Comments on: A shot at manga

By: Manga: It’s not love at first sight | The Bookkeeper

Manga: It’s not love at first sight | The Bookkeeper — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:38:15 +0000

[...] few days ago I blogged about my plans to get acquainted with manga. Well, my swap partner is the slowest one ever and “Fake” still hasn’t arrived. I’m pretty [...]

By: Rikki

Rikki — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:11:24 +0000

I looked up The Crimson Spell on amazon. Paranormal, huh? I think I’ll start with something contemporary, at least with all the other novelty I don’t have to adjust to a new world on top of everything else. Yeah, the reading from right to left I’m really not looking forward to. When I saw those books for the first time, I thought they were misprints, LOL.
Can’t wait to compare our thoughts on manga.

By: Val Kovalin

Val Kovalin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:05:01 +0000

I’m REALLY looking forward to this review! I come from a similar background as you. My husband reads graphic novels and I barely even read comic books as a kid. I just bought my first yaoi The Crimson Spell on a recommendation from E.H. of Erotic Horizons blog. It was SO unusual. First I had to get used to the trippiness of reading it from right to left after decades of habit reading from left to right. I’ll post a review soon! I wonder if you and I had similar reading experience with our first toe in water with yaoi?