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March 16
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Nick Fagerlund
gave  to:
American Born Chinese (Paperback)
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Gene Luen Yang
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Nick said:
"Extremely good. I had problems with it, but it's a damn fine graphic novel.
(Man, that thing where it seems to be a set of thematically-related plotlines that converge toward thematically similar denouements? And how by the end that's tec...more
Extremely good. I had problems with it, but it's a damn fine graphic novel.
(Man, that thing where it seems to be a set of thematically-related plotlines that converge toward thematically similar denouements? And how by the end that's technically still sort of the case but it's really not like that at all? That was actually kind of brilliant.) (less)
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Nick Fagerlund
gave  to:
Mushishi, Volume 1 (Paperback)
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Yuki Urushibara
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Nick said:
"This is an episodic series about a wandering... fixer? Basically, it's a continuous set of very low-key quasi-horror stories in a setting that resembles old Japan. (Unsure about eras; my history is shaky. Not Warring States.) A dude named Ginko wande...more
This is an episodic series about a wandering... fixer? Basically, it's a continuous set of very low-key quasi-horror stories in a setting that resembles old Japan. (Unsure about eras; my history is shaky. Not Warring States.) A dude named Ginko wanders the land plying his trade as a Mushi-shi; he helps people (usually) and seeks to increase his knowledge about the ancient and bizarre Mushi, pseudo-plants and pseudo-animals that predate everything we think of as "life."
Very atmospheric and bittersweet-pastoral. It's creepy, but also somehow peaceful. Recommended. (less)
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Nick Fagerlund
gave to:
Kekkaishi, Volume 8 (Kekkaishi)
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Yellow Tanabe
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Nick said:
"Yeah, this series just plain rocks. So far, I recommend it to everyone else who really liked the first arc of Bleach and then got disenchanted with it.
Things are heating up, as they are wont to: Yoshimori has a hairbrained scheme to perm...more
Yeah, this series just plain rocks. So far, I recommend it to everyone else who really liked the first arc of Bleach and then got disenchanted with it.
Things are heating up, as they are wont to: Yoshimori has a hairbrained scheme to permanently seal off the Karasumori site, his older brother has hairbrained schemes of his own, the Shadow Organization may be compromised, and a mysterious confederacy of powerful demons is... well, doing what they do, really. (And until they transform, they look like total Men in Black. Classy!)
Oh, and the two junior Kekkaishi have a new ally. Have I ever mentioned how much I love that archetype of the surly loner beast-man, who craves connection with his fellow man but is held back by fear of his inner monster? 'Cause I totally do. Werewolf boys and girls, you are all right by me. (less)
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Nick Fagerlund
is currently reading:
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Paperback)
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Elizabeth Wayland Barber
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Nick Fagerlund
gave to:
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Volume 5)
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Eiji Otsuka
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Nick Fagerlund
gave to:
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Volume 4)
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Eiji Otsuka
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Nick Fagerlund
gave to:
Kekkaishi, Volume 5 (Kekkaishi)
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Yellow Tanabe
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Nick Fagerlund
gave to:
Kekkaishi, Volume 7 (Kekkaishi)
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Yellow Tanabe
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Nick Fagerlund
gave to:
Kekkaishi, Volume 6 (Kekkaishi)
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Yellow Tanabe
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