Books - March - 2009

Manga:

• Hellsing vol. 8 ( 4.3.2009 )
• Inuasha vol 42 ( 13.3.2009 )
• Death Note vol. 10 ( 19.3.2009 )

Scans:

• Ludwig Kakumei vol. 1 (16.3.2009 )
• Ludwig Kakumei vol. 2 (17.3.2009 )

Annoying that manga isn't being translated officially in English.... ( or in Finnish ) because otherwise this would have ended in my shopping basket. But thanks that there are scans so I could read this at least. Hopefully they consider publishin this in at least English. -Found only Germany version from the bookstore and that doesn't much help at all! >..<'

Also tried to read petit Cosette but that just wasn't a manga I would want to read and my friend recommend to check out manga called Xxxholic but after reading one chapter I just bookmarked it to continue reading later.

Books - February 2009

Books:

• Arto Paasilinna - Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä ( Sweet Poison Cooker ) - It was not the usual book I would pick up and read. Not at all. I think that I guess I am disturbed when I began to read Paasilinna's works. Neither I am much after murder stories. Or drama... Or Finnish drama.... It was about a little while of a life of old granny who got real thug as her nephew and two jerks as his friends. Well they were blackmailing the money out of the granny, had made and planned more crimes and made a lot quite grouse crimes and finally tried to kill this granny. Well, the granny got away from them after they had forced her to sing her last will. She then got interested of cooking poisons. For herself because she rather would have killed herself than let those crooks to get her life. She had help in the end tough and she had good luck with her. - The crooks died, one after another, pretty much by their own fault. One sat accidentally on her poison syringe and died. Second one thought it was just a drug and injected himself with it and got then pushed over the rail in the ship. x'D Third one then kidnapped her granny and tried to drown her but he got carless, managed to broke his leg and ribbs with ( airos ) when trying to sash the granny... And eventually by accident he died when ( airo ) drop on his head and smashed his skull... After that life was bit happier for the granny. :3 But when she died she end in hell ( apparently where all Finns and their close relative nations end ) where these three were waiting for her but she had help there too, her husband and her second husband and Devil himself. x'''''D What I learned from the last pages... Lady is Lady even in Hell. x'D Book was short, easy to read in three or two days but I got a bit amazed by how much stuff there was fit and squished in 195 pages. O.O' Story was grotesgue and not suitable for minors... unless they really think they can survive from it. It tells quite clear about that crime isn't worth it, neither drinking isn't worth it. While I was reading it I waited the crooks to die. Die very painfully and was ready to write fanfic about it sending my lovely flesh eating-people/things burrowing horse OC to play with that trio. So it brought up rather dark emotions towards crimes so I was delighted to see how they drop dead one after another. :3 ( 05.02.2006 )

Comics:

• Neil Gaiman's Absolute Sandman vol. 3 -

Manga:

• Vagabond vol. 4 ( 05.02.2009 )
• Tarot Café vol. 7 - Last part of that serie and it was... well... Surprising. :3 ( 16.02.2009 )
• Priest vol. 4 ( 16.02.2009 )
• Inuyasha vol. 41 ( 16.02.2009 )
• Death Note vol. 9 ( 25.2.2009 ) - Not sure when but at last week anyway...

Scans:

There has been Black Blood Brothers, newest chapter to Fullmetal Alchemist and new translated chapter of Trinity Blood. :3 For sure I have added Black Blood Brothers on my manga's what I want to get when they are available list.

~Uku

Books - January 2009

Books:

• Cressida Cowell - How to speak dragonese by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III ( Finnish edition: Opi Lohikärmeskieltä - Hikotus Kauhistus Koljakala III ) - Third book of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's adventures that if I don't remember wrong, I bought it from the online auction last year. I like the humor that the books have even many if the scenes sound a bit overdone. Humor and lovely dragons. x')  ( 03.01.2009 )

 

• Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant ( finnish translated it as Keplo Leutokalma ) - I had saved this book for a year and had a thought that now the back-cover text promises something way too good... It was way too good and I succeed driving my friends crazy when keeping telling them how good book it is. x'D There is a living skeleton as a main role. Really. x') Skeleton that magic keeps together. Skeleton who's original skull some trolls stole and he won new head in poker. x''D I thought I got your attention. x'''D He also portrayed to be very much alive like anyone who has healthy attitude on the life. He also seems to find some humor even when things get ugly. -Really ugly and now I don't mean yellow car he he drives when his Bentley is being repaired. x') Well... I guess the girl should be main hero and I guess she does good job too but it is clear that certain skeleton wizard has gotten my attention. Don't get wrong. The girl and skeleton make really great team and just add there some lovely scythe carrying guard and one seriously evil warlock, conspiracy and magic.... I want another dose of this soup, please. Anyone who's not afraid of death, skeletons or warlocks should read this book. Also people who want to read really amusing, funny adventure with magic and adventure and quests. Pay some time to consider of reading this. Last time I red something this good was Gaiman's The Graveyard book. ( 06.01.2009 )

 

• Justin Somper - Vampirates : Demons of the Ocean - Interesting stuff to read... ( 12.01.2009 )

 

• Raili Mikkanen - Histamiinin hiihtoretki - Cute story about a toy horse on skees. :3 ( 27.1.2009 )

 

Manga:

• Fullmetal Alchemist vol. 19 ( 02.01.2008 )
• Inuyasha vol. 40 ( 13.01.2009 )
• Death Note vol. 8 ( 29.1.2009 )
• Pet Shop of Horrors vol. 4 ( 29.1.2009 )

Scans:

• Mai-Chan's Daily life - That sort of hentai stuff that no thank you. Went to quite a bit way too sick for my taste. @.@'

Scanned, translated chapters:

• Chapter 91 of Fullmetal and chapter 40, 41, 42 and 43 of Trinity Blood. Ah the goodies. :3 Cannot wait to get the hard copies.

~Uku

Booklists moved...

 

Hi, cookies... Just happy to inform that I have successfully moved booklists, some reviews and such that I typed between 2007 and 2008...

Cheers!

~Uku

Books - December - 2008

Books:

• Ellen Datlow - Blood is not enough - vampire anthology - Interesting collection of various short stories related with vampires of all sorts, not only the blood sucking ones. x') My personal favorite was short story of real vampire ending in kindergarten.... To feed on the children but the children on that very kindergarten drained the vampire out of his life strength. x'D There was also Jewish vampire on Nazi death camp and that was interesting scenario to see... Usually the vampires are the blame and they hardly treated that way. I wonder why because that would give new ways to study and see the one of the most classy monsters. Also the first story of the collection was interesting, about vampires on the day club of some sort bringing their human bottles in to be drink along with the company, alike was the short story that was bind together with Alice in wonderland...  I was glad to get a bit of information about this from Datlow's second vampire anthology and that I did find this from the auction and bought it. It's old book but it is definetelly worth of checking out.

 

• Kenneth Grahame - Dream Days - I got this book because for that dragon story included. I did finally finished reading the whole book though and it was ok. ( 26.12.2008 )

 

• Raili Mikkanen - Histamiini hukassa ( Histamiini is lost ) - Old child book that I found when cleaning up the bigger bookshelf. :3 I red it just for fun thought it didn't bring back no memories at all. ^^' I don't even know the TV show where the book probably got adapted from either. :( Though after having chat with the beast I did seek and tried to buy two other books of the same series. It is about marionette horse called Histamiini. And appeared to bring in good story for every age. ( 26.12.2008 )

 

• Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard book - It was unexpected and huge surprise gift from my godmother and I very grateful for the book. I began reading it almost right after Christmas eve... What I can say.. It's lovely, awesome... I liked it. every page, the story. * gasp * I must say that it is the perfect story to read. Film directors, please, don't mess this story up if you plan to film this, please. * puppy owl eyes *  ( 31. 12. 2008 )

 

Manga:

• Devil's Bride vol 1 - Ok, it is yaoi and a bit of shota and hentai yaoi... Yep, yep, someone likes it. x'D ( 01.12.2008)
• Death Note vol. 6 ( 02.12.2008 )
• Inuyasha 39 ( 12.12.2008 )

Scans:

Sorry, nothing full this time. I had no time. -Or patience to sit down and look something... Maybe I start reading Yami no Matsuei and Finder series in next year...

