Originally Posted by TaiyoTsuki

I've got fifty-something mangas on hold. :sweat:

Mangas read fast... I could probably read all 50 in the 2 week time span they give you... which makes me wonder if Manga are available in my own library... *goes to find out*

They give you three weeks to read books at my library. With manga, I'll usually end up getting a bunch, and finishing them within a week.

Originally Posted by TaiyoTsuki

I've got fifty-something mangas on hold. :sweat:

Yea, I used to do that, until school work got to me XP at my school, there are these twins and they like manga too, so they can put up to 100 holds at one time with both their accounts XD

I've finally finished reading radiant shadows by melissa marr and I have to say it is a really good book, so mystical, magical and just plain lovely.

MedievalBeauty>> Melissa Marr....hmmmm, sounds familiar.....

This particular one was about good and evil in faery land.

was it the series with tithe and stuff? or the other one with all the different courts? :d

Different courts, like high court and dark court.

wow i am never going to finish this challenge lol
maybe a 10 book challenge would be more realistic for me :P lol
im not a keen reader

haha that's fine, MeowMitts! You have a year to read them all, so no hurry. Do what seems reasonable for you. I started building a list...except they're all from the Barnes and Noble site. So..I have a few already. But I'll have to see if my mom wants to go buy books with me, and I'll have to slowly collect them as I go. ...which is fine, really, otherwise I'll get overwhelmed from all the new books. XD So, once I have at least 10 books from my list, I'll post it up. >D

I have way too many books that I havent read, so I should be able to complete. If not, oh well I tried.

Yay, I read a book!

Odell, Colin & Michelle LeBlanc, Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Kamera Books, 2009.

Next project is to get through a good deal of Norman Klein's Seven Minutes: The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon. It's from 1993, so as animation scholarship goes it's a bit old, but his writing is so engaging!

Originally Posted by anime_scholar

Yay, I read a book!

Odell, Colin & Michelle LeBlanc, Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Kamera Books, 2009.

Next project is to get through a good deal of Norman Klein's Seven Minutes: The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon. It's from 1993, so as animation scholarship goes it's a bit old, but his writing is so engaging!

Actually..those sound great. I may add them to my list, if I can find them. =]

They're really great. The studio ghibli book is more of a fly-by plot summaries and interesting details, but the introduction includes what is for me super-important history of the studio.

@Anime_Scholar -- And of course, you have to live up to your username. =D

Well, I'm working on my dissertation proposal, studying the music of Studio Ghibli, so I have a lot of animation history and such on my list.

Sweetness! I'm starting my Animation major this Fall. So exciteddd. And I love Studio Ghibli. I got the DVD set over christmas and finally got to watch the ones that I hadn't seen.

that reminds me, I still gotta go finish Tales of the EarthSea by Studio Ghibli XP

MedievalBeauty>> I think I know the one you're talking about :d the one where there's a book called "Wicked Lovely" in the series?

*cracks knuckles*

HOKAY! So I've been too busy for this thread lately and it's time to change that! Right now I'm going to sort through the pages and update our Master List with all the new book lists that have been posted. I'll let you guys know when I'm all done. :)

Originally Posted by Knerd

*cracks knuckles*

HOKAY! So I've been too busy for this thread lately and it's time to change that! Right now I'm going to sort through the pages and update our Master List with all the new book lists that have been posted. I'll let you guys know when I'm all done. :)

If you took mine off put it back on! I'm back in business... LOL <3

Don't worry, none have ever been taken off. I wouldn't do that to you guys. :yes:


Edit: Haha, now I just can't stop thinking of myself wearing a librarian's outfit and carrying a whip.
"Ur book choices zis month r not up 2 par! U iz banned!" :lol:

@HappyStarr: Ooh, I'm so jealous. I have to acquire them one by one. I recently borrowed Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso from Netflix, and they were great. I really want to see Pom Poko! Are you majoring in Animation as in drawing, or as in criticism and history?

@LaVida: I *so* want to see that. I know Ursula LeGuin's daughter — she's a cellist like me — and I'm trying to work up the nerve to ask if I can meet her mother. I'm a huge fan. Though I did hear that Ursula LeGuin was upset that Ghibli animated the main character (what was his name?) as a white-skinned person, rather than dark-skinned, as it is in the book.

@Knerd ~ That is horrible and hilarious all at the same time. It makes me want to have someone draw an art picture of it. ^.^

All done!
If I missed anyone, feel free to yell and throw sharp objects at me.

Originally Posted by anime_scholar

@HappyStarr: Ooh, I'm so jealous. I have to acquire them one by one. I recently borrowed Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso from Netflix, and they were great. I really want to see Pom Poko! Are you majoring in Animation as in drawing, or as in criticism and history?

As in drawing. =] It's awesome and scary at the same time. I'm absolutely terrified I won't be good enough to make it..but then my alternate ego kicks in and is all, "If they don't think I'm good enough, they haven't seen enough yet. >D" Sooooo...we'll see. I know it's tedious work, and thinking about doing it freaks me out. But then I remember my animation class in high school and how the rotoscoping project (probably the most tedious project that year) turned out to be my favorite. I procrastinated a ton, but ended up with one of the best in the class....and I only did it in a couple nights. XD My teacher was so surprised and proud....

But..ya. Doesn't mean I don't want to learn the history, either. I took a Film/Animation class a couple semesters ago and LOVED it. My teacher was awesome and made it feel like story time.