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Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 16, 20242 min read
2024 Year in Books
Photo collage from Goodreads What even was this year? I met my Goodreads goal (I've read 248 books and counting -- I'm still reading as I...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Nov 25, 20244 min read
Reviews and Blurbs Are Not Easy
All About the Blurb I've been on an ongoing adventure since before Son of the Siren was published, and that has been getting author...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 4, 20234 min read
Con in Review: GalaxyCon Columbus 2023
This was quite an adventure and I almost didn't make it. I had purchased a 3-day VIP pass to December's GalaxyCon waaaaaay back in June,...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Oct 1, 20231 min read
I'm a Writer for Comics Beat!
I found out through Twitter that they were recruiting writers to talk about manga and anime plus webtoons and Korean and Chinese comics...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Aug 27, 20238 min read
Deadly Monsters and Murky Lore: A Review of "DOTA: Dragon's Blood" Season One
I actually watched the first season of DOTA: Dragon's Blood when it first came out a year or more ago. I even started drafting this...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Aug 6, 20234 min read
A World of Wonder: A Review of "Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire"
I had heard about Kizazi Moto through Twitter with a call to action for people to watch it because the consensus was that Disney didn't...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jul 9, 20234 min read
Frenetic Fairytale: A Review of "Nimona"
I actually own the original graphic novel by ND Stevenson but never got around to reading it, and then lo and behold, it became a movie....
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jun 18, 20235 min read
Con in Review: Animate! Columbus 2023
Animate! marks my first convention since returning to the United States, and I had a great time celebrating one of my favorite things:...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Apr 30, 20234 min read
May All Taboos Be Shattered: A Review of Season One of "Heaven Official's Blessing"
This was one of the series I was looking forward to watching once I came back from Japan. I watched it in two ways: first, I watched the...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Apr 16, 20235 min read
Reading One-Star Reviews of Books I Love
Hello, friends! I've really gotten into BookTube over the past few months, and came up with this idea after watching Elliot Brooks do...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Mar 12, 20236 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Feb 27, 20237 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 30, 20235 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 23, 202310 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 12, 20237 min read
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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Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 5, 20225 min read
Death and Delights: A Review of "Wendell & Wild"
I didn't really hear much buzz about this movie before it came out, and I had taken a Netflix break to stream My Hero Academia on Hulu in...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Nov 28, 20227 min read
Deeper and Darker Still: A Review of "Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul"
I recently reviewed the first season of Made in Abyss, which you can read here. After the first season debuted, three movies were made:...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Nov 14, 20227 min read
Darkness & Longing: A Review of "Made in Abyss" Season One
I have since returned from Japan to the United States, and while I was in the land of anime everywhere, I ran into trouble with shows not...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Oct 9, 20226 min read
A Taste of Days Gone By: A Review of "Over the Garden Wall"
I had heard years ago from some of my college students at NCSC about Over the Garden Wall (2014) but didn't really look into it because I...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jun 13, 20226 min read
Storytelling is Art: A Review of "Love, Death + Robots" Volume 3
The Premise: Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim...
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