Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Summer 2021 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl, wherein each week bloggers list out their Top Ten. This week is for summer TBR! (Actually it was a week ago, but I was taking an unintended hiatus then plus technically …

ARC Review: Laughing Under the Clouds, Volume 1 by Karakara Kemuri

Laughing Under the Clouds, Volume 1 by Karakara Kemuri My rating: 4 of 5 stars Under the curse of Orochi, the great demon serpent reborn every 300 years, Japan has been shrouded in clouds for as long as anyone can remember... The era of the samurai is at an end, and carrying swords has been outlawed. To …

ARC Review: Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide, Volume 1 by Mone Sorai

Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide, Volume 1 by Mone Sorai My rating: 4 of 5 stars Super serious Asahi Suzumura and laidback, easygoing Mitsuki Sayama might seem like an odd couple, but they made a deal; they'll vacation around the world and when they get back to Japan, they'll get married. As they travel from …

ARC Review: The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest, near a gruesome crime scene. The only thing they remember: Their captor wore a painted-white mask. To escape …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Spring 2021 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl, wherein each week bloggers list out their Top Ten. This week is for spring TBR! (Actually it was a couple of weeks ago, but I was taking an unintended hiatus then) …

ARC Review: BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! by Mimu Oyamada

BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! by Mimu Oyamada My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Kirika Amano is just an unassuming college freshman, but her shut-in big brother, Teruo, is about to turn her life upside down... Even though he's barely left their family home in four years, Teruo has a big secret: he's been living …

ARC Review: Shadow Service Vol. 1 by Cavan Scott, Corin Howell, Trionna Farrell

Shadow Service Vol. 1 by Cavan Scott My rating: 4 of 5 stars Worried your partner is cheating? Need a missing person found? Gina Meyers is the Private Investigator for you. Sure, she’s a witch who worries that her powers make her more of a monster than the crooks she’s trying to catch, but it’s …

ARC Review: Cells at Work! Baby, Vol. 1 by Yasuhiro Fukuda & Akane Shimizu

Cells at Work! Baby, Vol. 1 by Yasuhiro Fukuda My rating: 4 of 5 stars BEING A BABY IS HARD WORK! Join these cute baby cells as they work hard within their tiny body! A mini-Red Blood Cell picks up oxygen from the helpful ladies at the Placenta, and meets a White Blood Cell for …

ARC Review: Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 12 by Sorata Akiduki

Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 12 by Sorata Akiduki My rating: 4 of 5 stars A romantic retelling of a classic fairy tale about a beautiful herbalist and a lovestruck prince. Shirayuki is an herbalist famous for her naturally bright-red hair, and the prince of Tanbarun wants her all to himself! Unwilling to …

ARC Review: Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 11 by Sorata Akiduki

Snow White with the Red Hair, Vol. 11 by Sorata Akiduki My rating: 4 of 5 stars A romantic retelling of a classic fairy tale about a beautiful herbalist and a lovestruck prince. Shirayuki is an herbalist famous for her naturally bright-red hair, and the prince of Tanbarun wants her all to himself! Unwilling to …

ARC Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 7 by Yuji Kaku

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 6 by Yuji Kaku My rating: 4 of 5 stars Even an invincible ninja may not be able to survive Hell’s Paradise! Gabimaru is a ninja on death row with one chance to see his wife again—by finding the elixir of immortality on a supernatural island and delivering it to the …

ARC Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 6 by Yuji Kaku

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 6 by Yuji Kaku My rating: 4 of 5 stars Even an invincible ninja may not be able to survive Hell’s Paradise! Gabimaru is a ninja on death row with one chance to see his wife again—by finding the elixir of immortality on a supernatural island and delivering it to the …

ARC Review: Beast Complex, Vol. 1 by Paru Itagaki

Beast Complex, Vol. 1 by Paru Itagaki My rating: 4 of 5 stars Seven short stories that set the scene for the best-selling BEASTARS series! In these seven stories, a menagerie of carnivores and herbivores face challenges based on their differences and try to find common ground. A tiger and a beaver who grew up …

Spira’s 2021 Top Ten Releases

Hey guys! 👋Spira here, coming to you with a different type of post content for today. Usually Ruthie is the one who does all those top tens lists but I thought to myself, "Man, I sure have lots of books I'm excited for this year..." So I figured, why not mention them? So here we …

ARC Review: Toritan: Birds of a Feather, Vol. 2 by Kotetsuko Yamamoto

Toritan: Birds of a Feather, Vol. 2 by Kotetsuko Yamamoto My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Birdsong starts sounding like a love song when bird whisperer Inusaki meets a crow that sounds oddly like a handsome young man he knows! Inusaki can communicate with birds—and some of them are real jerks! Tired of the incessant …