Buy on Amazon Blue Exorcist, Vol. 1 By: Kato Kazue Published by: VIZ Media LLC ISBN: 1421540320 Genre:Fantasy Pages: 200 Recommendable for people who: Love Demons, Exorcists, Monks, and Comedy Synopsis: Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for audiences T+.Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth – the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering…
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Reading thoughts from my teen son.
Reborn! Vol. 1
Buy on Amazon Reborn!, Vol. 1 (v. 1) By: Akira Amano Published by: VIZ Media LLC ISBN: 1421506718 Genre:Comedy&Fantasy Pages: 192 Recommendable for people who: Love Comedy, Mafia, Power, and BABIES WITH GUNS Synopsis: Tsunayoshi Sawada (Tsuna for short) is a cowardly junior high student who doesn’t excel at academics or sports. He only attends school so he can stare at his beautiful classmate Kyoko from afar. But Tsuna’s life takes a dramatic turn when Reborn, a suit-wearing, gun-toting baby who claims to be an Italian hit man, shows up…
Read MoreDeadman Wonderland Vol. 1
Buy on Amazon Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 1 By: Jinsei Kataoka Published by: TokyoPop ISBN: 1427817413 Genre:Crime & Fantasy Pages: 248 Recommendable for people who: Crime, Fighting, Synopsis: Ten years have passed since the Great Tokyo Earthquake, and the people’s memories of the disaster have faded. Ganta Igarashi, a middle school evacuee, has finally begun to live a normal life…that is, until the day ‘Red Man’ appears at his school and Ganta’s fate is changed forever. His entire class is brutally murdered, and although innocent of the crime, Ganta is sentenced…
Read MoreBlack Cat Vol. 1
Buy on Amazon Black Cat, Vol. 1 By: Kentaro Yabuki Published by: VIZ Media LLC ISBN: 142150605X Genre:Fantasy Manga Pages: 208 Recommendable for people who: Love Crime, mystery,Fantasy Synopsis: Two years ago, Train, a high-level assassin known as Number XIII in Chronos, left the secret society to live by his own rules. Since then, Train has been a sweeper, a bounty hunter, catching criminals and bringing them in alive. But his main mission is to find a former Chronos member who killed his best friend. My Thoughts: This one is…
Read MoreRave Master Book 1
Buy on Amazon Rave Master, Book 1 By: Hiro Mashima Published by: TokyoPop ISBN: 9781591820642 Genre: Fantasy Manga Pages: 192 Recommendable for people who: Love manga, fantasy, and many, many comedy moments. Synopsis: The all-powerful Dark Stone — a magical stone and ruler of the dark side — awakes after a fifty-year-long respite and falls into the hands of Demon Card, an evil organization bent on world domination. Only one thing can resist the Dark Stone`s evil powers: a sacred stone called Rave. Demon Card dispatches an assassin after the…
Read MoreEragon
Buy on Amazon Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) By: Christopher Paolini Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780375826696 Genre:Fantasy Pages: 528 Recommendable for people who: Enjoy Dragons, Magic, and Fantasy Synopsis: Now in paperback! Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire.A…
Read MoreHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Buy on Amazon Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) By: J. K. Rowling Published by: Scholastic Paperbacks ISBN: 0439064872 Genre:Fantasy Pages: 352 Author’s Website: http://www.jkrowling.com/ Recommendable for people who: Enjoy Magic, Fantasy, and Progressive Plot & Character Devolpment Synopsis: In one of the most hotly anticipated sequels in memory, J.K. Rowling takes up where she left with Harry’s second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girl’s bathroom, an outrageously…
Read MoreHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Buy on Amazon Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By: J. K. Rowling Published by: First Scholastic ISBN: 0-590-35340-3 Genre:Fantasy Pages: 309 Recommendable for people who: Enjoy Fantasy, Magic, and a Well built plot. Synopsis: Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and…
Read MoreIn My Mailbox – May 22 2011
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren in which book bloggers share the books they’ve gotten in the past week. We had a pretty big week bookwise in the Cates household! So rather then do 3 seperate IMM posts, I’m just going to stick them all in one. Eventually, the kids will be posting their own so they wont be all combined. Since this week was their firsts, I thought I would show them how to do them. So, I hope you enjoy this weeks…
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