Green Lantern: Rebirth

I like Hal Jordan. He's my favourite of the Green Lanterns of Earth and I was always disappointed when they made him evil and then killed him and then brought him back as the Spectre. I'd read Blackest Night and enjoyed it so I thought I'd read more of Geoff Johns. I'm glad I did. Sure, this is essentially retconning but it wouldn't be DC without a little friendly continuity shuffle.

Rosario + Vampire Season II: Test 2 Magical Candy

I guess this season is supposed to focus more on the supporting characters - like Yukari and Koko in this volume. It was a fun read, more for the guys I think though, but I'm waiting for more Tsukune.

Naruto Volume 21: Pursuit

Mostly a big fight scene but Kishimoto does take some time to give the characters motivation. It's one of the things I enjoy about Naruto. There's always the feeling that the characters have reasons for what they're doing.

Naruto Volume 21: Naruto vs Sasuke

What's up with Sasuke? I don't quite understand why he chooses the dark side in this volume. I did like that Sakura has noticed that Naruto is coming into his own and he's not quite the screw-up he used to be.

The Meaning of Everything

For a book about the dictionary this was a lot more exciting than I thought it would be. It's even a book where the ending is clear because, obviously, there is an Oxford English Dictionary. It's also pretty clear why Simon Winchester wrote a book about the dictionary. The man loves words. There's plenty of places where he uses an string of obscure words where there were other, more common, words available. In places I wished he'd chosen to follow the rule of the dictionary himself - no word in the meaning should be more complex than the word being described.

It is an enjoyable read for all that though. I certainly learned more about the English language reading it and I have a greater appreciation to people that put dictionaries together and continue to edit them. The task is enormous.

Bleach Volume 22: Consequences

Sort of surprised to see the Soul Reapers show up as students (makes me wish I'd worked a little harder to remember their names) but the reveal of Ichigo's dad was nothing short of epic. I can't wait to see where this goes!

Bleach Volume 21: Be My Family or Not

This is one of those awkward transition books where the story is trying to move from one arc to another. I had missed how Ichigo was regarded back in the land of the living so that was fun to see and I'm curious where Kubo is taking this arc.

Lord of Chaos

Up to the sixth book in my Wheel of Time reread. Lord of Chaos is usually where I start to slow down. Jordan has started to introduce multiple story lines. Rand, Mat and Perrin should be the central figures as the series started with them (though Mat is sort of on the periphery until his link with the knife is broken) but now there is major plot developments with Egwene and the Aes Sedai, with Elayne and Nynaeve, with Morgase and the Whitecloaks, etc. The story starts to get pulled in lots of different directions. In some ways that's what I really like about this series. It's very rich in detail. In other ways I just want to see more of my favourite characters.

Lord of Chaos does have one of the most climatic endings of Jordan's series. The battle of Dumai's Wells is epic in both scope and what it sets up for the rest of the series.

Blackest Night

I'd been hearing a lot about this series. Typical with DC it crossed over into a few of the titles I was reading over the summer. I eventually got curious enough to pick this up (and it came with the whole set of rainbow rings). It was more enjoyable than I thought it was going to be.

I discovered Geoff Johns. I have hope for the Green Lantern movie with his input on the story. And Ivan Reis has some incredible art.