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[oyceter]

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*

Comments

[oyceter]

Hee!

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

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

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.

[oyceter]

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.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

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.)