Reading thoughts from my teen son.
This week, Brandon reviews the Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook: Arcane, Divine, and Martial Heroes (Roleplaying Game Core Rules) By: Rob Heinsoo.
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This week we participate in the blog tour for SYLO by DJ MacHale! Brandon shares his thoughts on the book and we giveaway for a finished copy thanks to the fine folks at PENGUIN TEEN!
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Brandon reviews: Fantasy adventure DRAGON RUN by Patrick Matthews
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Brandon reviews: Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 1 by Darren Shan – The world of internationally acclaimed author Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak brought to life as you’ve never seen it before!
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Brandon reviews: Clockwork Sky by Madeleine Rosca. From the award-winning creator of Hollow Fields comes the start of an all new, steampunk adventure trilogy!
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Bleach, Vol. 50: The Six Fullbringers by Tite Kubo Release Date: November 6, 2012 Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts–he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow–a malevolent lost soul–Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kubo’s Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit! Ichigo’s return to an ordinary life is disrupted by a mysterious man named…
Read MoreBuy on Amazon Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 1 By: Yuki Midorikawa Published by: VIZ Media LLC ISBN: 1421532433 Genre:Fantasy Pages: 208 Recommendable for people who: Love stories about Demons, like stories about Friendship Age Recommendation:All Ages Rating:8.5/10 Synopsis: With friends like these, enemies are overkill. R to L (Japanese Style). Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he is…
Read MoreBuy on Amazon The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 1 By: Akira Himekawa Published by: VIZ Media LLC ISBN: 9781421523279 Genre:Fantasy Pages: 200 Recommendable for people who: Love the LoZ franchise Age Recommendation:All Ages Score: 9/10 Synopsis: The Legend of Zelda is a high-fantasy adventure based on the wildly successful and long-running video game series by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. In February 2000, Shogakukan began publication of manga artist Akira Himekawa’s adaptation of nine of the most well known Nintendo games in the series. Each story follows the adventures of Link,…
Read MoreBuy on Amazon Romance Dawn (One Piece, Vol. 1) By: Eiichiro Oda Published by: VIZ Media LLC ISBN: 1569319014 Genre: Pages: 216 Recommendable for people who: Love Pirates Synopsis: A new shonen sensation in Japan, this series features Monkey D. Luffy, whose main ambition is to become a pirate. Eating the Gum-Gum Fruit gives him strange powers but also invokes the fruit’s curse: anybody who consumes it can never learn to swim. Nevertheless, Monkey and his crewmate Roronoa Zoro, master of the three-sword fighting style, sail the Seven Seas of…
Read MoreBuy on Amazon Bleach, Vol. 1 (Collector’s Edition) By: Tite Kubo Published by: VIZ Media LLC ISBN: 1421525763 Genre:Action Fantasy Pages: 192 Recommendable for people who: Love Reapers, Comedy, and Action Synopsis: This is Bleach, Volume 1 special Collector’s Edition featuring premium packaging! Color art available for the first time! Larger trim size and hardcover with dust jacket. New cover art on the dust jacket and the original cover art on the hardcover. Printed endpapers and higher quality paper stock for better image quality. Hot-tempered 15-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki, the hero…
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