The post was divided in two, but it really depends on how it goes. I do not wish to make overly long posts. Now that I think about it, what works best you you guys? Leave a comment below- What do you prefer short posts even if it means making part 1, 2, 3, etc or having a single TBR post that includes everything?
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Let's get into the second part of the January TBR
There are a few series I will try to continue. As for most of them its not the first book - the book descriptions will be very brief to try to avoid giving spoilers in case you haven't got to that book.
Arsene Lupin in the teeth of the tiger by Maurice LeBlanc. This is book 10 of the series. This is a classic, originally published in 1920, another translated work from French.
This is the French Sherlock Holmes- but the amazing Lupin is in essence an art thief. The stories are loosely intertwined but they can be read independently after the first two volumes where the introduction is made. After that you follow the thief in a series of mysteries- its very episodic. We have an introduction of characters, they get into a peril and then the gentleman burglar shows up.
As time goes on, you will realize I do not stay in a single genre or format. Bear with me, you might feel the books mentioned are very random. They are. No special order of priority to list them, I simply add them as they come to mind.
House of M: Spider-Man by Mark Waid, Fabiaan Nicieza and Tom Peyer (writers) along with other collaborators.
Book blur: Meet Spider-Man - hero to the people, champion of the weak and oopressed... and World Wrestling Alliance Championship Titleholder?! Peter Parker has it all: respect, fame, and the adoration of all. But he also has a deep, destructive secret that he keeps from the world and from his family - one that could well unravel the reality he knows!
I expect this to be a quick read. I wonder if the house of M works are interconnected or if they can be read independently. I guess as progress in the collection I'll get the answer.
Another question for you guys: Would individual reviews for the book series be ok? I mean for most of the series I am in the middle of- there is no reviews of the start of the series. Should I post book reviews of the whole series or single book reviews for each one?
Deadpool classics vol 14: Suicide Kings by Mike Beason (writer), Sean Crystal, Adam Glass, Mike McKone, and Carlo Barberi (illustrators)
Book description: Deadpool's latest job has gotten him into a world of trouble. Everyone wants a piece of him - and for a crime he didn't commit! That's right: Someone's framed Deadpool, and it just might be the same guy who hired him in the first place, a guy who just might be using the mouthy merc as a wild card in a twisted wager. If Wade's going to clear his name and serve up some revenge, he's first got to avoid getting captured - or killed - by some of the Marvel Universe's heaviest hitters: Daredevil, the Punisher, and Spider-Man. Plus, see what happens when Deadpool goes behind the scenes of "Pain Factor" - the reality TV game show so controversial, it's been banned around the world! Collects Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1-5 and Deadpool: Games of Death.
Deadpool classics vol 15: All the rest by Duane Swierczynski, John Layman, and Stuart Moore (writers), Christopher Hastings, Paco Medina, Leandro Fernandez, Lee Garbert, Juan doe (illustrators).
Book blurb: It's the latest and greatest volume in the increasingly flexibly named Deadpool Classic series! The ever-sociable Wade Wilson is back - rubbing shoulders with his bro Cable, laughing it up with his other bro Wolverine, and forging an all-new bromance during Fear Itself with...the Walrus? The Identity Wars take Deadpool, Spider-Man and the Hulk on a long strange cross-dimensional trip, but what twisted reflections of themselves will they see? And in the wake of Steve Rogers' return, will Wade Wilson become the new Captain America? (Spoiler: no.) Learn all there is to know about Deadpool and friends, right here! COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHO WON'T WIELD THE SHIELD 1, CABLE (2008) 25, DEADPOOL & CABLE 26, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 38, DEADPOOL ANNUAL (2011) 1, INCREDIBLE HULKS ANNUAL 1, WOLVERINE/DEADPOOL: THE DECOY 1, FEAR ITSELF: DEADPOOL 1-3, DEADPOOL CORPS: RANK AND FOUL 1
I am moving a bit slower though the Marvel comics than I expected. Not sure if its the point where I choose to start or it its simply because there are a lot of distractions in my life that are slowing me down.
