Also I hope to have an end of year post soon!! Plus some reviews I'm behind on OTL (Two more weeks until I'm done with my MLIS!!!)

LRT Tokyopop licensing more booklets outside of the Lullaby of the Dawn ones is so cool!!! It seems like these are all Animate ones too. iirc so far they've been the only print publisher to really print tokuten booklets, which is cool.

License Announcment! Expect a booklet of My Noons and Midnights Are for You by Luria next summer! #tokyopop #manga #lovelove

License announcement! About a Love Song by Hiroko Natsuno will be getting a twenty page booklet release this month. #tokyopop #manga #lovelove

I'm so excited for this!!! Very happy to see more Japanese BL novels ☺️

Wrote a short review on Yankee & Caramelizer! This story is oh so sweet~ I honestly like sweets-related stories a lot so I had fun reading. Thanks to @yenpress.com and Edelweiss for the DRC. 🍰 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/y...

📢 BIG NEWS! 📢 Are you ready for Citrus Con 2026? 🍋 We sure are! 😆 We're honored to announce our Q&A + drawing panel special guest for 2026 is THE Guri Nojiro-sensei ( @nojiroguri.bsky.social )! 😍 More details HERE⬇️: www.ebookrenta.com/cnt/?ac=a-r1... @citruscon.bsky.social #CitrusCon2026

I wrote a little review on Perfect Propose by Mayo Tsurukame. It's one of my favorite titles available on @futekiya.bsky.social, so I was really happy to see it get a print release! 🍛 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/p...

Brand-new license announcement! CAN YOU KISS ME FIRST? by Yamayade. Two co-workers who seem like complete opposites have grown close outside the office but struggle to admit how deep their feelings truly are in this sweet Boys’ Love / #BL manga! sevenseasentertainment.com/2025/10/01/s...

A friend caught my typo in my original tweet for the review. Oopsies... My thumbs, why must you be like this... 😅😅

Wrote up a review on I Don't Know How to Love by Yu Machio! Aimi being awkward about everything was pretty adorable~ Thanks to @yenpress and Edelweiss for the DRC! ❤️ stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/i...

Eventually I will make a banner for the blog.....

Speaking of BL mangaka interviews, Kodansha did one with Jyanome for the Twilight out of Focus series a few months back. It doesn't seem like they were posted to Bluesky, so here are the links to them! Part 1: kodansha.us/2025/06/24/i... Part 2: kodansha.us/2025/06/26/i...

I love when mangaka have the opportunity for English-langauge interviews, especially BL ones!!! Renta! also doing fanmail events in addition to interviews is also amazing. It's such a fun experience for English readers to be able to share their thoughts with BL mangaka~

‼️ NEWS ‼️ IT'S HERE!! Come see Yamayade-sensei's response to your messages, a short Q&A with questions directly form readers, AND an adorable Eito and Kou form when they were in high school 😭😭💕 CLICK ⏬ www.ebookrenta.com/cnt/?ac=a-r1...

Wrote a little review for Guri Nojiro's In Love's Key, Reprised! I'm a fan of Guri Nojiro, so I'm glad to see more of their works in English~ Thanks to @kodansha.us and @netgalley.bsky.social for the DRC! 🎹 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/i...

I keep adding books to my list to review... Also I have so many other BL I own that I want to review, especially older titles... But whenever I see new BL titles available on NetGalley and Edelweiss I'm like oohhhhh let's check them out!!

This is from a few days ago but... I was able to do a bit of manga reader's advisory at work thanks to my boss, who gave me the opportunity! I'm really grateful I had the chance to try, as I'm only clerical staff right now.

I'd been curious about this one so I finally read and reviewed Worst Soulmate Ever and its sequel! I keep saying I'm not the biggest fan of ケンカップル and yet... I love it! 💒 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/w...

I hope to attend ANYC in the future ahh. I may only work in circulation now but I seriously hope to work with manga as a librarian in the future so....!!!

Super excited!!!!

I go back to classes next week, but it's also my final semester!!! I thought I could do a few in two weeks but alas I got sick my last week of class so I spent the following not doing much outside work. I do have a review I need to get done though!!! Ahh!!!!

I got permission from my lovely editor so I wanted to share a few cool things I got to do with Love in the Palm of His Hand volume 1! This is one of the most unique experiences I've had. I did a TON of research into JSL and the hard of hearing community!

