Kristina Elyse Butke
Does This Spark Joy?
For months now, I've been getting rid of one of the most precious things to me--books. I started the book-purging process in Japan,...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Bookish This or That Tag
This comes to you via Paper Fury, one of my favorite book blogs on the web. Now, C.G. chose to make it like a survey and I have no idea...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 13
- 6 min
The Devils Will Have Their Due: A Review of "Chainsaw Man"
At last, I've finally been able to subscribe to Crunchyroll! And there's a ton of anime that I have in my watchlist to catch up on, plus...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 6
- 5 min
The Story of My Omamori
I've been to hundreds of shrines all over Western Japan, from Yakushima up into Tottori. And besides collecting goshuin (red shrine...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 27
- 7 min
Wishes and Weirdness: A Review of "Made in Abyss Season Two: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun"
I have been watching Made in Abyss across multiple platforms and luckily discovered that Season Two has been airing as a part of Adult...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Things Certainly Do Change (A Book Update)
You would think this would be a sad post (and maybe it is, a little), but I've pretty much come to peace with my decision. I've decided...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 13
- 3 min
The Cupid Book Tag
I got this tag from Youtuber Noelle Gallagher and it's definitely a romantic-themed tag! Perfect for Valentine's Day, I should think....
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 6
- 2 min
2023 Reading Goals
I should've posted this in January, but I just didn't think about it until now! Anyway, I usually talk about my reading every year in...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 30
- 5 min
On Reviews: A Little Manifesto
I'm a little late to post this, but Twitter has been abuzz with authors behaving badly. Namely, they have been complaining about 1-star...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 23
- 10 min
Quirky and Eerie: A Review of "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre"
I'd been looking forward to this one as a huge fan of Junji Ito's manga (my favorites being Tomie and Uzumaki). I have several of his...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 16
- 5 min
#FantasyIndiesJanuary
I've done these for October and December and I really enjoy them. I'm not exactly an indie writer right now, but I thought these prompts...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 12
- 7 min
Vengeance and Mercy: A Review of "Dororo"
Continuing my plan to catch up on anime I missed out on while in Japan (due to subtitles being unavailable and geography blocks), I found...
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