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Book Review

Title: Secrets of the Stones Issue 1

Author: Sabrina Kidd & Katy Arrington (Illustrator)

Genre: Graphic Novel

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Review: So, the synopsis of Secrets of the Stones states: After suddenly awakening, completely alone and with mysterious injuries, Christine has no recollection of who or where she is. She finds herself pursued by dragons, rogue magicians, and an heiress hell-bent on revenge. Through her own instinct and intuition, Christine must try and piece together the story of her life. Who is a friend and who is a foe? Who had she been and who will she become? Sometimes it is only in our most vulnerable moments that we are able to find our true inner strength. Which seems extremely interesting to me and unlike any other graphic novel I had picked up in quite a while.

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Book Review

Title: Hibakusha

Author: Thilde Barboni & Olivier Cinna (Illustrator)

Genre: Graphic Novel

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Review: So, this is the story of Ludwig working as a translator in 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan, which isn’t a good time to be Japanese or German. We learn that Ludwig was crippled as a child which means he couldn’t be a soldier during WWII, but he had skills which were used by the German Reich. Ludwig dreams of escaping his loveless marriage as they only thing they share is a son and even fantasizes about having an affair when he learns he is going to be sent to Japan on a mission.

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Book Review

Title: Guinea Pigs

Author: Benacquista Tonino & Barral Nicolas (Illustrator)

Genre: Graphic Novel

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Review: So all I know about Guinea Pigs is that it is a graphic novel about the human trail phase of drug testing. So we are introduced to a new drug only referred to as M2C2T and the three candidates have been chosen to test the drug. The first is 44-year-old Daniel, who has a form of amnesia which means he is constantly losing jobs, and this is a quick and easy way for him to earn some cash, then there is 23-year-old Romain, who has his own personal problems but otherwise physically healthy and finally the 26-year-old Miss Parchiby, who tried to be an artist and failed.

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Book Review

Title: SeQuence Unbound

Author: Lorraine L.M.L.

Genre: YA/Fantasy/Romance

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Review: So, this review is going to be short and to the point as I can’t discuss a lot of this book without giving away major spoilers for the series, but this is definitely the book where we get the answers we have wanted since book 1 and where the stakes are taken to completely new levels for all the characters, not just Lessi.

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Book Review

Title: Sota’s Knife Volume 1

Author: Kei Honjo & Yuichiro Sueda

Genre: Manga

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Review: So, this manga follows 20-year-old Sota Kitaoka working at a famous restaurant as he struggles with his own ambition to become a chef in his own right. While he is working doing small jobs like dishwashing and peeling potatoes Sota has a dream to work with his father in their family restaurant.

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Book Review

Title: Ping Pong Dash Volume 1

Author: Shingo Honda

Genre: Manga

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Review: So, all we get from the synopsis of this manga is: Haruku Tendo is the strongest Yankee, striking fear into all of Ibaraki Prefecture. He meets the beauty Sawa and then discovers ping pong, so I honestly had no idea what to expect from it, but I had never been drawn to sports-related anime or manga, so I didn’t have the highest of hopes going into it.

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So despite reading only 1 scary book this month, I was pleased with my 20 books and I am around 80% done with my reading goal for this year.

1. SeQuence Unbound by Lorraine L M L – So I haven’t reviewed this book yet as I am doing it closer to the release date, but I did read it in October and it was amazing, highly recommend this series.

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