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What are you currently reading?
Well, I'm sure you'll all be surprised to hear I am reading Kindaichi yet again. :p I'm on volume 21 and this volume finishes off the current case, so I think I will attempt to take a break for a bit after this.

Anyway, the case in question is The Magical Express, which is the first case to introduce Takato, a Moriarty-like character who will become a recurring villain for the rest of the series (even appearing in several of the new cases, though not (yet) in the 20th anniversary series).

Since I remembered his name, I knew he was the killer, but I don't remember anything else about the case, so while I know who did it, I don't know how or anything else, so it's still fun to read.

What did you recently finish reading?
I read this week's Jump and wasn't that excited about anything.

I also managed to finish up my library book right before it was due to expire. And I ended up really enjoying it! I wish the rest of the books in the series were out now. We'll see if I remember it when they actually do get released.

As I mentioned last week, the book was The Twelve-Fingered Boy by John Hornor Jacobs. I keep trying to think of something to write for a review and nothing is coming. I rated it four stars on Good Reads and left the review section blank. :-/ (I think I'm burned out on reviewing stuff, idk. I just feel like I have nothing to say anymore...)

Anyway, it's a YA novel about teenage boys with superpowers. It's fun and decently-written and sucked me in pretty quickly.

Oh, and I also read another cute Dave/Karkat fic:

Troll Disease (2499 words) by t34lbloods
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Homestuck
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas, Dave Strider & Karkat Vantas
Characters: Dave Strider, Karkat Vantas, Kanaya Maryam
Additional Tags: Pale Romance | Moirallegiance
Summary:

CG: ANYWAY, I’VE BEEN TALKING TO HIM ABOUT SOME STUFF BECAUSE IT’S MARGINALLY BETTER THAN SPEWING IT INTO THE SCORCHED WASTELAND THAT IS THE NOOKSCRAPING MEMO SYSTEM.
CG: AND THEN HE SAYS STUFF AND IT KIND OF.
CG: MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.
GA: That Does Sound Upsetting
GA: I Can See Why You Came To Me

Karkat and Dave stumble into moirallegiance.

What do you think you'll read next?
No idea. I'd really like to read another book and I have the second Newsflesh book open in ibooks, so maybe that? (I've read the first couple chapters already back in November or something, but just wasn't feeling it. I do want to read the rest of the series, though.)

If I do this before I go to bed, it's still Wednesday!

What are you currently reading?
Aoi Hana! I'm nearly done with volume five, which is nearing the last of what I've read, I think. I read some magazine chapters, but I don't remember how many. For some reason it's not easy to find raws for this series (even though people are posting scanlations of the magazine chapters).

It's been fun to read this again and all in one go like this. However, I am disappointed to find that reading it all in one go does not make it easier to keep track of stuff. A little bit, definitely, but not all of the problems I had were due to forgetting stuff. I find the large cast hard to distinguish, but the biggest problem is that the story jumps around a lot with nothing to signify that it's a flashback or that months have passed or whatever.

Still, I really love it a lot and will be sad to reach the end of what I have here (just two more volumes). At least volume eight should be out in a couple months and then all this will be fresh in my mind. :)

What did you recently finish reading?
I am now caught up with all my Jump series! ( Bleach spoilers )

I also read about ten chapters of Silver Spoon and it continues to be the most adorable series ever. I love it so much! Oh, but I also read vol. 18 of Kimi ni Todoke, which is also super adorable!

I also read some fanfic this week!

Stitching Up Boys (21699 words) by Edoro
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Homestuck
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage
Relationships: Gamzee Makara/Karkat Vantas, Gamzee Makara & Karkat Vantas
Characters: Gamzee Makara, Karkat Vantas
Additional Tags: Pale Romance | Moirallegiance, Alternate Universe, Gore, Mutilation, Genital Torture, Body Horror, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Cults, Drugs, Drugged Sex, Dubious Consent
Series: Part 1 of Organized Crimestuck
Summary: In which young Church ward Gamzee Makara is finally old enough to be officially initiated into the ranks of the subjugglators.

This is a really interesting fic! Great Gamzee voice. It appears to be part of a series, but it's the backstory and the "present day" part of the story doesn't really interest me, so I don't think I'll read the rest, but this was cool.

At Home After the Fight (1722 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Avatar: Legend of Korra
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amon/Lieutenant (Avatar)
Characters: Amon (Avatar), Lieutenant (Avatar)
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Emotional Manipulation
Summary: The Lieutenant failed. He will do everything in his power to make it right again, and Amon knows it.

This was written for me for white_lotus! I love the domesticity of it.

What do you think you'll read next?
The rest of Aoi Hana for sure, and then I don't know.

Wow, I totally assumed the two Sky Captain fics of mine that were remixed were by the same person, but apparently two totally different people were interested in remixing Sky Captain! Anyway, I haven't read any other remixes than the ones written for me, but I do have a bunch of other reviews piling up, so I figured I'd post them all.

( Remix reviews: Sky Captain, Harry Potter, Supernatural )

( Non-Remix reviews: Korra, Homestuck, LotRiPS, New Girl, SGA )