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Oh dear. I went down to the used bookstore to sell some of my books and ended up finding vols. 3-4 of Alice 19th in Japanese. I willfully resisted, but once I have trade credit, I fear I will relapse. I need to stop buying books in non-English because I will never read them! And yet... three dollars each!

So then, of course, I decided to head over to Books, Inc. and proceeded to end up getting Fruits Basket 4, Saiyuki Reload 1 (I miss Minekura art. I need to scout for artbooks when I go home), a gift for a friend, and Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief. I haven't even started reading all the books I got while I was in NY, or even the books I got when

rachelmanija was here. I think I need a book-buying hiatus.

The sad thing is that in the back of my mind, the book-buying hiatus is littered with loopholes (It doesn't count if I get manga! It doesn't count if I get stuff with gift certificates or trade credit!).

Also, I curse all of you who have gotten me back into manga and so impatient that I cannot even wait a month for my Amazon gift certificate to get more Fruits Basket. The only reason I stopped at only one volume was becuase vol. 5 was in bad shape and they didn't have another copy.

I curse you all to be deluged with too many good book recs and have no willpower to resist!

*madly cackles*

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I curse you all to be deluged with too many good book recs and have no willpower to resist!

You mean that's not the default state?

Drat, obviously I need to think of a new curse!

(The Turner is All Your Fault, by the way)

Hrm, my other one was going to be "May you never have enough shelves," but I suspect that's the default state as well...

If you only said, "I curse you to have always needed more shelves," it could be like Delirium's curse of Mazikeen in Brief Lives.

Hee!

Oooo, btw, is there anything you'd like me to look for in Taiwan (artbooks, etc.)?

EEE! Saiyuki Gaiden, any volumes that are out, please. Oh, and Wild Adapter likewise. I'll pay you back!

How much do artbooks cost in Taiwan, with the exchange rate? Because I think I can get most of the Minekura ones in Kinokuniya; they're just expensive.

Okie! I suspect I will be buying much for myself as well ;).

I think artbooks are... um.... it's a good question! I suspect around $25? At least, that was when I was in high school... hrm.

Just the manga, I think. For those I have text translations bookmarked, and also I think they have some of Minekura's prettiest art. (I don't love Wild Adapter the way I love Saiyuki, but it's got better art. I wish it would get licensed.)

I need to stop buying books in non-English because I will never read them!
This is what I was thinking in the Narita aiport bookstore, but I still walked away with lots and lots of manga!

I've just ordered the first two Salty Dog artbooks. I can't wait until they get here!

Mwahaha! Thanks so much for the Saiyuki by the way! I got them and petted them and ogled and the beautiful color pages.

(btw, lemme know if there's anything you'd like from Taiwan)

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'm all set. :)

I want non-perishable goodies, plus lots and lots of food-blogging. With photos. Take a photo of a mangosteen!

I shall indeed! Sadly, I think the mangosteen is a summer veggie, but I will drag my camera to places.

Maybe I will get you plastic food this time instead of real food =(. We have to visit again so I can make you stuff!

*baffled* . . . you talk about impending Furuba addiction like it's a bad thing. ^_-

Now I want new books. *sighs*

LOL! My poor wallet begs me for mercy ;).

Just finished vol. 4 and want to hurry up and read till 7 at least so it's caught up with the anime and new stuff starts happening!

. . . I feel obliged to warn you that the anime includes a chunk of material from vol. 8 as well, due to the last quarter (maybe the last third?) of the anime storyline being shuffled out of the correct order of events. However, there's a completely-unanimated chapter in vol. 6, some new material in vol. 7, and most of vol. 8 *is* new. 8 is the first of my favorite volumes--it's where I discovered that Kyo wasn't my favorite character after all. ^_^

Yeah, I keep wanting to get to vol. 8 so I can meet the horse girl!

She breaks my heart and makes me smile in all sorts of ways, all at once. *bliss* (I remain irrationally bitter that the anime cut the first reference to her, which happens in a chunk that *was* animated. I know perfectly well that referring to a character who wouldn't be in the show would have been idiotic, but I still want them to acknowledge her. -_-)

. . . do you know anything about her, or have you managed to stay unspoiled? (Which may be a silly question, since you read this journal, but I try to be careful about spoiler cuts . . . )

Awwwwww! I only know the little bits that I scanned on your site (I dropped by because I was curious about her after hearing so much), but not much history at all. Just that she's the horse and that there's something with her and Hatsuharu.

and that there's something with her and Hatsuharu.

*nods* There is indeed--one of those lovely subplots that comes out in bits and pieces and is full of misdirection and hints. *happy shivers*

I curse you all to be deluged with too many good book recs and have no willpower to resist!

*madly cackles*

Too late....