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  • manga,  Uncategorized
    September 3, 2018 / No Comments

    Otona-chan. – Umiyuki Lily

    High school student, “Otona-chan” is popular among both guys and girls with his cute looks. But instead of being treated like a child, he wants to be treated like an adult and really admires cool adults. And then comes a student teacher to his class, who is very much adult-like and he falls hard…

    Pure innocent idiots and mature world weary jerks: a hit or miss combo.

    Otona-chan: With a bit of attempted sekuhara from angelic sensei, idiot realizes his feelings for his friend. Meh on this

    Dreamy Love: Book designer was saddled with a useless assistant who gets under his skin. Said assistant also succeeded on worming his way into his heart despite book designer’s valiant efforts to keep his walls up. The struggle was fun to watch. Definitely the better story.

    (source: https://mangarock.com)

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  • manga,  Uncategorized
    September 3, 2018 / No Comments

    Otona-chan. – Umiyuki Lily

    High school student, “Otona-chan” is popular among both guys and girls with his cute looks. But instead of being treated like a child, he wants to be treated like an adult and really admires cool adults. And then comes a student teacher to his class, who is very much adult-like and he falls hard…

    Pure innocent idiots and mature world weary jerks: a hit or miss combo.

    Otona-chan: With a bit of attempted sekuhara from angelic sensei, idiot realizes his feelings for his friend. Meh on this

    Dreamy Love: Book designer was saddled with a useless assistant who gets under his skin. Said assistant also succeeded on worming his way into his heart despite book designer’s valiant efforts to keep his walls up. The struggle was fun to watch. Definitely the better story.

    (source: https://mangarock.com)

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  • book,  Uncategorized
    September 3, 2018 / No Comments

    A Charm of Magpies: Rag and Bone – K.J. Charles

    It’s amazing what people throw away…

    Crispin Tredarloe never meant to become a warlock. Freed from his treacherous master, he’s learning how to use his magical powers the right way. But it’s brutally hard work. Not everyone believes he’s a reformed character, and the strain is putting unbearable pressure on his secret relationship with waste-man Ned Hall.

    Ned’s sick of magic. Sick of the trouble it brings, sick of its dangerous grip on Crispin and the miserable look it puts in his eyes, and sick of being afraid that a gentleman magician won’t want a street paper-seller forever—or even for much longer.

    But something is stirring among London’s forgotten discards. An ancient evil is waking up and seeking its freedom. And when wild magic hits the rag-and-bottle shop where Ned lives, a panicking Crispin falls back onto bad habits. The embattled lovers must find a way to work together—or London could go up in flames.

    Fluffiest KJC book so far!

    Awesome magic system based on frequencies and resonance.

    “Freckles” !!! 

    (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ

    Crispin + Ned = adorbs!!! 

    ✺(^▽^✺) ✺(^O^)✺ (✺^▽^)✺

     Appearances by Stephen Day (please don’t leave the Justiciary, please), Mrs. Gold, Janossi, and Ben Spencer.

    Jonah Pastern pops out of nowhere:

    Ned looked round, startled. He hadn’t noticed anyone joining him, but there
    he was, a young chap with a jagged streak of white running through his black
    hair, like a lightning strike. He was good-looking, blue-eyed, smartly dressed
    with a flash blue waistcoat, and if ever Ned had seen untrustworthy, it was
    sitting on the bench next to him. 

    Oh Jonah! 

    (-‸ლ) 

    The villain was kind of obvious but it didn’t detract from the enjoyment of the story.

    Cornell Collins’ voice for the ghost thing is creeeepy. Do not listen to it in the dark at 3 a.m.

    Fighting resurrected witches with music hall sensations is a thing now?

    Magic police are cool!

    P.S.

    I recommend reading the fantastic A Charm of Magpies series before reading Rag and Bone.

    Rating:

    4.5 Stars – perfection is only half a step away

    Soundtrack: Butterfly Caught
    Artist: Massive Attack
    Album: 100th Window

    (source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34870160-rag-and-bone)

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  • song,  Uncategorized
    September 3, 2018 / No Comments


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  • Uncategorized
    September 3, 2018 / No Comments

    A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

    Vera Nazarian
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  • Uncategorized
    September 3, 2018 / No Comments

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𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲—𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬.

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Unrequited love can make you blind.

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Sometimes growing up means growing apart in this queer take on As You Like It featuring first loves and friend breakups, from award-winning author Julia Drake.

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