Props to Janice Kim -- so what else is similar?

[penfold]

I really, REALLY like Janice Kim's series. I know that they're introductory -- I'm still a relative newbie so her books work for me. Everything about the books works. The style of writing, the typeface/font, the drawings, the paper, the binding. Both physically and mentally, I find these publications much more entertaining than Kiseido's books. I don't mean to rag on Kiseido at all. It's just my personal preference that I like Good Move Press' physical publication more than most. I freely admit to being shallow -- the niceties of Janice Kims' books means that I flip through them the most to refresh my low level Go mentality.

Having said that, what else should I read and acquire? What's similar but will help me continue to grow as a Go player and enthusiast?

[SoDesuNe]

If you're just finished Kim's books (which are really the best introductory books I know), I'd suggest trying "Opening Theory Made Easy" to get a feeling how to play in the opening and Graded Go Problems For Beginners I and II, because almost everything in Go comes down to reading out a sequence and these books have a very good way of teaching it.
While progressing, you might want to take a look in this thread.

[palapiku]

I really, REALLY like Janice Kim's series. I know that they're introductory -- I'm still a relative newbie so her books work for me. Everything about the books works. The style of writing, the typeface/font, the drawings, the paper, the binding. Both physically and mentally, I find these publications much more entertaining than Kiseido's books. I don't mean to rag on Kiseido at all. It's just my personal preference that I like Good Move Press' physical publication more than most. I freely admit to being shallow -- the niceties of Janice Kims' books means that I flip through them the most to refresh my low level Go mentality.

Having said that, what else should I read and acquire? What's similar but will help me continue to grow as a Go player and enthusiast?

Nothing. But try Lessons in The Fundamentals of Go, which is also entertaining, though for different reasons.

Everything else is, indeed, quite dry and not very pretty.

[Chew Terr]

Now that I think about it, the So You Want to Play Go series is kind of similar in some ways. Very light-hearted and approachable. While it's got less dense information than other books I've got, if you're looking for something you can pick up, read a chapter at random, and smile, it's worth a shot.