In My Mailbox - XVIII

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The Borrowed



Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney vol. 1 by CAPCOM
Bleach vol. 23 by Tite Kubo
Dragon Drive vol. 10 by Kenichi Sakura
Emma vol. 1-2 by Kaoru Mori
Eyeshield 21 vol. 5 by Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata
Hikaru no Go vol. 12-13 by Yumi Hotta & Takeshi Obata
Honey and Clover vol. 3 by Chica Umino
Hoshin Engi vol. 6-8 by Ryu Fujisaki
Shaman King vol. 15 by Hiroyuki Takei
Monster vol. 2-6 by Naoki Urasawa

The Bought

None

The Received

Wolverine: Prodigal Son vol. 1 by Antony Johnston & Wilson Tortosa
The Puppet Wrangler by Vicki Grant

Don't you love it when the library gets new books? I do, especially when it comes to manga. I would check their site every other day to see if there are any new shipments. When there is, I would start requesting. And a huge pile would be waiting for me like above.

I want to thank Athena from Bookmooch for The Puppet Wrangler and I am glad to have another book by the great comedical writer, Vicki Grant. I also want to thank Diane from The Book Resort again for the Zombie Chicken Award! Haha, with all of these awards being given, I don't think I will have time to do the nominations!

Forever... by Judy Blume

Title: Forever...
Author: Judy Blume
Age Group: Older Teens
# of Pages: 220
My Rating: 2/5

Katherine meets Michael at a party and they immediately hit it off right away. Their love for each other grows everyday and even becomes very physical. They believe they are going to be together forever. Until one event changes everything.

Who here read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing? Now that is a kids' classic. I loved it when I was in elementary. So when I got Forever..., I had no idea what to expect because this was my first YA novel by Judy Blume. How should I put my thoughts of it? She wrote it exactly in the style she did for her younger audiences.

The writing was extremely brief and if you skipped a line while reading, you would jump to the next scene without expecting it! Therefore, no depth in characters. Everything just went by with a lot of dialogue. I think this took me a month to finish because I was absolutely bored with it. The plot did not build up and the climax wasn't even a climax. If you read it, you can tell the difference of the stories written recently and ones from a couple of decades ago. Forever... explores a lot on sex and the responsibility you have to take in account if you wish to decide on intercourse. Comparing the sex in teen books now to back then, they took it much more seriously. If you are offended by explicit content, you shouldn't look into it. Either way, I wouldn't recommend it in the first place.

I just have to add that what made the story extremely awkward was the fact that Michael's penis had a name. So whenever Katherine mentioned it by name, I thought it was absolutely strange. Naming body parts is extremely weird in my case.

Pixie by Mathieu Mariolle & Aurore

Title: Pixie
Author: Mathieu Mariolle (Story) & Aurore (Art)
Age Group: Teens
# of Pages: 98
My Rating: 2.5/5

As a prince stuck in a palace with nowhere to go, Ael dreams of breaking free from his boring, royal life to go on wild and exciting adventures. He adores listening to the stories that his tutor tells him about the magical creatures from far away lands. Oh how Ael wishes to encounter these fairy tale races.

Meet Pixie. He is your round-and-about thief who attempted to rob Ael. By mistake, he takes the young prince along with him when he could not remove the expensive bracelet from the child's wrist. While on the run, Pixie and Ael found themselves mysteriously transported to an unknown land. The prince is thrilled to to know that his wish is finally coming true, not caring the fact that he is kidnapped! He later discovers he has an ability that may cause disaster by those wanting to take advantage of it. With his life endangered, will Ael and his newfound friends escape from those chasing after them?

I follow the artist of Pixie on the popular art site, Deviantart. When I heard that Tokyopop decided to release the English version of it, I was desperate for a copy because I wanted to support a favourite artist. I was lucky to have received a free copy!

I found the plot confusing, which is a major letdown. I understood the basics while it focuses on Ael and Pixie but when it moves to the bad guys' side to the story, I had no idea what was going on. When the scenes transisted from one to another, it came out choppy. I got lost often and I would need to re-read it later to figure out the situation. The art is very lovely but that is about it to Pixie. It has great potential but needs to redo from beginning to end before I could change my mind.

Free copy provided by Anna from TangognaT.