The latest Wendys book cover

See? No Charlie Brown again. What’d I tell ya? The round-headed kid gets no respect.

This book should now or very shortly be appearing at a Wendy’s hamburger outlet new you, unless you’re not near a Wendy’s, in which case it will be appearing at Wendy’s far from you, where people will be gathering and gloating in their ability to easily obtain this book, and how that makes them superior to you.

I should have this book soon, and will post a review, probably with less of an essay on the dark and cruel human spirit attached.

Classic finds
English Phrases to Comfort Your Heart

The next book in my Amazon Japan shipment falls into the adorable category of “Peanuts used to explain American culture”. English Phrases to Comfort Your Heart with Snoopy by Nobu Yamada falls into that category. It also falls into the category of “books which are meant to be destroyed”, as each …

New releases
Look! A mook!

Mooks – that is, items with magazine-like content but sold more like a book – are popular in Japan. Many of them come bundled with extra items, and there have been a fair number with Peanuts items. Most often these are bags – a handbag or a tote of some …

New releases
Bringing up the rear

I’m interrupting my coverage of the shipment of books I got from Japan to cover another foreign book that just arrived. Now, I don’t try to collect every foreign Peanuts book. My collection is out of control as it is. I try to find books in languages that I don’t …