Hello, everyone!
Since we are all at home or at least should be, and probably the boredom will soon turn into a need to buy compulsively (it has happened in the past), I thought you might want to check some of the Smashwords books that are less than a Dollar or completely Free, I hope you don’t know some of these and if you do then apologies for any repeating titles.
Alternative names: The World’s Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera (世界一初恋 〜小野寺律の場合〜, Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi: Onodera Ritsu no Baai)
Author: Shungiku Nakamura
Official site: Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
If you are here, I am going to assume that you know about Sekaiichi and Junjou Romantica because I know that not everyone watches these animes or reads the Manga. Today is about the Manga, and a little bit about the Anime, a bit of a comparison might be seen further ahead.
For the podcast version jump to the end. 1
Continue reading “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi”Author: Cassandra Clare & Maureen Johnson
From: Ghosts of the Shadow Market
Type: Short Story
Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural, Drama
I’ll be quick with this one, though I have a few pointed comments. Spoilers might be included if you have not read any of the Shadowhunter books or the TID trilogy.
Continue reading “Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Every Exquisite Thing”
Kirtash: Coming to you from Idhún Memories (or now The Idhun Chronicles), a Spanish trilogy about another world where you live under three suns and moons ruled by several Gods.
Wow! This one is going to be interesting.
Book: The Idhun Chronicles Trilogy
Other names: Chris-tara, Christian
Talents: Magical voice, charming (in his own way), shape-shifting. Freaking awesome.
See where this is going?
Continue reading “Kirtash”“I decided as long as I’m going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.”
Twilight
Book: Twilight Saga
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Some Spoilers
I will write some things about Twilight because it was the saga I loved for a while before I knew what true vampires could really be like (The Vampire Diaries). I am not going criticize either Stephenie Meyer or her work, she has potential, but she is also a new author well newer than L.J Smith or Anne Rice.
Continue reading “Twilight Series”‘Lia can hear the future, much in the way she hears the call of Draumr. And in that future, she realizes that the diamond—along with the fate of the drákon—rests in the hands of a human man, one who straddles two worlds.’
Lia Langford and Zane, where to start? Where they come from? Yes, I think that should be a good start.
Please be aware that they will be spoilers here if you don’t know the characters already, go to the bottom of the post, where I will leave you a link to either a review of the book where they came from or to an outside source so you can buy it, read the book, and then come back here to chat or read about these two.
Spoilers ahead!
“Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it. That’s original sin. And I’m going to destroy it. Death is going to die.”
Books: Northern Lights. The Subtle Knife. The Amber Spyglass
Author: Philip Pullman
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Science Fantasy
So Fantasy, yes.
I read these books a long time ago so bear with me.
The main thing I always remember about His Dark Materials books is that I found them utterly fascinating and I could not stop reading after finishing the first one, the second and third had to be read and they were far more exciting than the Northern Lights. I’m not going to go into it book by book but probably jump around between the three, I hope you are ready.
Continue reading “His Dark Materials Trilogy”Series: Origin
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre: Holy Alien Babies. Fiction. Drama. Supernatural.
Alright so, I tried to stop and give you a briefing as I was reading this one like I did with The Darkest Star, but I started in Ch 19. You’ll just have to believe that before that moment, everything was good and I couldn’t stop reading; afterward, I forced myself to stop and put down the book (The Burning Shadow obviously) to write random (not so random) notes.
Alternative names: カードキャプターさくら
Genre: Shōjo
Year: 1996 – 2000
Author: CLAMP
Who does not know about Sakura Kinomoto, right? In some capacity, you know her or have seen her at one point or another in your life. I’d like to clarify, this is about the manga but the anime is of course what made us start loving everything about this world.
Continue reading “Card Captor Sakura: Original”“Oh, for the love of baby humans everywhere, you’re an idiot.”
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Science-Fiction
Well this was a good and bad idea for me. Not the contents of the book, that I loved, but actually starting to read it and finishing it. Let me explain better while telling you what I thought.
