Reading Mania...

[dangermousie]

I am continuing with Skip-Beat and am currently in the middle of volume 7. I really like it, though no rabid love. I adore Kyoko to bits. Am a bit more on the fence about Ren. I like him but don’t love him yet. He is a bit too in control of himself and too much of a workaholic. I need some vulnerability, there. But we’ll see. Kyoko is a super-darling though.

I have also discovered a super-fun new manhwa (new to me, at any event): Chocolat. Six of eight volumes are currently out. The story follows Kum-Ji, who is a fangirl. Heee. See, it got me from that moment on.



KJ is a rabid fangirl for a really popular boy band, DDL (just imagine some fangirls on soompi and you are set ;)) Unfortunately, she cannot join the fanclub as she only discovered them recently and membership is closed. No prime tickets for her, or special gigs. What’s a dedicated fan to do? KJ decides to join a fanclub of a much smaller, very new band which performs at a lot of the same venues as her favorites. So small is the club that KJ actually gets to be an officer. Problem? Her first managerial act is to get into a fight with the band singer, who pulls the celebrity thing and tells her to take the next elevator. She, having no idea who he is, lays into him. The guy is understandably bemused how his club officer has no idea who he is and curious about the weirdo. And even though KJ is saved from immediate expulsion, she is now very very stuck.

So, will KJ ever get a chance to see her beloved DDL up close? How will various entanglements of hers with band members progress? Is there love? Maybe. Is there wackiness? Definitely. It would make an awesome drama.

I have also started Salman Rushdie’s The Ground Beneath Her Feet, a very loose interpretation of Orpheus and Euridyche. It’s the first of his books I’ve read and wow. It’s beautiful and amazing and I think I might have found another author I like as much as Jorge Amado.

ETA: OMG. So cute:

Comments

i'm worried about chocolat

[calledinvain.livejournal.com]

because while volume 8 was a recent thing in korea (the manhwa publisher went bankrupt or something equally disastrous?) volumes 5 and 6 have been next to impossible to find, with the English adaptation house Ice Kunion's website being mysteriously absent - and Goong Volume 2 also in the lurch.

Chocolat has been optioned to be turned into a live adaptation, but that could just be more k-netizen rumor than anything concrete.

I'm hoping the other guy in chocolat will get over whatever his issue is, because while I like the other guy okay (they fight like kids) I absolutely love the tall dark brooding one. I can't help myself!

Re: i'm worried about chocolat

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh no. I kept wondering about a bunch of manhwa actually, like volume 5 of Bring it On, that was supposed to come out recently.

I wonder what is going on (there was also something weird with Can't Live without You, but it's a different manhwa publisher).

I noticed that volumes 5&6 are not in bookstore. I think I can get them through amazon.

IceKunion's website is dead? Oh no. They publish a whole bunch of my favorite manhwa. Argh.

I absolutely love the tall dark brooding one. I can't help myself!

I am sort of torn between the two!

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

chocolat is hard to find for me and been meaning to get it... maybe i'll find it at comic con next month manhwa and icekunion have a booth there.. will check...

and skip a beat yeah ren is a little together for my liking i want to see him be vulnerable or something...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay, I am glad I am not the only one who thinks this of Ren. Well, we'll see, maybe he'll get vulnerable in the future.

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

i hope soo...

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

I can hold up my hand as someone who's read ahead and say that yes, don't worry, Ren has vulnerability in spades. In fact, he is revealed to be kind of messed up. Even the stalker villain of later volumes is like: dude, seek help.

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

cool thanks...

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

He is a bit too in control of himself and too much of a workaholic. I need some vulnerability, there.

kfldffdfhf flknv nallasla

omg just wait

HE IS THE WOOBIEST WOOBIE TO EVER WOOBLE

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Eeeee. Yay. spoilers.

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

Yay. spoilers.

Is that a request? Or are you just happy I've confirmed it's worth reading? ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's a request :)

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

I'll make you a deal. I'll do a whole write-up in my LJ (spoilery, but not too much so) about what makes Skip Beat so incredibly worth reading, complete with select scans... if you comment on my HYD posts. I know you finished it months and months ago, but it feels so empty to squee by myself. :(

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Deal accepted! Btw, I don't mind really spoilery.

I feel so bad, I read your Hanadan comments but didn't comment :( Now I will go off and comment!

[partypaprika.livejournal.com]

Chocolate sounds really interesting...I think that I might have to go check it out! I'm also really looking forward to the new Rainie Yang/Mike He drama. REALLY EXCITED!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Chocolat is fun. It's very drama like :)

[carviangli.livejournal.com]

oh...I love Rainie!!(admits slight girlcrush:P) but Mike He is hot(but NOT! his whole DBY or WWL look)...I want to watch Mike in something else...started Love Contract but heard the ending was bizzaro so I left it...btw...just randomly...have you started MNIKSS? bcoz after outsiders...I think you'll need something sweet(like WWL) and something KEWL(like MNIKSS):P:P...just my opinion

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LC does have a really odd ending. I still don't get it. He is super hot in it though.

MKISS sounds good. I'll need something light after TO, for sure.

[carviangli.livejournal.com]

I HIGHLY recommend you watch MNIKSS...Hyun Bin is a hottie and the story is very good, uncliched and the food (and Hyun Bin) will make you drooool(in a good way):P

And yes, I think you may need something slightly happier but not like crazy happy...and MNIKSS is perfect:P:P

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I totally will. I need a fun new drama after TO angst. But first I'll finish all the dramas that got put on hold when hurricane Outsiders hit :)

[carviangli.livejournal.com]

Lol.

I really need to do a dorama list so I can keep track of my dramas. Well, good luck with finishing all your dramas. I am going to be so busy these holidays finishing them off:P

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I know, it's one huge stream of things :)