I made a very last minute Yaoi Day post!!! Happy Yaoi Day!! stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/h...

ohhhh I came across this article while looking up other things and oh I am curious to read more scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal/vol2024...

Getting into the Japanese media translation industry, especially for manga, is a lot harder nowadays, but here are some resources for translators, letterers, and editors

Every day I think about how Lullaby of the Dawn needs more attention among Anglophone manga readers, whether they read BL or not bc it's peak, as people say these days

My post about Lullaby of the Dawn is now up!! I also recently learned it was a part of MyAnimeList's You Should Read This Manga 2025 under the Unique Art/Story category, which is perfect timing stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/l...

I know I need to focus on classwork these last few weeks of summer semester... However, l was looking at the resources page on my blog and am thinking about having a space for others who do BL reviews for print licensed titles. So if anyone would like to be a part of that, let me know!!!

My most recent checkout thanks to academic library consortium ☺️

Wrote an early review for Deme Kingyobachi's My Instructor Won't Yield!! Since the license announcement, I've been interested in reading. It's a funny and cute story and I recommend it for sure! Thanks to Kodansha and Net Galley for the DRC. It'll be available Aug 19!

I've only been to ALA Annual once in 2023 and it was just when I was applying to start my MLIS. And omg yeah it was so cool to see all the publishers there. I was able to get a few books myself. Definitely going to next year's Annual!

LRT Working in circulation, oh yeah comics for kids and teens especially circulate like crazy. Even from my experience most of the manga I read growing up was thanks to the library!

In today's blog post I talk about two digital manga publishers who have printed some of their licenses! They are Animate International (x.com/AnimateIntl) and @futekiya.bsky.social/@mangaplanet.bsky.social, which is also a platform. 🔗: stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/f...

Reading about BL history is always fascinating, especially seeing the evolution of the genre and the boundaries of what qualifies as BL. I could say with manga in general with demographic genres .. I've seen so many arguments on what qualifies as BL, shojo, seinen, etc. in this last year.

The Lullaby of the Dawn event has finally hit the US, but it's not coming to the Kinokuniya near me... 😢 When the participating locations list released, I was so disappointed about it and now that it's here and seeing the pictures it's back again!

I know I put my blog as something more geared toward those in the library world, but at the same time I do want it to be useful to anyone not as familiar with BL??? I've been thinking I do want to expand and eventually discuss digital only titles as well since there's just so much more

I definitely want to write a post highlighting Manga Planet/Futekiya and Animate International as they're primarily digital publishers from Japan (and in MP's case also a platform) but have begun releasing some of their titles in print! As the distribution for these titles are pretty limited,

The new Manga Planet/Futekiya print releases are now out and I'm so excited for my copies to come in!!! Funny enough I just got notified that they shipped~

I really think it's cool we're getting some more self-published BL in English print!

In today's blog post I made an introduction post on Chill Chill, a Japanese database and community site dedicated to BL. They also have an English X (Twitter) account x.com/chillchill_gr 🔗 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/c...

Yesterday on Twit I got a notif and ahhhh oh my god??? I had to blink twice when I saw it ahhh

I am extremely jealous of everyone who is able to go to AX this weekend... Especially with Ogeretsu Tanaka there?! She's so cool omg

I'm excited for all the BL Kodansha licensed!! I've only read Voices in the Sea Foam in Japanese and I've heard good things about all the other titles, especially Smells Like Green Spirit!! Definitely looking forward to reading them all

Hello manga fans! #AX25_Kodansha New Licensing Announcement is here! Kodansha reveals an exciting slate of new & upcoming series debuting later this year and next year! Check out the link for all of today’s announcement details!: kodansha.us/2025/07/04/A...

Wondering about how to get involved in #comicslibrarianship? Check out #libcomix resources on www.ala.org/gncrt

Every thing I hear about emaqi is horrible, heavily relying on AI for translation is terrible... I know people want manga translated in English fast (which honestly is a whole other discussion), but AI is definitely not the answer

I finished writing about Old-Fashioned Cupcake and its sequel!! I honestly wish I could've done the story more justice with this post!! Finally reading it in English was made me really fall in love w the story all over again🥺 stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/o...

Shout Loud My Heart officially released today!! I was able to read it thanks to Kodansha and NetGalley, so here's my short review I wrote last month :D stacksofbl.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/s...

Summer classes have started for me and I am Not yet finished with my upcoming posts soooooo.... Will be re-sharing some older posts I will hopefully finish Old-Fashioned Cupcake before the month ends...