"This is right up your alley!"

The title of this entry is what one of the guys at waldens said to me when he saw "Alice on Deadlines" in the shipment this past week and he was right. It's a hoot, pantie.... uh I mean plenty of action, gore, and well panties. Yes, lots of fan service to go around. A must read, well if you like that sort of thing : - )

This next one is a real treat. The final volume of "Arm of Kannon" (Birth) is out after a year and a half. This series started out being released every three months but has stretched out over the last couple of volumes. The last, volume 8 came out in April of 06. But if you like Gore, destruction on a massive scale, dismemberment, decapitation, death, and just all around horror that makes scenes from a Nazi death camp look like Mr. Roger's neighborhood then you will LOVE this.

Still reading earlier volumes of Claymore. A cool action series, the plot thickens with even deadlier enemies.

The twisted lives of the Sohmas continue in this latest volume. Ren finally finds salvation in the arms of Hatsuharu after being tortured and locked up be Akito.

Another new series I started this week is "Suppli". Don't let the shrink wrap detour you, no foul language or nudity at all, I promise. Actually, the story line is geared towards adults anyway so its a moot point. It follows the life of a single working woman in her late twenties who has become desensitized to her relationships and her work. It takes her boyfriend of six years dumping her to make her realize that she's just been floating through life without paying much attention to anything. Completely in shock and not sure what to do, her coworkers come to the rescue and take her out on the town and try to cheer her up. She had been so caught up in her career that she never even noticed the people around her. So with some new friends at her side and some advances by a coworker who started at the same time as her but she never even noticed until a wardrobe accident on the train reunited them, she is trying to start over.

The last book for this time is "Translucent", the second volume is out and it is very sweet. Young love is blooming under some difficult circumstances.

Alice on Deadlines volume 1
Arm of Kannon volume 9
Claymore volume 10
Fruits Basket volume 18
Suppli volume 1
Translucent volume 2