The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi. This is a manga set in Japan, the main character is Echizen Ryoma, a freshman in Seigaku High School, who joins the tennis team. Initially he is very apathetic and uninspired to play but he gets into the competitive spirit after getting close to his teammates. There is plenty more, as we go more into the story we get more details of each player as people and their life story. Its very character focused. But their main storyline is reaching the national competition and becoming champions.
Vol 28: Hyotei Rhapsody
Vol 29: The Nationals begin!
Vol 30: The boys from Okinawa
Vol 31: A surprise strategy: Eiji Plays
This is another translated work from Japanese.
Towers of midnight, by Brandon Sanderson on behalf of Robert Jordan. This is the 13th book in the wheel of time series.
The end draws near....
The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.
The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.
Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel’aran’rhiod and find a way--at long last--to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever
Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways--the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn--have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.
Griffin's feather, by Cornelia Funke the second book in the Dragon riders series. The book doubles up for the 2023 Fantasy Challenge prompt 25 Next book in a series.
Book description: The last winged horses are on the brink of extinction. Three foals lie curled in their eggs in a sanctuary for threatened creatures, where a young dragon rider lives with his silver dragon. The foals are ill, and the pair volunteer to seek the only cure: a Griffin's feather. But Griffins, with the heads of eagles and bodies of lions, are a dragon's fiercest enemy, and live far across the world in the sweltering jungle. A dangerous and exciting adventure begins.
The book can be used for a few more challenges, but for now we'll leave it at this. As reminder a book can be used only once in each challenge so for example if I am using Griffin's feather for prompt 25 of the Fantasy Challenge even if it fits for prompt 30 a middle grade book, it will not be added as counting for that, because it's already been used to fulfil the 25th. But I can add it to another challenge like the A-Z or the Around the world because they are independent/ different challenges. Hope that makes sense.
A tingle of spells by Michelle Harrison. This is the 3rd book of the a pinch of magic series.
Book description from GoodReads: Everyone knows that magic and trouble go hand in hand...
A dangerous spell cast over an unsuspecting village.
An enchanted painting locked in a hidden room.
A desperate race against time to break the spell before it's too late...
It should have been a fresh start for the Widdershins. Finally free from the misty gloom of Crowstone and beginning a new life. But all is not as it seems in their postcard-pretty village. Their neighbours are acting strangely, and why do they flinch at the mere mention of magic?
The Widdershins sisters have their own secret: a set of enchanted nesting dolls with the power to render their user invisible. The sisters must use their wits - and their magic - if they're to break the dark hold over the village, and save one of their own . . . but have they met their match this time?
Now I take a look it seems like I have added several Middle grade/children books to this TBR. It was an accident but I'm glad it happened.
The famished Road by Ben Okri. This is a trilogy. African literature winner of the Booker Prize. Translate work and published the year I was born in 1991.
Book Blurb: The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus's story.
The second book Songs of enchantment. Published 1993. This will be doubling up for the Read around the world challenge - Ben Okri was born in Nigeria.
Book description: In this remarkable sequel to his Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road, Okri continues the story of the spirit-child who is a reluctant but keen observer of his family's turmoil and the political convulsions of a struggling new Africa. Through his shimmering consciousness and hallucinatory visions, the boy finds the strength to survive.
Infinite Riches, the third and final book. The purpose is to try to complete series and stop starting them and then leave them in the backburner and getting distracted by others. I need to get better at reading series back to back at least in the cases where the whole thing is already publised.
Book blurb: Ben Okri's new novel, continuing the adventures of Azaro, the spirit-child in the perplexing world of the living.
I expect this will be emotional and a slow read as I might take several break between one and the next so I need to try to read on per week.
I finally have the third book in the dreamer trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater Greywaren.
Book description: This is the story of the Lynch family.
Niall and Mór escaped their homeland for a new start, and lost themselves in what they found.
Declan has grown up as the responsible son, the responsible brother--only to find there is no way for him to keep his family safe.
Ronan has always lived on the edge between dreams and waking... but now that edge is gone, and he is falling.
Matthew has been the happy child, the brightest beam. But rebellion beckons, because it all feels like an illusion now.
This world was not made for such a family--a family with the power to make a world and break it. If they cannot save each other or themselves, we are all doomed.
The question for myself is: Should I reread the first two books or just jump into the finale?
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