Manga Monday

Manga Monday
Sep 7
2015

Death Note Vol. 4: Love by Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba Published by VIZ Media LLC on September 7, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Borrowed Buy on Amazon Goodreads With two Kiras on the loose, L asks Light to join the taskforce and pose as the real Kira in order to catch the copycat. L still suspects Light, and figures that this is the perfect excuse to get closer to his quarry. Light agrees to the plan in order to have free access to the taskforce resources. But when Light manages to contact the new Kira, he discovers that his rival is anything but as expected. Will Light escape from love unscathed? Death Note has been this little escape from the novel world for me. It has become something that I can pick up and within a matter of hours I...

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Review: Rot and Ruin

Review: Rot and Ruin
Aug 28
2015

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry Published by Simon & Schuster on August 28, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human. So I have had this book on my shelf for a long time now. A really long time. And so I discovered it when unpacking some boxes of books and seeing what was in them and out came this book so I decided why...

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Review: Beautiful Redemption

Review: Beautiful Redemption
Aug 21
2015

Beautiful Redemption by Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl Published by Little Brown on August 21, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Is death the end . . . or only the beginning?Ethan Wate has spent most of his life longing to escape the stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveiled a secretive, powerful, and cursed side of Gatlin, hidden in plain sight. And he never could have expected that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he cares about. So when Ethan awakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, he has only one goal: to find a way to return to Lena and the ones he loves.Back in Gatlin, Lena is making her...

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Review: Dream Dark

Review: Dream Dark
Aug 20
2015

Dream Dark: A Beautiful Creatures Story by Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl Published by Little Brown on August 20, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But returning home to Gatlin, South Carolina was just the beginning...Wounded during a climactic battle, Link discovers that tending his injuries won't be as simple as visiting a doctor and that healing his arm should be the least of his worries. For being bitten by a Supernatural does more than break the skin -- it changes a person, inside and out, turning Link into someone more and more...

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Review: Beautiful Darkness

Review: Beautiful Darkness
Aug 19
2015

Beautiful Darkness by Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl Published by Little Brown on August 19, 2015 Genres: Young Adult- Fantasy/ Paranormal Source: Bought Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.Sometimes life-ending.Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a...

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