Vampire Knight Volume 12

I thought it was odd when the last volume I read involved Yuki going out on her own. From what I remembered they were getting ready for a soirée. Turns out I missed one.

Anyway, Volume 12 is proof that pure bloods are dicks. From Kaname's efforts to control Yuki to no one objecting to a vampire commitng suicide by turning a vampire hunter, to Sara's treatment of Zero. Ichijo and Aido have the unenviable positions of tending to pure bloods who won't listen to reasonable suggestions.

Rosario + Vampire Season 2 Volume 6

This is just starting to get a little creepy.  Creepy's not quite the right word but it's at least unsettling.  Ruby is clearing a sadist, and anxious for Tsukune to be the one to hurt her, Yukari has always been bisexual but when the chance for polygamy comes up all the girls (save Moka) are on board.  Ikeda breaks the fourth way repeatedly in this volume, from suggesting the Tsukune would be great in slash manga to arguing whether Rosario is "moe".  Fangfang struck me as a tribute to Ranma 1/2, being androgynous and hanging around with a panda.

I'm curious where Ikeda's going with his inner/outer Moka being unable to switch places and inner Moka being the one on the outside when there's no fighting happening.

Vampire Knight Volume 13

There's more backstory in this one than there has been for awhile. Kaname comes off a bit less creepy. He's not Yuki's brother! But Zero does. I don't like vampire Yuki either. Aido's starting to seem the most stable.

The God Delusion

I've been hearing things about Richard Dawkins for ages but I've never actually picked up one of his books.  I decided to give one a go and tried The God Delusion.  I may go back and try another, I'm not sure.  The biology stuff was all really interesting but when he turned his attention to philosophy it suffered.

I suppose the book did its job.  I started to question my agnosticism.  It was partly about why he was an atheist and why everyone else should be too.  At the beginning he said that people find him combative and he wasn't sure why.  Now I know.