Survey results

For those who saw my post yesterday on waxing, but thought that the comments thread might prove to be TMI, the results of this totally unscientific survey seem to suggest that

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And at least one other person thought that the original suggestion from hair stylist was basically a plug for a new service.

book log

Quick note of what I've been reading this week, which is mostly Japanese gay-porn-for-girls:


Aioke Yasuko -- From Eroica With Love 3

Third in the long-running Cold War spoof series. Glamorous art thief Eroica and Nato intelligence agent Major Klaus Eberbach both sneak into Iran to steal something. Turns out that the microfilm Klaus is after is hidden in the art treasure that Eroica is after. That's bad enough, but when Klaus gets home, he finds himself on a new mission -- one where he's ordered to hire the best art thief in the world to steal something for Nato. Needless to say, Eroica takes the opportunity to flirt outrageously with the unfortunate Major. Enormous fun.
From Eroica with Love - Volume 3 (From Eroica With Love (Graphic Novels)) at Amazon US
From Eroica with Love: Volume 3 (From Eroica with Love) at Amazon UK


Sanami Matoh -- Fake Vol 3

3rd of a seven part manga about two New York cops. On l_prieto 's recommendation I picked up the volumes that were in stock in Bookbuyers, which happened to be 3,5 and 6, so I'm starting part way in. Interesting story so long as you don't demand realism, great semi-UST (semi, because there's some fairly intense kissing). I found it hard to keep track of what was going on at times, although I think that's largely down to coming in part-way through. The art shows them as adult men rather than very feminised or young, which is much more to my own taste than bishie boys. However, there's also a lot of the very stylised stuff, which I personally dislike. When the art's good, it's very good. Oh, and it has some seriously hot guys. Not sure yet if I like this series overall.
Fake Vol. 3 at Amazon US
Fake: Volume 3: v. 3 (Fake) at Amazon UK


Shout Out Loud 4

Fourth of a five volume series about an anime voice actor and his son trying to build a relationship after a long separation -- and both trying to work out how they feel about other men. In this one young Nakaya finally gets somewhere with the hockey coach he has a crush on, but life's never that simple; and Shino realises that he can't face going back to being alone again once Nakaya is old enough to move out, but is still trying to understand his feelings for his colleague Tenryu. As with the earlier volumes, this is much more about story than sex, and it's a sweet and funny story that's a pleasure to read. This volume does finally consummate some of the UST that's been running through the series, but it's extremely discreet and soft focus.
Shout Out Loud! Volume 4: (Yaoi) (Shout Out Loud!) at Amazon US
Shout Out Loud!: Volume 4 (Shout Out Loud!) at Amazon UK