Sunday Catch Up

Well, first I am sorry for not updating yesterday (I've done it now) but I was ill so spent the day napping and feeling sorry for myself. Not fun. I didn't get any work done yesterday at all! My fiancé was also ill this week, on Valentine's day, so I'm blaming him.

Other than working I have been reading One Piece (I'm up to volume 4 now) and reading DOGS: Bullets and Carnage Volume 6 which was amazing as always and I'm so sad that I have to wait another year for the next volume. I rarely read comic books or manga that are currently being published because I hate having to wait, I like to get a nice buffer in-between.

We ordered our first Chinese in our new house the other day, well it was Thai and Chinese, and we both completely forgot how gross leftover Chinese smells the next day. Ew. What is that? At least it was yummy to eat.

I also decided to print off two pages of one of my novels and see what it would be like as a comic book. Two pages of writing translates roughly to eleven pages of a comic book. For some reason I find that really cool.

I have heard back from any other agent's this week, but they've still got about a month and a bit.

Well, I hope everyone's had a nicer weekend than me!

Page Turners: One Piece

I am currently reading:

One Piece by Eiichiro Oda

My fiancé found some old paper book tokens (for Ottakers!) and didn't want them so let me have them. So I treated myself to some manga that I keep meaning to read but never feel I can justify because I don't know if I'll like it or not. One Piece is now being published in omnibus form, making it much cheaper than buying single volumes which makes my bank balance very happy, so I treated myself to the first three volumes (and also Full Metalalchemist which is also being published in omnibus form).

I love it. I knew I would because I liked the anime but I wasn't sure if the humour and action would be as good in manga form. It is. It's fantastic and I feel stupid for doubting it for even a second. It's hilarious! HILARIOUS! But also very touching at times.

Read it.

From Amazon:

High jinx on the high seas! As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming the King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Now Luffy, with the help of a motley collection of pirate wannabes, is setting off in search of the 'One Piece,' said to be the greatest treasure in the world! With all the Officer Agents defeated, only Crocodile and his final plan to destroy the palace stands in the way of peace. While Luffy battles it out with the evil Croc in the royal tombs, Vivi and the rest of the Straw Hats have to find the bomb before it blows up the capital - with everyone in it!