Read | Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke

When I first watched Pan’s Labyrinth, I became a Guillermo del Toro fan. Sure, I had already watched Mimic and Blade II, as well as immensely enjoyed Hellboy by then, but Pan’s Labyrinth was a different kind of special. It’s mix of historical fiction and fantasy that swept me away and left me with wonder…

Read | The Devil’s Thief by Lisa Maxwell

Given the chance, I would choose to read the sequel in a book series right after the previous volume. Details are still fresh, so there’s less of a struggle to remember characters or events. And it’s such a relief when the previous installment ended on a cliffhanger, just like The Last Magician. Betrayed by the…

Read | The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell

When I attended the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale in 2019, I found a hardbound copy of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell on the fantasy table. I decided not to get it because I had planned on only getting paperback books on account of limited shelf space. A few days later, I watched booktuber…

Watch | Oda Nobuna no Yabou

image from MyAnimeList I wasn’t originally sure if I would like Oda Nobuna no Yabou.  The summer anime season was already inundated with time, dimension or reality-displaced heroes.  Not to mention the fact that I still wasn’t over how I wasted precious viewing time on Brave 10, which also featured Sengoku era characters.  Nor was…