Nonfiction and Nonsense

  • The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 6 by Hotaru Odagiri

    My favorite pair is still alive! Everyone is still alive actually. I do have a feeling that at least one of the main characters is going to die because of something that was mentioned in the previous volume. I don’t think this series will have a completely happy ending. I’m going to go ahead and…

  • The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 5 by Hotaru Odagiri

    For the few followers I have, I apologize for going missing for a few weeks. I had surgery and I needed some time to heal. I had anticipated reading a lot while I was confined to my bed but it turns out it is really difficult to read when you are physically exhausted and taking…

  • Suicide: A Study In Sociology by Emile Durkheim

    First published in 1897, this book, also considered a case study, dives deep into the social factors that can compel an individual to become suicidal. With over two dozen tables to be found over the course of three books, you fully appreciate the amount of time and care that went into analyzing the data and…

  • The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 4 by Hotaru Odagiri

    In volume 4 we meet the final members of the zweilt, a male and female pair named Sairi and Lia who just arrived back in town after being on a mission overseas. With the exception of Kuroto, who resigned from a promising semi professional gaming career, Sairi and Lia are the only other two who…

  • The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 3 by Hotaru Odagiri

    Yuki and Zess get orders from their leader Takashiro to travel to another one of their residences to meet some of the other clan members. We end up meeting some of Yuki’s actual blood relatives as well as more zweilt. But even with the introduction of new characters, this has been the least interesting volume…