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[chrryblssmninja]

Happy Birthday to fab4eva and miladygrey!



I'm now a book reviewer for the online magazine Yet Another Magazine! My first review, of the Fantômas books, is here.

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[claennis.livejournal.com]

That is exciting! *Laughs* Is it a paid gig or is it out of free time? It seems pretty cool--though the Most Popular Items column makes me guffaw: Woody Allen, the horrible teen sween sheen f(x), 13 frolicking boys super junior, Harry Potter...?! I mean, what is going on here? I liked your review; it was very professionally written but some of the comment threads I've seen make me want to hurl. @_@

No hate on Yam Magazine of course; this is my first time trolling it!

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

pretty icon!

It's free, and they seem to be open to any new contributors.

Thanks!


I first found out about the magazine because I follow Cinema Fanatic on tumblr and she writes for them. They told me that they're aiming for variety, so you've got all that and then you have a review for Sion Sino's Love Exposure. Their film reviews and features pages are pretty busy, so I went to book reviews instead.

[claennis.livejournal.com]

Still awesome--you can contribute in your own way on their site. How frequently are you going to be posting book reviews?

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

maybe one every one or two weeks. I'm thinking of reviewing Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy next, because I read it recently and it might get some comments from people interested in the movie. I'm still waiting for my hold on the library's copy of the miniseries version (with Sir Alec Guiness) for comparison.

[claennis.livejournal.com]

I just viewed the trailer for that! Again, I would watch anything in Gary Oldman in (minus Harry Potter) but I'm semi-intrigued by the plot. Or tri-intrigued. Let me know how the novel goes. Currently reading Bolaño's Savage Detectives right now, pretty good. A recommendation that I would love you to write on because I think it might be right down your alley (unless you already read it): The Thousands Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. It's phenomenal. My blurb:

1799: man-made island port of dejima, nagasaki, dying days of the dutch company, young Dutch clerk attempts to make his fortune but ends up falling in love with a Japanese midwife in learning against the backdrop of politics, corruption, superstitious craziness, economics, language, west meets east/vice versa, guts and bloodshed...

Hell yeah! So amazing--I finished it in two days. I'm also on a Fry and Laurie kick again so I'm dying to read Revenge by Fry--last novel of his I haven't touched as well as Laurie's The Gun Killer or something along those lines. There's just too many good books to read.

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

I finished the book a while ago. It's good but it takes a while to get into. It's John LeCarre so it's very depressing.

I found The Savage Detectives in Spanish at the library here. I think I'll read it when I think my Spanish comprehension's up to it.


I had heard good things about A Thousand Autumns but I had been wary in case it was a whole white guy falling for the exotic romance of Japan thing. But I trust your taste so I'll put it on my list.

[claennis.livejournal.com]

The funny thing about Thousand Autumns is that I didn't really pay attention to white guy/narrator/Jacob de Zoet even though he is surprisingly not obnoxious...I really like the wide variety of characters and it's just so well written. Or maybe it's because I read Daniel Deronda before it. I'm a big fan of David Mitchell's works, even Black Swan Green which was dismally boring. :

[lavillenie.livejournal.com]

How awesome! Your review looks professional and detailed, it's really good :)

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

Thank you!