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The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon: A Cool Concept Turns Dubious Disaster – Book Review
The Archive Undying by Emma Meiko Candon is a Japanese American science-fiction novel, the first in a series, that revolves around a world comprised of artificially intelligent beings…
Weekly Reading Wrap-Up (April 14th to 21st)
My mental health was a bit all over the place this past week as I have been taking care of three sick kitties (they have colds, nothing too…
Weekly Reading Wrap-Up (April 6th to 13th) 📚
This last week was fabulous. I read about six books total and almost all of them are titles I would recommend to other readers, depending on what fits…
Women of Good Fortune: Ride-or-Die Female Friends Finding their Joyous Empowerment (Book Review) 🧧
Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan is a Chinese-American, contemporary novel that begins with a bride’s reluctance at her upcoming nuptials to a very wealthy, eligible bachelor…
Laid-Back Camp Season 3 (Spring 2024) – First Impressions 🏕️
Laid-Back Camp Season 3 (ゆるキャン△ Season 3) is the continuation of a series that essentially revolves around cute, silly girls and their love of camping! It’s a super…
Laid-Back Camp Season 3, Initial D First Stage, Laid-Back Camp
Wisdom of the Week #1: The Value of Impermanence 🪷
Happy Sunday and good morning, chums. Welcome to a new weekly (sometimes bi-weekly) segment called Wisdom of the Week, where I will share some words to keep in…
Caturday Reads 01: Horror Thriller, East Asian Fantasy, Mech Science-Fiction 😺
Azizi and I welcome you to our first Caturday Reads, which is a basically a post allowing me to dote and show off amateur pictures of my kitties,…
🌼 March Reading Wrap-Up (2024) 🌼
March was a brilliant reading month for me. I cannot remember the last time I was able to focus so much on one thing at a time for…
📢 Blog Bulletin: Welcome Spring! Seasonal Introverted Shenanigans
Returning to blogging feels like walking into an 80s queer disco ghost town, not that I would ever complain about that. That would be right up my happy…
Weekly Wrap-Up – March 3th-10th 📚
This last week was rather exhausting for me with work and dealing with tough topics in therapy. To unwind, I dove into some good books and left reality…
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng: Generational Trauma & Internalised Racism Amid Grief – Book Review
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng is a Chinese-American fiction literature novel about a family—two parents, a brother, and a sister—who try to piece together the…
11 Batman Comics Every Batman Beginner Should Read
Comics are a huge passion of mine. From the storytelling to the artistic presentations of said stories, to the technical ways it’s crafted—I love it all. But I…
Syrup to No Good by Catherine Bruns: Bridal Shower Stabbing Stops the Show – Book Review
Syrup to No Good by Catherine Bruns is the second book in the cosy mystery series, Maple Syrup Mysteries. Leila Khoury has settled into her life in Vermont…
Blog Bulletin 📣 Hello, Happy Sunday & How Do you Do + Sunday Shelfie
Do you ever sit down to write something, and you want it to be profound and fabulous, yet when the eyes meet the document or clean, crisp pages,…
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan – Realistic Potentiality of Global AI Technologies – Book Review
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan is a collection of ten short stories written in collaboration between two pioneers of artificial…
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns: A Sweet & Sombre Cosy Mystery – Book Review
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns is the first title in a cosy mystery series called, Maple Syrup Mysteries. It follows a woman named Leila Khoury as…
Joker: Killer Smile – The Sublime Subtlety Between Brilliance & Madness – Comic Review
“Life is meant to be savoured.” Joker: Killer Smile is a psychological horror, mystery graphic novel by the magnificent award-nominated duo, Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls).…
Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams by Naoki Urasawa – Seinen Satire from a Master of the Craft (Manga Review)
Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams by Naoki Urasawa is a seinen, mystery, drama manga about a father who evades taxes to save money so he can take his…
5 Reasons to Watch Ghost Hunt (ゴーストハント)
Ghost Hunt is a shōjo, supernatural mystery show about a group of psychic researchers that investigate paranormal incidents and try to resolve them where they can. This was…
Harleen by Stjepan Šejić: A Stroke of Genius Origin Story for The Joker’s Leading Lady – Comic Review
Harleen by Stjepan Šejić is a psychological thriller graphic novel. After months of interviewing criminals at Arkham Asylum, Dr Harleen Quinzel starts to have very strange dreams about…
Parade by Shūichi Yoshida: A Salaciously Psychological & Slow-Burn Look at Complex City-Living – Book Review (Japanese Lit)
Parade by Shūichi Yoshida is a Japanese psychological novel about four distinct individuals who all reside in a small two-bedroom Tokyo apartment. How these four came to together is…
7th Time Loop: The Charming Shenanigans of a Villainess & Her Worst Enemy – Anime First Impressions
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (ループ7回目の悪役令嬢は、元敵国で自由気ままな花嫁生活を満喫する) is a fantasy, romance anime series about a noblewoman that is resurrected for…
Initial D First Stage, 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
The Demon Prince of Momochi House: Supernaturally Sweet & Visually Vibrant – Anime First Impressions
The Demon Prince of Momochi House (百千さん家のあやかし王子) is a shōjo, supernatural, romance anime that’s based off the original manga series by Aya Shouoto. It follows a young, orphaned…
Book Review: Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa – Being a Displaced Palestinian in a Time of Great Uncertainty
Have you ever discovered a book that was so breathtakingly relevant to the current times, that it simultaneously destroyed your heart with empathy while also enlightening you to…
Black Tomb (2008): Love & Violence in Dystopian Kamakura-Era – Anime First Impressions
Kurozuka, also known as Black Tomb, is a 2008 seinen, post-apocalyptic, dark fantasy anime that’s an adaptation of a manga, which was an adaptation of a novel. It…
Ninja Scroll & the Harsh Critique of a Toxically Ambitious History – Anime Review
Ninja Scroll (獣兵衛忍風帖) is a 1993 seinen, jidaigeki-chanbara (period samurai film) motion picture that was produced by Animate Film and written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Vampire Hunter…
Initial D First Stage, Ninja Scroll, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Comic Review: Meg the Graphic Novel – Tawdry Cinematic Action at its Finest
As a humongous fan of the cheesy and oft-times godawful Meg novels by Steven Alten, when I saw the trade paperback comic, it is safe to say that…
Anime Archive Ventures (Randomly Choosing Backlogged Anime) #1: Black Tomb (2008)
Anime backlogs are simultaneously amazing, as they provide a source for us to refer to when we have no idea what sounds good for that next thrilling adventure,…
Blog Bulletin 📢 Welcome to Initial Dork!
Bula bloggers, bookworms, and dorks of all sorts, and a very cheery New Year’s to you. This is your basic as biscuits “Welcome to My Blog” post. If…