 

~Uku

Originally posted 31.12.2008

Books - November 2008

Books:

• I am Legend - Richard Matheson - Definetelly separates from the movie.. Oo' It is like movie has gotten inspiration and basic idea and character name from this novel and that is about it. In the book Robert Neville is somewhat serious alcoholic who seems to drink whenever he wants to and that gets a bit annoying but I guess that is just the way only simple man could see the situation. Drinking and women seem to be his prime problems until he finally gets over his lust after women. He does dins out the bacteria causing the vampirism in that world, but the cure... nothing that would cure the people turned into vampires. And vampires, they are close the mythical real things than those hairless, greyish howling berserk freaks from the cloning laboratory seen in the movie version..  Though I had a mental image of the howling mindless pale freaks mixed with shark genes on them seen in 30 days after. Oo' ( no the vampires of that movie weren't really mixed with shark genes, I just say that because they appearances just game me that kind of impression... ) I was also a bit amazed that how a person like Neville could have survived so long, it took him five months to realize what effect sunlight has on the vampires. Oo' And in the end... Well... In the movie there wasn't that new type of vampires who hadn't end up all the way sick. And did he die in the end in the book like he did in the movie? Yes he did but on suicide pill... In all together story was interesting, minus drinking ( too much of it and it was like in almost on every page. oO'  ) and it did offer scientific theory for vampires. And some of the vampires were physically alive. Oo' Now, that was new. I can't say I liked the book, but I don't hate it either or want to get rid of it. It made me laugh in few times... Most of the time it was: wtf, he's drinking AGAIN?! x''D ( 13.11.2008 )

• Robert A. Heinlein - Podkayne of Mars - Excuse me what I was reading but this was boring teenager drama about rather narrow minded teen slut in sci-fi format. I red this because I thought it could be better, sad it was worse than I could ever imagine. Oo' I didnät like the noisy, slutty main character, more rather I sorta liked her little brother who was just spoiled selffish and greed little bastard. Story is getting interesting after 185 ( which is nearly at the end of the book ) Before that it is all dull gossip and mafia alike blackmailing and teen ranting about the family cannot go to Earth *boohoo and add fake tears here. ) So after the family's grandfather who happens to be senator uses his power and so he takes the brats in the space trip on high class star ship and one of the best there is in fact. And then it is gossip, description of the spaceship and the cruise of the rich grannies. Teen drama and teen babbling... Gah, we get that brainless stuff enough nowadays but then did the Author really need to write a crap like this? I guess the only reason why I picked this one up was that it had been renamed as 'Battle in Venus' in Finland rather than let it kep it's original name and try to translate that. Generally about the characters I think that they were rather shallow and plain, spoiled greedy brats, evil genius little brother...Good example of how to ruin average story by leaving all the action in the end, selecting characters from the top class or put them in top class and give them nasty properties that everyone dislikes but the mother ignores... The best way to ruin story is to bring along these Mary-Sues and write it from I point of view. x'''D If you haven't yet noticed; I didn't like this book at all. There above are the reasons why I didn't like it. It had very little the sparkling moments that were actually funny but those were one sentence miracles. I would recommend this book for people who want drama without adventure and not much of the violence.... Thought there is few cruel murders made by Podkayne's little brother in the end of the book but people can easily skip the afterword part if they don't wish to know what happened when when the story ended in the air. Note to self: Try to get rid of this book. * snorts* One thing that made me to giggle was that the author had been labeled as the master of science fiction. In what planet? Really I just wish that other books of this author aren't as boring and stupid as this one was. So if you want action or anything more livable story go to read something else. Anything else. ( 22.11.2008 )

