Author: Kazue Kato Published: 2008 Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Manga, Supernatural By: Kyle Star Rating: 4/5 stars I like the manga quite a bit. The main character is the classic Shonen protagonist, as they are very loud, angry, and not the smartest tool in the shed. But what makes this manga so good to me, is that this main character (Rin Okumura), builds up people that he encounters. … Continue reading Book Review: Blue Exorcist
Author: Laini Taylor Published: 2011 Genres: Fantasy, YA, Magic Series: Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1 By: Ashlin Daughter of Smoke and Bone is the first book of a trilogy that follows artist Karou as she navigates balancing life in her mythical world and Earth. I grew to love this book but honestly struggled to keep reading at points. Towards the beginning of the book, the plot felt quite slow … Continue reading Book Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Author: T.J. Klune Published: 2020 Genres: Supernatural Fiction, LGBTQ, Fantasy By: Maya Star Rating: 5/5 stars From the moment I saw the front cover to when I read the last chapter TJ Klune painted an atmosphere allowing the reader to dive into the story that is The House in the Cerulean Sea. This book tops the charts in a feel-good factor way and creates a wonderfully warm story, which all fantasy lovers … Continue reading Book Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Author: Stephanie Meyer Art & Adaptation by: Young Kim Published: 2010 Series: Twilight #1 Genres: Supernatural, Fantasy, Drama, Romance Star Rating: 5/5 stars By: Samantha This book is a graphic novel adaptation of Twilight, which tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl named Bella Swan, who moves to a dark and gloomy town Forks, Washington. She soon falls in love with a mysterious guy named Edward Cullen, who she finds out is a vampire. I really liked the graphic novel because it’s very well written, … Continue reading Book Review: Twilight, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel)
Feast your eyes on our spooky, creepy Halloween display featuring a great selection of our horror and thriller reads. We enlisted the help of our skeleton (on loan from the Science department, thanks), creatively placed spiders webs, hanging ghouls, spiders, bats, a crow and our skull, Yorick! The display was finished off with our cauldron framed by ghostly hands filled with our mystery horror reads! … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Halloween Display
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