That being said, the blogging part is not going away. However, it definitely will not be frequent. I’ll just be posting the books I’ve bought and/or borrowed from the library. Sometimes I’ll do stuff like Follow Fridays (minus the following) and other memes like that but those will be even rarer. So yes. My library haul for the month!

I actually took these books out on the 9th. I’ve neglected to post about it but better late than never! I’m actually returning a few of them today. In fact, I’ve finished reading all of the books except one. Mind you, 80% of the books are manga and/or are “easy” reads.

So here’s the list!

• Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran
  While I was doing my daily browsing of all the aisles in the library, I came across this little gem! I wanted to take it out before, but I felt like I had too many books on my plate. So I came back and got it now!
• Alcestis by Katharine Beutner
  This caught my eye right away because I really love Greek myths. Especially anything to do with the Underworld. Hades you beast. And poor, sweet, dear, precious fefeta Persephone.
• Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken by Oliver Bowden
  As soon as I realized that the library actually had Assassin’s Creed books, I had to grab them! I’ve heard about this book among the fandom and a lot of people love it. Mostly because Haytham is in it? Seeing as how it’s a journal of pretty much his entire life, I was intrigued. I also can’t bear to miss any piece of canon media.
• Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance by Oliver Bowden
  Saw this one right next to Forsaken. No regrets.
• Kimi Ni Todoke (Volumes 1-7) by Karuho Shiina
  This series has been on my to-read list for the looongest time. It’s almost been over three years, actually! I’ve put it off because it’s licensed in English (I know, I’m horrible). As soon as I saw several volumes starting from the very beginning, I grabbed them all.
• Cirque du Freak (Volumes 8-12) by Darren Shan and Takahiro Arai
  Okay, I’ve been reading this series for around two years. These are the final volumes. I just have to finish what I started!
• The Limit (Volumes 1 & 2) by Keiko Suenobu
  I’m a big fan of Keiko Suenobu. I’ve read most of her series, Life and a couple of her works. I’ve always had a soft spot for over dramatic high school kids. On a more serious note, Suenobu loves to focus on bullying and I just love the awareness she’s trying to spread. She’s always a good read!

• French Milk by Lucy Knisley
  I’m always a sucker for personal memoir-like graphic novels. The cover is just too charming to not want to read it!
• Negima! (Volume 1) by Ken Akamatsu
  The name sounded familiar so I though, why not? I picked it up. Turns out Akamatsu is the mangaka for Love Hina. I predict boobs.
• Pure by Timothy Mo
  Not going to lie, the cover is what did it for me. So pure.
• I Shall Not Hate by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish’s
  Apparently this has been on my to read list for a while. I don’t know how or why but it’s been on there! So I finally decided to get it.
• The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
  I’ve been looking for a book I once read in elementary. This is a possible candidate for said book.
• The Selector of Souls by Shauna Singh Baldwin
  My library was doing a blind date with a book thing. I thought it would be about tapestries. It’s actually about India. Close enough.
• Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang
  Another one that’s been on my to read list for a while.

Books that I still need to add to the log:

• Moon Boy (Volume 4)
• Moon Boy (Volume 5)
• Josephine: A Life of the Empress
• The Case for God
• A whole load more of books…

I recently got back into reading online web comics… That was definitely not a good idea…

… Is getting an adult library card. I’m not even joking. I detested the teen library card. It was too “hip” for me. So I rather like my simplistic and pretty white adult library card. The bad thing is that I have to memorize a new card number. I’m horrible at memorizing numbers. Although the number for my new card has bits and pieces of my address and home phone number so I reckon it’s not that bad.

And so I made my first library haul of the year with my shiny new library card! It took me an hour because I was pressed for time and with the fact that I probably won’t have too much time for reading. I finished the graphic novel in a jiffy though.

In case you can’t read the books in the picture, the books I got were:

• At a Crossroads by Kate T. Williamson
• The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind by Fuyumi Ono
• The Case for God by Karen Armstong
• Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong
• A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong

I started reading “The Case for God” first, mostly because I don’t want to find myself 2 days before the due date and finding myself just starting it. Although on second thought I just might read the shorter ones first, but I’ll see what happens.

As you can tell, I’m a big fan of Karen Armstrong. I’ve read her memoir, “Through the Narrow Gate,” and watched her prize winning TED talk, “The Charter for Compassion” and loved both of them. I can’t wait to dig into my first reads of 2013!