So much for posting more often, huh? Sorry about that. Still busy, busy, busy.
So what have I been up to the past couple weeks? Well, I've been reading a lot lately. I finished Libba Bray's newest books "Going Bovine," and then I read the book "The Amaranth Enchantment,". Now I'm working on a mystery "The Ghost and Mrs. McClure". I'm really enjoying the mystery. There's something really cute and charming about it. The ghost is this detective from the 30's and I've discovered I love almost anything related to the 30's story telling-wise.
I've also been reading a lot of manga. I started the series "Dengeki Daisy," and it bounced onto my favorites list. It's by one of my favorite shojo mangaka's, Motomi Kyousuke, whom I recently found out is a man! LOL. I had never knew that before. I found it really interesting.
Anyway, the story is about a girl named Teru, who's parents have both died and lived she with her only relative, her older brother. Her brother got sick with an illness and before he passed away he gave her a cell phone telling her that she can contact someone named "DAISY" using that phone anytime, and they will always protect and care for her. So she keeps in contact with this DAISY, sending him messages daily about trivial things like what happened to her that day, or a picture of herself.
Then by a turn of events she ends up breaking a window and getting stuck as the slave for a pushy janitor at her school named Kurosaki who turns out to be DAISY himself. Only she doesn't know it.
I know, I thought the plot sounded really lame too. XDD However, after I started reading it I was surprised to find out that Kurosaki's personality is the complete opposite than what you expect in a shojo manga. The second you find out he's DAISY you expect him to be some really sweet and encouraging type of guy. He isn't. He's actually pretty mean to the main character, and not in the classic shojo mean where they're just cold and do stupid things that are really cliche'. He's not cold. Not at all. I think what I like so much about him is that he acts like an actual GUY. His real age hasn't been revealed yet, but I'm assuming he's in his twenties, and that' s how old he acts. He's brash, obnoxious, and crude. Another thing I really like about the character is that he smokes. I know that sounds like an odd thing to like about a character...but it just adds to his personality.
Then the main girl, Teru, she's around 16 or 17 years old. In the beginning of the manga she lives in an apartment by herself and she's poor. I really really like Teru as a main character. She's a very strong individual. If you haven't figured it out by now, I like strong female leads.
There are only 15 chapters of Dengeki Daisy translated, but I love the way the story has played out. Lately I had found myself getting fed up with shojo manga. I felt like I was reading the same storys over and over again. I'm really thrilled to have found Dengeki Daisy. I think one of the main reasons I like it so much is because it's written by a guy. Besides it being a romance genre manga, it's not super prettified. In fact, I LOVE the way the art is, and the expressions are hilarious. I've liked all the manga I've read by him so far.
I've also read some short series in the past week like "Adarushan no Hanayome," which was about a prince who gets stuck marrying a 10 year old princess to stop the war, and "Koi, Hirari," which was about a girl falling in love with a Kabuki dancer. They were both cute, and rather interesting.
Then this past weekend (which is sadly over D: ) my friend and I finished up the anime Paranoia Agent. Weird series. Really weird. Then it was my turn to pick what show we were going to watch. I decided on "Welcome to the NHK," which she watched before. We only got to watch the first 3 episodes, but so far it's hilarious. I'm really loving the main character, and his neighbor Yamazaki. XDD
I also started watching Soul Eater out of pure curiosity. It's interesting. I haven't found what all the fuss is about yet, but its definitely snagged my attention.
So besides AAAALLL that, I've been watching Criminal Minds with my parents, working, and getting my cosplay together for Zenkaikon. Which is still super secret. There's also been some not-so-fun stuff going on in my personal life. In all honesty this Fall hasn't been the happiest of times, which is a shame since I love Fall. Oh well. Maybe Winter will be better!
As always, till next time lovies! Oh, and if someone is reading this and you're magically going to be at Zenkaikon let me know! I'm so excited!!
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