In My Mailbox - XXXI

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The Borrowed


Wild Ones vol. 4 by Kiyo Fujiwara

The Bought

None

The Received




Never Slow Dance with a Zombie T-shirt
Amefurashi: The Rain Goddess vol. 1 by Atsushi Suzumi
Black Bird vol. 1 by Kanoko Sakurakoji
Kimi no Tokode: From Me to You vol. 1 by Karuho Shiina
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
Hollywood is like High School with Money by Zoey Dean
Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman
Bite Me! by Melissa Francis
Gorgeous by Rachel Vail
Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani
The Amanda Project: invisible i by Stella Lennon
Hancock Park by Isabel Kaplan

Yep, I got a pretty good week. An amazing book week! I am most eager to start on some of the new YA ARCs I received! Likely I won't be borrowing anything new from the library until I done this batch!

I want to thank Diane from The Book Resort for the Kreativ Blogger Award!


The Kreativ Blogger award meme works like this: If you accept it, you are supposed to list seven of your favorite things and nominate seven blogs that deserve this award.

1. My blog
2. Manga
3. Books
4. Food
5. Do hot guys count?
6. My friends
7. Anything Asian related! Well, most...

Hm, I usually don't nominate but I guess I will this time. I choose:

1. Book-Luver Carol's Reviews
2. The Shady Glade
3. The Chick Manifesto
4. Library Lounge Lizard
5. Reverie Book Reviews
6. Frenetic Reader
7. Shooting Stars Mag

Announcement: I am changing my manga review template. In the past, I always reviewed a series up to whatever volume I've read. Sometimes it is a little confusing because I don't really state which volumes I have reviewed up to. Some assume it is the first volume while others assume it is the whole series. Then for the past couple of months, I decided to only review series that are either single volume or if I finished reading the entire series. (Along with review copies I received from publishers). It can get a little "?" sometimes.

Therefore, I'm just going to adjust my template a bit so you know which volume(s) I am referring to in my review. But my manga reviews are going to be more infrequent now because I cater for a majority of a young adult reading audience. There is absolutely no way I can review every single manga I've read because it will really take a toll on me. (Plus, you see all of those mangas I keep bringing home for my In My Mailboxes). I do give ratings on manga volumes (not really reviews, sorry) over at Goodreads (click here) that I have completed.

So the template will be changed from:

Title:
Mangaka:
Age Group:
# of Pages:
# of Volumes:
My Rating:

to

Title:
Mangaka:
Age Group:
Series is: Completed with # of volumes/Ongoing with # of volumes
Volume(s) Reviewing:
My Rating:

And now I'm mentioning if it is ongoing or not, unlike my previous template where you would have no idea if the series is yet completed over in Japan/Korea/whatnot. I decided to remove # of Pages because all mangas generally have the same number of pages anyway, more or less.

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