Top Ten Light Novel Covers (English Releases)

Light novel covers sometimes get a bad rap. Some LN series do admittedly just have an artwork of the lead heroine posing in front of a plain background, which–to me at least–isn’t particularly interesting. (Especially when it’s the same girl for every single volume…) But there are still plenty of light novels out that feature… Read More Top Ten Light Novel Covers (English Releases)

Light Novel Recommendations for Beginners

“I am new to light novels. What should I read first?” Cho: This is a question I often see asked online, so I thought to gather some of the internet’s top light novel bloggers and see if we could come up with a “beginner’s guide” to light novels. Light novels encompass many different genres of… Read More Light Novel Recommendations for Beginners

News: Light Novel Articles (February 2015)

I didn’t notice a LOT of light novel-related articles this past month, so feel free to link any others you happen to know of! Here are a few posts to check out for now though: Over at Organization Anti-Social Geniuses, you can read this interview with Naoki Yamada, the CEO of Conyac–i.e. the crowd-funding translation company that held… Read More News: Light Novel Articles (February 2015)

Feature: A Look into Japanese Light Novels

I’ve bought a bunch of light novels recently, and thought I’d share some photos of them. This will be similar to my “Introduction to Light Novels” page, but perhaps this post can be considered the 102 course? Here’s some of my recent purchases–most of them were used but still in nice condition. Light novels are cheap to… Read More Feature: A Look into Japanese Light Novels

News: Light Novel Articles (July 2014)

Every now and then (perhaps each month) I’d like to link some articles I know of that deal with light novels. Here are a few I’ve come across for July (or late June): Frog-kun of Fantastic Memes wrote about the potential of original English light novels, and gives a couple suggestions for reading. Zeroreq011 wrote a piece… Read More News: Light Novel Articles (July 2014)