• Frederico Andahazi - Anatomi ( El Anatomista ) - Fictious this it might have been the story in 1500 with inquisition institutes, witch trials, pyres and anatomy lessons when doctors were taking the fragile steps to understand the mysteries of the body. It seemed to be the time of wicked wild theories of how the body works and why it works and it was time when Sun and everything else were going around Earth and people seemed to figure out that the world was round. But indeed it is very bad timing for anatomi to discover woman's penis... ( read clitoris ) There is also bordellos included with kurtisans of course, pedofilia included and some biting of some male members... Some human experiments and how innocent little child were murdered to feed the pope with their blood for him to recover... He also get breastfeeding... And for sure not a book for Catholics to read, but for people who want good story and little quantium leap to the past. Indeed this book was very interesting, I had kept in on the shell for a time, I dunno why, maybe because of the name or something like that but I was positively surprised by how good book this one was with livable characters and all. Another book sort of this was that Tulip Fever, but that was fictious, no? This had a lot more reality base behind. What I should think about? Be offended? I wonder why is that, I found the this book interesting and that's that. Of course it had erotic mixed in but that I guess was nesessary evil, pedofiles... In time when girls were tend to marry old creepy perverts in much younger than being 16. That was that day and if something to be glad at the modern day; that is not same today anymore, though it might be in some countries...  ( 23.11.2008 ) Yes, it was fast to read and I did read all day long from morning to the evening.

Manga:

• Blame vol. 6 ( 04.11.2008 )
• Blame vol. 7 ( 04.11.2008 )
• Blame vol. 8 ( 04.11.2008 )
• Blame vol. 9 ( 04.11.2008 )
• Blame vol. 10 ( 07.11.2008 )
• Vampire Hunter D  vol. 2 - Oh my.... Follows very well the plot of Raiser of Gales... D... * glomps D at that instant * ( 10.11.2008 )
• Death Note vol. 5 ( 18.11.2008 )
• Priest vol. 3 ( 18.11.2008 )
• Bizenghast 5 ( 18.11.2008 )
• Pet shop of Horrors vol. 3 ( 18.11.2008 )
• Model vol.3 ( 19.11.2008 )
• Fullmetal Alchemist ( 21.11.2008 )
• Trinty Blood vol. 8. ( 28.11.2008 )

Online manga + scanlations etc:

• Battle Royale volumes 9-15  - wow, I can't believe that I have actually read the whole serie by now. Oo' In all together the manga was a bit better from the movie, the movie had squished the story and with manga it spread to introduce the students's past... Only thing that bothered how effective inhuman predator Kiriyama had been made. There were moments when I was wow; that guy is not even a human?! Oo' Damnit, he was more like a vampire or dhampir  when he kept jumping and hasting trough the woods. oO' Though his a bit supernatural skills and precence didn't bother as nearly as much as his death that lasted 9 chapters. Oo' But still he was my fav. character in that manga. :3 Why the heck they make bad characters so damn hot? oO' Not to mention that he looked like D from Vampire Hunter D. Oo' ( without tight long wavy hair, pendant, leather suit, hat, sword, fangs and talking hand etc... ) Another cutie was Sugimura and it was sad to see him die. :(  I did find sequel but that as far as I red might had good plot but the graphic was... well... too plain for my eyes.
  Note to self: Definitely a serie worth of getting into bookshelf. Yep, decided what I am going to invest my money on next year... ^^' And forget BR II....
• Pink Sniper - hentai manga yes but funny one and not actually drawn with sadistic matter as they usually are, but with blink and devil's horns with sort of naughty way. But don't get the wrong idea, it is still HC stuff. ^^'

 

~Uku

2.12.2008

Books - October 2008

Manga:

• Trinity Blood volme 5 of Finnish edition ( 10.10.2008 ) - Last TB in Finnish for this owl. *grrrr!*
• Inuasha vol 36 ( 11.10.2008 )
• Petshop of Horrors vol. 2 ( 11.10.2008 )
• Vagabond vol. 3
• The Tarot Café vol. 6 - You don't know how long I have been waiting for this volume!!! Hopefully they'll publish 7th sooner than delay it for 5 months. >..<' ( Finnish edition... )

Online manga + scanlations etc:

• Battle Royale volumes 1-8 - Omg! I thought that BR was rather brutal and twisted as a movie but Manga... much much twisted, brutal, wider combination. For some odd reason I like this manga a lot and this is on my wishlist of manga I want to get. I don't know why but I found this one very addictive.

 

Looks very poor this month, cookies and I haven't much done nothing so I should have plenty of time to read something trough but... Oo' There you see how bad investment some strategy PC game can be. x')

~Uku

 

Original posting: 6.11.2008