon (Tsuki no Shippo) did. Geez, when Eisuke ends up looking like the most competent one, something went wrong.
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