Category: book reviews
reviews about books, manga series, comics
Yu Aoi – Uso.
Presented in a Yu-Aoi-faced hardcover book of six pop-up art pieces, Uso. — or Lie. — is just a simple pop-up book that highlights the team behind the project, instead of the idol.
Yu Aoi – Kaiten TE-BURU wa Mutsukashii
Kaiten TE-BURU wa Mutsukashii is a 2007 photobook by Japanese actress/model Yu Aoi, with photographs by Ivy Chen. The book details Aoi’s and Chen’s visit to Taipei (Taiwan) as they go on a full-on Foodie trip.
Young Avengers #6-15
Young Avengers is still a great tale of growing up and relationships while doing some kick-ass heroing.
Young Avengers #1-5
In 2012, Marvel Comics gave us Marvel NOW!, a relaunch of several ongoing comic books. That means several comics restarted with a #1 issue. Amongst them was Young Avengers.
Yasunari Kawabata – The Old Capital (Kioto)
The Old Capital tells the story of a 20-year-old girl named Chieko in Post-War Kyoto, daughter of a Kimono maker, who discovers she was an abandoned child. Then one day, she discovers something while attending one of the many festivities in the city.
Yann Martel – Life of Pi
It’s a test of faith when a young man is stranded on a boat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena… and a Bengal tiger for 227 days.
X Files, The – Season 10 #1
Forget crowdfunding – seems comics is the place to go if you never want to see your favourite TV show ever die.
Wrecked Hearts
Wrecked Hearts may look like a Japanese manga, and may read like a Japanese manga, but is actually an English work from two French artists, as put out by Sweden’s Peow! Studios
Vince Carter – Rex Randall and the Jericho Secret
We follow Rex Randall, world-renowned author and self-made lothario. However, with five women, choppy prose, and a lack of real direction, it’s hard to decide whether or not the Jericho Secret is a secret we actually want to be told.
