Manga Monday

Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba Published by VIZ Media LLC on August 17, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Light thinks he's put an end to his troubles with the FBI - by using the Death Note to kill off the FBI agents working the case in Japan! But one of the agents has a fiancee who used to work in the Bureau, and now she's uncovered information that could lead to Light's capture. To make matters worse, L has emerged from the shadows to work directly with the task force headed by Light's father. With people pursuing him from every direction, will Light get caught in the conflux? So this is my second post for my reviews on the manga genre and I have to say that I am liking it. This is my first...

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Review: Hunter

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Hunter by Mercedes Lackey Published by Disney-Hyperion on August 14, 2015 Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads They came after the Diseray. Some were terrors ripped from our collective imaginations, remnants of every mythology across the world. And some were like nothing anyone had ever dreamed up, even in their worst nightmares. Monsters. Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open, and it's taken centuries to bring back civilization in the wake of the catastrophe. Now, the...

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Review: Wolf by Wolf

I received this book for free from Edelweiss, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin Published by Little Brown on August 13, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Historical/Contemporary Source: Edelweiss, FTC: Exchange for honest opinion Buy on Amazon Goodreads The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.Yael, who escaped from a death camp,...

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Review: Everything, Everything

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Published by Delacorte Press on August 12, 2015 Genres: Young Adult-Contemporary/Romance Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world. So allergic, in fact, that she has never left the house in all of her seventeen years. But when Olly moves in next door, and wants to talk to Maddie, tiny holes start to appear in the protective bubble her mother has built around her. Olly writes his IM address on a piece of paper, shows it at her window, and suddenly, a door...

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Review: Champion

I received this book for free from FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Champion by Marie Lu Published by Penguin Young Readers on August 11, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian Source: FTC: Exchange for honest opinion, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads He is a Legend.She is a Prodigy.Who will be Champion?   June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. But neither could have predicted the...

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Manga Monday

Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba Published by VIZ Media LLC on August 10, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami, a death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life? Boredom Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin...

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