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Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters (Tuttle Language Library) by Kenneth G. Henshall

Crying Freeman Volume 5 (Crying Freeman (Dark Horse)) by Kazuo Koike

Lucifer: Mansions of the Silence - Volume 6 (Lucifer (Graphic Novels)) by Mike Carey

Syrup by Maxx Barry

Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

Nymph by Francesca Lia Block

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CollectionsYour library (395), Currently reading (2), All collections (395)

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Tagshorror (48), 2008 (43), Japanese (40), manga (34), female author (29), reviewed (24), vampire (14), religion (11), reincarnation (11), short story (11) — see all tags

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Groups50 Book Challenge, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Awful Lit., Banned Books, Chadou, the Way of Tea (Japanese tea ceremony), Cookbookers, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Erotica, Japanese Culture, Japanese Literature — show all groups

Favorite authorsMax Barry, Francesca Lia Block, Poppy Z. Brite, Natsuo Kirino, Miyuki Miyabe, Haruki Murakami, Ryū Murakami, Asa Nonami, Christopher Pike, Randy Taguchi, Genichiro Takahashi, Taichi Yamada (Shared favorites)

About meI'm a 30-year-old writer of mostly short fiction living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. My serial novel Rain can be found on Facebook.

About my libraryCurrently Reading: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Most of my library right now consists of translated Japanese novels, comics and nonfiction, because that's what I've been buying within the last year. The rest of my books, saved since about middle school, are predominantly horror. I spent most of my childhood and young adulthood reading horror nearly exclusively, and as a short story writer I cut my storytelling teeth on the genre as well. Most of those books are in storage, tucked lovingly away until the day comes that I have enough shelf space to display them again.

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Member sinceAug 22, 2007

Currently readingDark Wars: The Tale of Meiji Dracula by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Dark Water by Koji Suzuki

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Second Line: Two Short Novels of Love and Cooking in New Orleans by Poppy Z. Brite

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Every Sigh, the End: A Novel About Zombies by Jason S. Hornsby

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The Devil You Know by Poppy Z. Brite

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Dying to Live: A Novel of Life Among the Undead by Kim Paffenroth

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Mr. Hands by Gary A. Braunbeck

Noticed you liked Out by Natsuo Kirino, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here, as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also gritty, a bit violent, and a bit dark :) I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the novel before you commit.

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 8:45 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2009

Hi,...

posted by JeffRiveraAuthor1 at 5:52 am (EST) on Aug 3, 2009

Thanks....

posted by JeffRiveraAuthor1 at 6:26 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

Thanks for accepting me as your friend. I'm enjoying looking at your books.

posted by JeffRiveraAuthor1 at 4:29 am (EST) on Jul 20, 2009

Hi, you are having a nice blog....

posted by GumboWriters321 at 1:14 am (EST) on Jun 15, 2009

Nice to meet you here

posted by GumboWriters321 at 1:37 am (EST) on Jun 8, 2009

The feedback on this thing is tremendous. xD I literally didn't spend any time on it at all, its not even a full analysis of it's severe lack of quality... but be my guest to post it on your blog! It would be an honor, I'm truly glad you enjoyed it. It nice to know I didn't waste my time like I originally suspected I would.

posted by TrebleClef at 3:33 pm (EST) on Dec 12, 2008

Hi Jessica! Thanks for adding BannedBooksLibrary to your Interesting Libraries. If you're interested in helping out with the project, just let me know. Happy Reading!

posted by PhoenixTerran at 4:15 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2008

Hi Jessica, in one of your posts on 'Dance, Dance, Dance' by Murakami, you mentioned that you had a .pdf of 'Pinball, 1973'. Any chance you're willing to share that with me, or let me know where you got it? :)

posted by refuge at 8:31 am (EST) on Aug 14, 2008

Thanks for your thoughtful remarks re Kirino's Real World.

posted by LouisBranning at 5:21 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2008

A lot of experimental writing doesn't work well in anything much longer than a short story. (Sayanora worked, in part, by breaking everything into little pieces, a common experimental gambit.) Anyhow, The Feverhead, which I read only recently, might be worth checking out if you are looking for an experimental/bizarre and still readable short (!) novel. Also, you can find it cheap, $3.99 or so, plus shipping, on alibris or amazon.

posted by slickdpdx at 11:43 am (EST) on May 16, 2008

I read Sayanora, Gangsters over the last few days. No one does absurd like the Japanese! I liked the middle, poetry school, section the best. Thanks for the recommendation.

posted by slickdpdx at 8:33 pm (EST) on May 13, 2008

Lit reading tonight, see Josh Cohen Reading at Kiva Han

posted by SmPressPgh at 1:21 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2008

I have been looking for some help, actually, what aspects would you be interested in helping with? Are you involved with any of the publishing scenes in town--comics, zines, poetry, etc.?

Thank you for asking!

posted by SmPressPgh at 10:12 am (EST) on Mar 18, 2008

Thank you for the comment about the NaNo guide book! I hope it helps you next year. It was fun to write!

zette

posted by zette at 8:17 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2007

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