Author: Yoshitoki Oima [MyAnimeList]
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Series: A Silent Voice, Vol. 1
ISBN: 9781632360564
Obtained: Library copy
Why this book?:
I saw it on Wowbrary. The description sounded intriguing.
Comments:
So this first volume is primarily back story as to what happened in 6 years earlier between Shoya and Shoko, prior to Shoko transferring to another school. I was a little too interested in what comes next, so in addition to requesting the library purchase the next several volumes, I also looked up the overall story arc. I now know what is supposed to happen in general terms. Hopefully that doesn't ruin the rest for me.
Update: I haven't read any more yet, but they won't be ruined when I do, because I've already forgotten what I looked up.
Author: Seanan McGuire [Website Bio 1][Website Bio 2][Website Bio 3][Facebook][Twitter]
Publisher: 47North
Series: Indexing, Bk 1
ISBN: 9781477809600
Length: 404 pages
Obtained: Library copy
Why this book?:
I've been reading a bit by this author. While I was waiting on more from the October Daye and InCryptid series, I decided to read this.
Comments:
Took me 1 or 2 "chapters" (it was originally a Kindle serial) to really get into it, but it's a pretty fascinating concept that fairy tales are these negative types that you can be stuck in if your life has certain similarities or like characteristics or events. I look forward to reading the next one, Indexing: Reflections.
Update: Thoughts on Indexing: Reflections have already been posted because I wasn't paying attention...
Author: Lilith Saintcrow [Website][Facebook][Twitter] aka Lili St. Crow
Publisher: Orbit
Series: Gallow and Ragged, Bk 2
ISBN: 9780316277877
Length: 315 pages
Obtained: Library copy
Why this book?:
I've enjoyed this author's work in the past, and read the first book in this series.
Comments:
I'm not always good with Faerie stories. I've been reading more lately, but they can be difficult for me. This is one whose world is especially troublesome for me, because I start to feel "trapped" if you will in all the bad events and "surrounded" by all these characters who are horrible and don't allow the primary characters, Gallow and Ragged, to escape.
I found myself especially frustrated, because I was not even given the relief of the story ending. Rather than individual stories that are resolved by the end (even if their is still a larger arcing story in progress), as I have come to expect of series, this ser ...
Update: I literally left that mid-word. I think I was about to say more about it being cliffhanger, or no real ending. But I'm not sure.
Author: Kanae Hazuki [MyAnimeList]
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Series: Say I Love You. Volumes 1 - 5
ISBN:
9781612626024
9781612626031
9781612626048
9781612626055
9781612626062
Obtained: Library Copy
Why these books?:
Comments:
I never recorded comments at the time of reading this. So by memory: This series almost crosses into too much for me (content-wise), but I found myself curious about the "what next"? Unfortunately, by the time the rest of the series came in for me (I had to put them on hold), I was out of the country. I lost that push, but I'll still follow up eventually.
Author: Kalayna Price [Website][Facebook][Twitter]
Publisher: ROC Fantasy
Series: Alex Craft, Bk 4
ISBN: 9780451416575
Length: 331 pages
Obtained: Library copy
Why this book?:
Have enjoyed the rest of the series.
Comments:
It's about time! I read it within a day of it finally coming in, and was eagerly awaiting the latest release date before that. Hope the next one is a bit more timely.
Update: Short but sweet, right?
Author: Nora Roberts [Website] [Facebook] aka Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufem-Brinke Wilder aka J. D. Robb aka Sarah Hardesty aka Jill March
Publisher: Berkley Books
ISBN: 9780399175169
Length: 453 pages
Obtained: Library copy
Why this book?:
New NR, need I say more?
Comments:
Great, intense intro. Good characters... they fall within NR template. I guessed the bad guy with the first murder.
Update: Again with the short clip. But better than nothing.
Author: Jennifer Estep [Website][Facebook][Twitter]
Publisher: Pocket Books Urban Fantasy
Series: Elemental Assassin, Bk 14
ISBN: 9781501111273
Length: 374 pages
Obtained: Library copy
Why this book?:
Love this series.
Comments:
Oh, Finn!!!! This one had me very grumbly. Poor Gin.
Update: This one is brief because otherwise I'd be rambling nonstop spoilers.
