books, books, books: 2015 june-sept

One day when One Piece ends, it may be my favorite manga. This is on the presumption and faith that Oda still knows what he's doing, has a plan, and will end strong and epic. Luffy, our Pirate King. ♥ (I do wonder, a bit apprehensively, if he'll do another major character death. It seems unthinkable to me, and a ruination of the ultimate dream for Luffy, but I worry.)

For now, Hikaru no Go and Slam Dunk vie for that top spot in my heart. Perhaps ventures into rereading those too after I get through my current to read list. I've been making good progress!

Anyway, mostly for my own records, the books I've read in the past three months, in vague chronological order, with not quite reviews but more my impression.

( Books, June-September 2015. )

Currently reading: Bream Gives Me Hiccups by Jesse Eisenberg, a collection of his short stories, some of which have been previously published online in McSweeney's and The New Yorker (and which I've read), and some of which are new. Currently charming, moving, sardonic, amusing.

Next on the list:
-more One Piece! (Vols 13-14-15, the Whiskey Peak/Little Garden/beginning of the Drum Island arc)
-The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (well recced and received fantasy/scifi by people whose tastes I'm inclined to trust)
-Jingo by Terry Pratchett (a reread, because I bought the new beautiful hardcover in Singapore)
-Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (Malaysian author! magic and British royalty/society! Intriguing.)
-Regencies by Joan Smith (who is billed as excellent and Heyer-esque, and quite PG, as I prefer my Regencies)