Yen Press Licenses Several Manga and Light Novel Spin-Offs

Today, Yen Press announced several manga and light novel titles plus one art book. All of these titles will be of interest to light novel fans as the manga and art book are based on existing light novel properties and the light novels are spin-off, or side-story, material of popular series.… Read More Yen Press Licenses Several Manga and Light Novel Spin-Offs

Review: Spice and Wolf – Spring Log III (Vol 20)

Once again we rejoin the Spice and Wolf bathhouse and its owners, Lawrence and Holo. In this short story collection from Hasekura we watch the seasons change, from summer to autumn, and how it’s affected our long-time companions. With volume 20 of Spice and Wolf, we’ve reached the third of the Spring Log books–originally written… Read More Review: Spice and Wolf – Spring Log III (Vol 20)

Review: Spice and Wolf – Spring Log II (Vol 19)

Much like the previous volume of this series, Spice and Wolf – Spring Log II (volume 19) is a collection of short stories chronicling the lives of our characters far beyond the finale of the epilogue in volume 17. There is once again four stories which follow Lawrence and Holo, as well as their family… Read More Review: Spice and Wolf – Spring Log II (Vol 19)

Review: Spice and Wolf – Spring Log (Vol 18)

First and foremost, this book assumes you are already familiar with the previous seventeen books. Because of this, there will be somewhat major spoilers in this review for the end of Spice and Wolf: Epilogue (vol. 17), so read at your own risk if you haven’t yet finished the previous books. The main story of… Read More Review: Spice and Wolf – Spring Log (Vol 18)

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

Light Novel Notes (October 2016 — Round 2)

I feel a bit swamped lately, what with all these light novel shenanigans. But there’s still loads more to look forward to before this month is over! First, a quick recap of upcoming releases: The Tokyo Ghoul novel releases October 18th. After that, DanMachi: Sword Oratoria vol 1, Psycome vol 2, and SAO Progressive vol… Read More Light Novel Notes (October 2016 — Round 2)