by Haro Aso Illustrated by Kotaro Takata Translated by Nova Skipper 4 stars The team has made it to Akira’s hometown and are settling in nicely. That is until a group of miscreants with their own bucket list enact their plan to cause chaos and turn everyone into zombies. Now they’ll have to team up…
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by Haro Aso Illustrated by Kotaro Takata Translated by Nova Skipper 4 stars Another strange and delightful volume of zombie apocalypse adventures. Akira continues his bucket list with friends Kencho and Shizuka, heading toward his childhood hometown. Along the way, they pick up a new ally and enjoy some rest and relaxation along with hard…
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by Haro Aso Illustrated by Kotaro Takata Translated by Nova Skipper 3 stars Akira and Kencho make plans to leave Tokyo, but first they must secure a new set of wheels. They reunite with an acquaintance at an RV show, team up, and hit the road. But the journey is not without unforeseen obstacles. I…
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by Haro Aso Illustrated by Kotaro Takata Translated by Nova Skipper 4 stars Action, humor, and absurdity. Reunited during the zombie apocalypse, best friends Akira and Kencho set off to complete their list of 100 Things I Want to Do Before Becoming a Zombie. This volume follows their attempts to play video games on a…
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by Haro Aso Illustrated by Kotaro Takata Translated by Nova Skipper 4 stars Akira Tendo plans to work hard and make it big. But when he lands a job at an exploitative corporations, his life becomes a living hell. He has no social life, can’t talk to the girl of his dreams, and moves through…
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3 stars I’m a little conflicted on what version is the best reading experience. I listened to the audio book and Kate Atwater does an absolutely phenomenal job reading. Each character is easily recognizable by the change in her voice and it was such a pleasure to listen to. However, then I realized the physical novel is…
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2 stars This is a tricky one to rate. It tells the story of Tom Token being accepted as the first black student at a historically white mage school, St. Ivory Academy. I personally enjoyed the word play involved. Tom has a crow named Jim and the higher-ups in the school like Headmaster Lynch walk…
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5 stars In this mammoth of a book, Randall Munroe proves that with enough math, everything eventually explodes. A hilarious, entertaining, interesting, and fascinating read exploring oddly specific questions you never thought to ask. The book blends mathematics, science, and history to create an extraordinary journey (with plenty of things blowing up along the way)….
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5 stars Another absolutely gorgeous book in the Amulet series! I love the artwork of these books so much. It’s so easy to just get lost in the worlds Kibuishi has created. Despite my best efforts, I flew through this book. So much happens and it was all amazing. The whole storyline on Algos Island…
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4 stars After reading this, I already want to spend another summer at Camp Whatever. Complete with mysterious fog, horrific garden gnomes, a camp director with ulterior motives, shadowy figures, and odd happenings, this book has got it all. It’s packed with adventure, mystery, magic, and suspense. There are plenty of twists and turns in…
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