My very favorite thing in all the world is a bowl of raw blackberries on a hot July day, but a very close second to blackberries (never cooked, straight off the vine) is a good Stephen Sondheim musical. And my very favorite quote about Stephen Sondheim is a quote from Frank Rich, who, writing in [...]
About Aja Romano
Aja (pronounced "Asia") is a writer and a fangirl. She blogs at bookshop and sometimes writes for TheMarySue.com. She swore for years she'd never enjoy manga or anime, and then naturally fell in love with about a jillion different series and dramas and bands at once, and now she can't hear you over the sound of this 2NE1 MV. Despite having been in fandoms large and small, Western, International, het, slash, femslash, and everything in-between, she has no idea what she's doing here at MB. But she can't wait to find out!
Fannish Drift: All We Are Is Lust In the Wind?
Hello, Manga Bookshelf! It’s the time of year where everything turns into a frenzy, and I haven’t had much opportunity for reflecting upon fannish things; but lately something has been on my mind, and that’s the syndrome of Fannish Drift. In this case I’m speaking in the fandom sense–how people move from one fandom to [...]
Happy Hikago Day! Let’s Five!
Hi, Manga Bookshelf readers and friends! I’m Aja, the person who introduced our dear Melinda to Hikaru no Go, and I’m so happy to be a guest here, today of all days. May 5th is a huge day for Hikaru no Go fans. Not only is the date extremely important in the storyline of the [...]
Roundtable: Hikaru no Go
MELINDA: Back in June of 2007, not long after having loudly proclaimed in my blog at the time that I would never get into comics, my friend Aja finally convinced me to take a look at a shounen manga series called Hikaru no Go. It was a revelation for me. The series was [...]
