Such a fun video. You always get plenty of books I've never heard of, and I like that. It's probably book crimes but I always toss my obis. I know the resale value a book can go down without them. And I've even read book/product reviews where a Japanese person was raging that their book didn't come with an obi and just assumed it was used, even though not all books even have them. 🙄 They are just advertisements, most of the time for the book they are attached to, sometimes with photos and quotes of book influencers. I've only even seen one that made me think the designer even bothered to make it look nice with the rest of the book's cover art. Just a pet peeve. 🙂 I just ordered a haul myself of 53 books. 😅I won't got any of them for close to a week and a half, I would imagine. I will do one more order this year, for some of the books out of print in the series I am gathering up which need to be ordered used. That won't be nearly as big. Maybe 14 books or so. Every book I ordered was Japanese language, many with little hope of every being translated, so it seems kind of pointless to talk about them. However, of the couple of Western books I ordered, one you might be interested in is Circe by Madeline Miller. I really wanted to get The Song of Achilles because I love the Iliad. (even though I am honestly more of a Hector fan. 😊) It's out of print in Japanese and the price is too exorbitant for my blood. If I really love Circe, I might reconsider and drink the bitter wine of insanely high prices though. (Or maybe if the yen keeps falling like a rock.) One of the fantasy series I got translates to "Dragon Doctor Team." Seems like you might enjoy it. The cast is a group of eccentric characters who risk their lives to help dragons, which see humans as little more than ants. The two main characters are both hoping to join the group. They come from different countries and backgrounds, seemly set up as rivals who are trying to fill a single open slot on the team. It's short with two volumes but the synopsis doesn't indicate that the second volume will be the last. Anyhow, there are tons of different things that I am excited about. 🌜
Thank you so much! 😊 Obis are honestly a fairly new concept for me, but I have so far kept all of whatever the Chinese equivalent is on my few Chinese books just because I like to keep all of the paraphernalia. I can see how they could get annoying, though, especially when they don't go well with the book! Circe is definitely on my tbr, and I do highly recommend The Song of Achilles, though I also understand not wanting to pay ridiculous prices for out-of-print books. That last series sounds so fun, oh my gosh! I LOVE dragons, and stories where people are helping/coexisting with them rather than fighting them just make me so happy!! 😍 Maybe it'll get an English release one day. I'm so glad that you have books to be excited about! It's always a nice feeling to look forward to a new story or to continuing one that you already love. 💜🌘
I just got the Official Artbook for The Untamed and OMG it's beautifull 😍 I feel like your shelves could be twins of mine 🤣. And I also got the first book for the Bone Season! Not sure when I'll be able to read it though. My TBR keeps getting bigger... 🌕
Oh, no! I completely forgot to include the artbook in this haul! Oh well, I'll stick it in July's, I guess. It is beautiful, isn't it? 😍 And same! The tbr definitely seems to grow faster than it shrinks most months.🙃
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Nice haul! The Warm Hands of Ghosts was so good! (I cried.) I hope you like it too.
Thank you so much!! 😊 I hope so, too (and I anticipate tears).
Such a fun video. You always get plenty of books I've never heard of, and I like that.
It's probably book crimes but I always toss my obis. I know the resale value a book can go down without them. And I've even read book/product reviews where a Japanese person was raging that their book didn't come with an obi and just assumed it was used, even though not all books even have them. 🙄 They are just advertisements, most of the time for the book they are attached to, sometimes with photos and quotes of book influencers. I've only even seen one that made me think the designer even bothered to make it look nice with the rest of the book's cover art. Just a pet peeve. 🙂
I just ordered a haul myself of 53 books. 😅I won't got any of them for close to a week and a half, I would imagine. I will do one more order this year, for some of the books out of print in the series I am gathering up which need to be ordered used. That won't be nearly as big. Maybe 14 books or so. Every book I ordered was Japanese language, many with little hope of every being translated, so it seems kind of pointless to talk about them. However, of the couple of Western books I ordered, one you might be interested in is Circe by Madeline Miller. I really wanted to get The Song of Achilles because I love the Iliad. (even though I am honestly more of a Hector fan. 😊) It's out of print in Japanese and the price is too exorbitant for my blood. If I really love Circe, I might reconsider and drink the bitter wine of insanely high prices though. (Or maybe if the yen keeps falling like a rock.)
One of the fantasy series I got translates to "Dragon Doctor Team." Seems like you might enjoy it. The cast is a group of eccentric characters who risk their lives to help dragons, which see humans as little more than ants. The two main characters are both hoping to join the group. They come from different countries and backgrounds, seemly set up as rivals who are trying to fill a single open slot on the team. It's short with two volumes but the synopsis doesn't indicate that the second volume will be the last. Anyhow, there are tons of different things that I am excited about. 🌜
Thank you so much! 😊
Obis are honestly a fairly new concept for me, but I have so far kept all of whatever the Chinese equivalent is on my few Chinese books just because I like to keep all of the paraphernalia. I can see how they could get annoying, though, especially when they don't go well with the book!
Circe is definitely on my tbr, and I do highly recommend The Song of Achilles, though I also understand not wanting to pay ridiculous prices for out-of-print books.
That last series sounds so fun, oh my gosh! I LOVE dragons, and stories where people are helping/coexisting with them rather than fighting them just make me so happy!! 😍 Maybe it'll get an English release one day.
I'm so glad that you have books to be excited about! It's always a nice feeling to look forward to a new story or to continuing one that you already love. 💜🌘
I just got the Official Artbook for The Untamed and OMG it's beautifull 😍 I feel like your shelves could be twins of mine 🤣. And I also got the first book for the Bone Season! Not sure when I'll be able to read it though. My TBR keeps getting bigger... 🌕
Oh, no! I completely forgot to include the artbook in this haul! Oh well, I'll stick it in July's, I guess. It is beautiful, isn't it? 😍 And same! The tbr definitely seems to grow faster than it shrinks most months.🙃