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rachelmanija) wrote2006-08-20 03:35 pm
rachelmanija) wrote2006-08-20 03:35 pm
Read this weekend
Blade of the Immortal volumes 7-10, by Hiroaki Samura. An immortal swordfighter shepherds a slightly clueless girl on a mission of revenge; sort of like Lone Wolf and Cub if Quentin Tarantino wrote the dialogue; gorgeous art; really violent; the story is taking some interesting twists right about now...
Prom, by Laurie Halse Anderson. Ashley, a girl in a blue-collar neighborhood, never wanted to go to the prom anyway, but when the math teacher steals the prom funds, she decides to help her friends who do care about it. This was terrific-- funny, sweet, and a very unusual point of view. (Unlike every protagonist ever, Ashley hates to read.)
Prom, by Laurie Halse Anderson. Ashley, a girl in a blue-collar neighborhood, never wanted to go to the prom anyway, but when the math teacher steals the prom funds, she decides to help her friends who do care about it. This was terrific-- funny, sweet, and a very unusual point of view. (Unlike every protagonist ever, Ashley hates to read.)
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Re: dating Samura: It reminds me of a friend telling me that there was no way she'd set me up with one of her friends, because he had this unusual kink that she had a feeling I would refuse to indulge: he liked to have women dress up in lingerie and such high heels they could barely walk, and then wobble around his house while he verbally humiliated them.
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I do want a Samura artbook, if one exists or ever will exist, but I don't believe even the completist in me would go for that one.