Last week Gee, Justus, and I contributed to an article for TheOASG. It was basically a Q&A about the current state of the light novel translation industry in general. Be sure to check it out! Also well-worth checking out, is the follow-up article in which The OASG interviews Sam Pinansky (J-Novel Club), Robert McGuire (One… Read More The Great Light Novel Experience – Part II (OASG Article)
How is your LN summer reading going this year? Keeping up with your goals? Hopefully you’re all doing better than I am… I’m in the middle of volume 2 of Kieli, when I should be working on 4! Well, we’ll see if I can catch up somewhat in July. To my credit, I did have… Read More Summer Reading 2019 — How Was June?
English Title: Ascendance of a Bookworm: I’ll Do Anything to Become a Librarian!Japanese Title: 本好ãã®ä¸‹å‰‹ä¸Š ～å¸æ›¸ã«ãªã‚‹ãŸã‚ã«ã¯æ‰‹æ®µã‚’é¸ã‚“ã§ã„られã¾ã›ã‚“～ — “Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen”Author: Miya Kazuki — 香月 美夜Illustrator: You Shiina — 椎å 優Translator: QuofGenre: Isekai, Fantasy, DramaOriginal Run: January 2015 – ongoingEnglish Run: May 2019 – ongoingJapanese Publisher: TO… Read More Ascendance of a Bookworm
The other day I posted a series of tweets on Twitter simply going over some of the things I liked in the first chapter of Kieli: The Dead Sleep in the Wilderness. This article is just a copy of my tweets, so I can share my thoughts with those who don’t use Twitter. (I am… Read More Thoughts on Chapter One of Kieli (Vol 1)
For general information on this series: Ao Oni entry This review is for the fourth volume of Ao Oni by Kenji Kuroda (with art by Karin Suzuragi). It is based on the Japanese indie game by noprops. This ebook was released by J-Novel Club in November 2018. All five volumes of this “Ao Oni” series… Read More Review: Ao Oni — Grudge (Vol 4)
This is a review for The Great Passage, by Shion Miura. It’s not a light novel, but I figured why not review it anyways, since people here might be curious about it (given how it had an anime adaptation). The English translation of this released in June 2017, published by Amazon Crossing. It is available… Read More Novel Review: The Great Passage
