Josei Next Door

Novel Review: Whoever Steals This Book

Fri, 02 May 2025 15:56:06 -0500

A review of a book about books starring a book-hater written by a bookworm. Books!

Part fantasy, part mystery, this young adult novel belongs to a subgenre of stories about getting literally “sucked into” a book, with a couple key distinguishing traits. First, instead of the protagonist going into the story, the story consumes reality, changing Yomunaga and its residents into the book’s world…

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Manga Reviews: February-March 2025

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:54:47 -0500

Look, ma! New side hustle!

I’m (hopefully?) easing out of my burnout era and into my ANN reviewer era. Special thanks to the McElroys for this year’s theme, “Twenty-ThunderDrive: Faster Than Fear,” which motivated me to try writing again. Absolutely no thanks to being unemployed for three months, which also motivated me, but in a much less fun way.

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The Forgers go trick-or-treating! 🎃

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:04:35 -0500

breikka:

The Forgers go trick-or-treating! 🎃
Bond is also here of course !

Have a bootiful Halloween!!

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:04:31 -0500

gulicina-inhrsm:

Have a bootiful Halloween!!

Would you go down the path of darkness for him?

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:02:56 -0500

aemulatorizrafel:

Would you go down the path of darkness for him?

hotwaterandmilk: Mikako-chan Halloween Bag featuring Mikako and...

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:02:39 -0500

hotwaterandmilk:

Mikako-chan Halloween Bag featuring Mikako and Tsutomu as illustrated by Gokinjo Monogatari series mangaka, Yazawa Ai. This item was bundled with the October 1995 issue of Ribon magazine and scanned from my personal collection.

🌈 “”“”“respect”“”“"🌈

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:02:33 -0500

ALT

🌈 “”“”“respect”“”“"🌈

October 1 versus my Timeline

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:02:01 -0500

joseinextdoor:

ALT

Gutted about Nick/LossThief’s passing. We were mutuals for almost 10 years. We didn’t chat a ton,…

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:43:30 -0500

animefeminist:

In Tribute to Nicholas Dupree - Anime Feminist

Gutted about Nick/LossThief’s passing. We were mutuals for almost 10 years. We didn’t chat a ton, but I always loved when we did. Whether it was about Pokemon, basketball, underrated shoujo, or just trading bad puns, he was so friendly, sharp, and funny. I’m really gonna miss you, Nick.

…I also know you’d be BEGGING me to inject some levity into this memoriam, so forget angels - as a fellow Dance with Devils defender, I hope a full pomeranian choir sung thee to thy rest 💙