Friday, March 6, 2015

Currently Reading: Manga Edition VI

And here is the manga...obviously.
Manga:





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Currently Reading VI

Well, it is now March and I figure I should start getting back into posting as best I can. Here is what I'm currently reading this month...

Novels:




Textbooks:




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Monday, March 2, 2015

Jan/Feb '15 Flashback

So since I haven't been posting recently, I thought I would try and get back into the swing of things with a little flashback post. Here's everything that I have managed to read in the past two months, around my hw heavy classes...

 Novels:

Manga:

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

2014 Reads

So since I have been on hiatus for so long, I decided I should do something for the new year. Here's a list of what I read last year, which wasn't all that much since I was really swamped with schoolwork. My goal was originally 25 novels and 75 manga. My goal for the new year is going to be a bit more incentive: 50 novels and 300 manga. I have a nice, long summer break this year instead of having to do a silly internship (which I was dreading having to do, so it’s a huge relief not to have to now). I’m looking forward to relaxing and catching up in some reading then. :)
Novels:




Manga/Graphic Novels:

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Showcase Sunday / The Sunday Post / Stacking the Shelves XXVIII

So here's the haul from since the last time I've done this. Once again, I will be on hiatus for awhile after this, at least until mid October...

Bought:

Three Ways of Asian Wisdom
This last one was more of a freebie/scanned copy from my professor, 
seeing as how the book is out of print...



  
Borrowed:




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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Hiatus Announcement

Hey, so I feel really terrible about neglecting my postings for the past three weeks, but life has just been really crazy ever since classes started back. I am enjoying the new semester, actually, and I love my class schedule, but studies are just really, really intense. I haven't had much free time for (fun) reading, or anything else for that matter. 


So I didn't want to let it go without a brief explanation. I will try and update with a Sunday post and Friday post at least once a month (probably near the end), if I can manage it, and I do hope to get out some reviews later on next month. I won't be doing the Tuesday or Wednesday prompts for awhile, though. So for right now, I'm going to be on hiatus for awhile. I'm not going to do another Flashback Friday this week, but only because I haven't finished anything since the last one (since I've been focusing on a pile of textbook reading instead). But I will do one more Sunday post (this Sunday). You probably won't be seeing me until sometime late in October after that...

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Review: Anya's Ghost

So I haven't reviewed anything lately and I decided I would try and start back up again with this graphic novel I read earlier on this month. Might fool around my reviewing format as well...
by Vera Brosgol
★★★★★

Synopsis:

Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn’t kidding about the “Forever” part . . . Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century. Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya’s normal life might actually be worse. She’s embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she’s pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend—even a ghost—is just what she needs. Or so she thinks. Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya’s Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut from author/artist Vera Brosgol (description taken from Shelfari).



My Review:

So it is no surprise that I loved this book if my rating is any hint to that. I actually had seen if before around our library several times and had not ever really considered checking it out before now. But I have read quite a few graphic novels this summer and I guess that made it seem more intriguing than it ever had before. It really was not what I was expecting, though, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. I didn't really know anything about it before picking it up and I must say I'm glad of it because it just made it so much more interesting and engaging. I wasn't sure where it was going at first, but then there were subtle hints scattered throughout that did begin to suggest an approaching plot twist.

My own thoughts before reading it were that the main character, Anya, was the ghost. This, of course, is not true, but the lead in also made me think otherwise. Of course, if you were to actually read the description, you would know otherwise. Anya is a self conscious teenager of Russian heritage just trying to fit in at her school. She only has one real friend (who I was under the impression for a better part of the book was a guy), and they sneak off in the middle of lectures and to avoid gym class just to catch a quick smoke. 

After Anya's unfortunate fall down a well, she meets a young girl's ghost. The story follows along as the ghost at first seems to want to help Anya: both in her schoolwork and social life. The ghost's real intentions soon become quite clear and it does take a rather unexpected darker turn. I actually really liked this sinister spin as well, since it seemed more like a gloomy but not terribly thrilling story to begin with. I would say that over all it is a rather nice mix of humor, mystery, social identity, and a bit of high school drama…but not too much. :P


Recommendations (slight spoilers):

This is definitely a book I would recommend. It feels like such a nice, October read. I will probably be rereading it soon. :)

My suggestion would be 16+. One of my libraries considers it YA level while the other, AF. There are a few mature themes involved and it might seem a bit creepy at parts for very young readers, but over all this book is very light and lacking in language (I really don't recall much, if any), suggestive content (high school partying), and violence (there is brief mentioning of a vengeful murder).


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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Flashback Friday XXXI: Saturday Edition

Oops, forgot to do this yesterday. So like I summarized on my movie blog, had a rather busy, fun filled last week of summer vacation. Also haven't really been able to keep up with most prompts but I hope to keep some kind of schedule during the school year. I seem to have better luck with that, actually, since I use my free time more wisely I think. :P So I was able to go to the beach earlier on this week, had a nice get together with one friend, got some reading done, no work, and tried not to think about school and money and bleh... I hope to get out some reviews next week, and next month, but I just have to, well, write them...

 I won't be doing a Sunday post tomorrow, since I haven't been to the library...

 So here's this week's read... :)
Manga/GN:

★★★★★
★★★★★
★★★★☆
★★★★★
★★★★☆
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