Review: Baccano! (Vol 1)

For general information on this series: Baccano! entry This review is for the first volume of Baccano! by Ryohgo Narita, subtitled The Rolling Bootlegs. The English edition was released by Yen Press in May 2016. The second volume released in August 2016, and will be followed by the third in December 2016. The series is ongoing with twenty-one… Read More Review: Baccano! (Vol 1)

Light Novel Notes (September 2016)

It’s time for light novel notes! I’m going to stop posting recent releases (I have those covered here), but I will go over what’s coming out soon. (Or in the case of The Violet Knight, what has just barely released.) The Violet Knight volume 1 (ebook) Amazon Release Date: September 12, 2016 Strike the Blood volume… Read More Light Novel Notes (September 2016)

Light Novel Releases — July & August 2016

How was everyone’s summer? I hope you all had a good time reading light novels. I haven’t been keeping up with all the posts I’ve wanted to publish here, but I think it will be easier now that things have settled a bit with my move back to Japan and wrapping up the summer reading… Read More Light Novel Releases — July & August 2016

LN Reading Program 2 — June 12

For the first week of this summer reading program, we will discuss the first third of Baccano! (volume 1) and The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria (volume 1). For Baccano!, you need to have read up to page 79 (covering “Epilogue 1”, “Prologue,” and a good chunk of “Day One”). Meanwhile for Empty Box,… Read More LN Reading Program 2 — June 12