WWW Wednesday

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I had a really busy weekend (vending 4 days, Friday to Monday, in a city 3+ hrs drive away) so my reading was relatively sparse, especially on graphic novels/manga.

1. What are you currently reading?

• The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin: so far I'm a little iffier on this one than on the first, but I'm still enjoying it.
• 盗墓笔记 vol. 2 by 南派三叔: ugggh I hardly made any progress at all, sigh.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

• The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin: a lovely book that had, for me, a couple wrong notes that dimmed it a little. Specifically: 1. did not hate Robert Moses enough and 2. no Jewish or East Asian city avatars. It feels a bit of a slap in the face for the importance of those groups in the fabric of the city. I've decided that, lacking canon to the contrary, Brooklyn is Jewish because I Said So. (I am a native New Yorker and have lived in Manhattan - 18 years total - and the Bronx - 5 years total - so that influences my views a lot.)
• Fragtime omnibus by Sato: modern GL with sort of super powers. I'd have liked it better if the characters hadn't been so... how they are.
• Kase-san and Yamada vol. 3 by Hiromi Takashima: more jealousy stuff. what a drag.
• That Times I Got Reincarnated as a Slime vol. 6 by Fuse
• How Do We Relationship? vol. 1 by Tamifull: modern GL. I appreciate the bit at the beginning making clear that whatever bumps they hit, that's where they end up, cause it made Teh Dramz feel lower stakes.

3. What will you read next?

Novels: my reading club is starting Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell, and my Libby hold on Apothecary Diaries vol. 2 by Natsu Hyuuga came through, so. those.

Physical Graphic Novels: I don't expect to read any this week.

Libby Graphic Novels: My Libby isn't loading right now, somethings wrong with it, but I know my loan of Just Like Mona Lisa vol. 1 by Tsumuji Yoshimura is due within the next couple days, so definitely that. I can't remember what else off hand. I've got around 10 loans rn tho... wait, there it goes, finally! Okay, that's the only one due imminently. I got a copy of Cherry Magic vol. 15 through yesterday so I expect to be on that basically immediately, too. The only reason I didn't read it yesterday was I ran out of time.