Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Chobits

Chobits



By Clamp


Review by Sasha


This is volume 2 of 8 in the series of chobbits (volume 1 reviewed below). In this volume, we find out a little about Chi's mysterious past. This volume makes you HAVE to know all the details of her past. The first volume was in introduction and this volume is like...all the questuons that you'll want answered by volume 8.

Stuck in neutral

Stuck in neutral



By Terry Trueman


Review by Sasha


This is a beautifully written book about a "retared" boy. Either I'm a really fast reader or it's just that good of a book that i read it in less than two hours! (it's actually a short book...but that's not the point) This is a very rare book. It leaves you guessing at the end but you still feel that it is completed. I'm always a fan of sequels but if this book never had a sequal, I'll be okay with that. But..there will be no sequel...because since the book ended I know that...well...IT happened and ...lets just say...It is a very very very sad ending. I love this book so much everyone should read it.


Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Curse of the Blue tattoo: Being an account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady

Curse of the Blue tattoo: Being an account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady



by L.A. Meyer


review by Sasha


This is the sequel to Bloody Jack (see below review...Quite a few below...) This tells the tale of Mary when she is sent to a boarding school, where she is to be taught how to be a fine lady. She does everything wrong and even gets landed in jail!
Can Jacky get back ownership of her money being a woman and underage? Anyway, It's a great book. As I neared the end, I KNEW it wouldn't end the way I wanted it to. Still waiting for L.A Meyer to write another one. I don't think he will though.



Doll

DOLL


By Mitsukazu Mihara

review by Shelby

I think that's the author's name. Anyway. This is kinda a science fiction manga. It's about a time (i don't know if it's in the future, or present-day Japan... you know whenever it is) when people have "dolls," that is, robots who look like humans. People use dolls as servants, companions, assasin tools, lovers, whatever. Each manga has several little stories about people and their dolls. Before each chapter there is an illustration of a broken or otherwise... weird doll. Some of the stories are connected.

One of my favorite stories is about this lady, who has a girl doll. They move somewhere and everyone gossips about them. When they're shopping, a guy at the market begins to like the doll... and everone's like "what the heck's wrong with you? it's a doll" but it turns out that it WASN'T a doll. The lady had gotten pregnant out of wedlock and kept her child (even though her family would've wanted her to get an abortion). She was ashamed of her girl and raised her, all the time telling her she was a doll, and abused her. The girl finally realised she was a girl when she A: kinda liked that boy too, and B: got her period. Ahh that story was sooooo cool i'm sorry for spoiling it.

Suki

okay since she did a manga I'll do some then too.

Suki


By CLAMP

(Volumes one and two)

by Shelby

Suki means like or something in Japanese. Suki is about this girl called Hinata Asahi or something. For some reason (it's not really clear why yet... something about being kidnapped all the freakin time) Hinata has decided to live alone. She's booksmart, but really naive and has these teddy bears and reads books about them. So weird. Anyway, one day she gets a new neighbor Shiro Asou (or something) and he turns out to be her substitute chemistry (or something) teacher. (He's not really her teacher, someone designated to watch her... or something *ominosity*). Anyway, Hina-chan finds that she has feelings for Asou-sensei. She cooks food for him and he eats at her house, and he's really nice sometimes. First he was all serious and kinda scary, but sometimes he has his moments where he's bewildered at everything going around him.

It's a cute story. I think that very soon it won't be cute anymore...

Monday, January 24, 2005

Chobits

Chobits



By clamp


I read volume 1 of 8 and it's really funny. Is about this guy who found a computer in the trash so he took it. But its in a world where computers look like alive things. His looks like a prittuy girl and so far it seems to be stupid. It's really really good. read it.

Sunday, January 23, 2005

Terry and the Pirates

Terry and the Pirates


by Julian F. Thompson (I think that's his name)

Guest review by Shelby


This book is about Theresa Talley (Terry or Tee to her friends) whose parents want her to go to boarding school? So, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She goes on a trip of "self discovery" (i.e. she runs away). Terry stows away on local millionaire Maitland Crane's boat. But someone else had the same plan. She wakes up to a naked boy with split personalities (don't worry they're both really nice): the millionaire's son.
Then there's like a hurricaine or something, and Terry is suddenly alone on the Cormorant(the boat). But lucky her, Short Bill Gold and his wee mates Cherry and Buddy are there to rescue her. Yeah okay, rescue her.
I thought this was a good book (although I found a couple grammatical mistakes in it). Terry is a cool girl, neither teenagery nor self-conscious (definitelynot self conscious). In the end she has grown up, but I thought she was quite mature anyway. The pirates were funny, but lousy pirates. Anyway I reccomend reading this book. It's quick and humorous... very fun. yay.

Monday, January 10, 2005

Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy

Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy


By L.A. Meyer


This is a very good book. It is about a Girl who, as a child, had both of her parents and her baby sister die. She grew up on the street with a gang of kids but after an accident, she left and went to the sea. On the ship, she pretends so be a boy. As she gets older, this pooves to be more and more difficult.

This is a very good book. It's very easy go get into the character and want to know what going to happen next. This is the first in the series. The end is very open but that is because it will pick up in the next book. I garentee that you will love it.