Books and Beverages
Mostly manga and graphic novels this time! Natsume's Book of Friends, Vols. 1 and 2 by Yuki Midorikawa Shojo Beat, 2012 Volume 1 got 7 cups of tea out of 11 and Volume 2 got 5 cups Summary: Natsume can see yokai like his grandmother. When she was younger she bound them by their names... Continue Reading →
Magic Study is the sequel to Poison Study. There will be spoilers for both books in this post but I will try not to ruin the ending for Magic Study (I did do a short review for it in my weekly reading wrap-up post). I hesitated to read this book because most people reviewing it... Continue Reading →
Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 1 by Kenta Shinohara Shonen Jump, 2016 8 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: Aries and Kanata's class are going on a field trip to another planet but things go wrong as soon as the adults leave. They are lost in space and there may be a saboteur aboard.... Continue Reading →
I'm definitely in autumn mode now. My mom and I went to see Halloween decorations at a couple stores. I lean more towards the vintage goth look and she leans more towards the cute crafty look. We had a hard time resisting but we ended up not buying anything. We both like to mull over... Continue Reading →
Magic Study sequel to Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder MIRA, 2006 Adult Fantasy 8 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: Yelena travels back to the land of the family she was kidnapped from and away from the man she loves. But there's a murderer on the loose stealing magic and she has to... Continue Reading →
I probably won't just be reading science fiction books in September but there are two scifi related readathons happening (Tome Infinity and Space Opera September). I'm not directly participating because I don't feel like doing specific prompts or criteria but I do want to read some scifi books. These are five of my options: Too... Continue Reading →
The mornings are getting a little nippy here so I drank my first matcha latte in a while yesterday and then a chai latte this morning. Mostly the books I've picked are fantasy books: Magic Study and The Missing of Clairdelune (these are also both second books in their series). I'm also starting a contemporary... Continue Reading →
A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer Bloomsbury, 2019 YA Portal Fantasy and Fairy Tale Retelling 9 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: This is Rhen's last chance to break the curse but Harper is not the usual girl his only loyal retainer, Grey, brings to the castle. She turns his world... Continue Reading →
I'm currently obsessed with A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer. A colleague had said in her review that she was surprised by how much she liked it. I decided to put myself on hold. It was a long hold list but I finally was able to take this book home with me... Continue Reading →
