Top 10 Tuesday #2: Manga Titles

Hi everyone!

This is my second Top 10 Tuesday, and today, I'll be featuring my favorite mangas as well as the ones I recommend most. :)

{Top 10 Tuesday is a feature by Broke and Bookish}

Ravishing Review: Starters by Lissa Price

A Quick Introduction
Title: Starters
Author: Lissa Price
Publisher: Ember
Publishing Date: 23rd July 2013
Number of Pages: 384 (including the short story Portrait of a Spore)

The Synopsis (by Goodreads)
You can’t get them out of your head.

Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie.

Callie’s only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man. He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders—seniors who want to be young again. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. But the neurochip they place in Callie’s head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter.

Callie soon discovers that her renter intends to do more than party—and that Prime Destinations’ plans are more evil than she could ever have imagined.

Ravishing Reviews: The Selection by Kiera Cass

Hey! It's been a while since I've made a book review, so here's The Selection by Kiera Cass. I just finished this and I decided that I should post something before November ends. Sorry for the semi-hiatus status; school is such a hindrance haha :)

A Quick Introduction
Title: The Selection
Author: Kiera Cass
Publishing Date: 24th April 2012
Publisher: Harper Teen
Number of Pages: 336 (hardcover)

The Synopsis (by Goodreads)
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself--and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

Anime Review #8: Death Note

Death Note

adapted from Death Note by Ohba, Tsugumi (Story) and Obata, Takeshi (Art)

Yagami Light is a 17-year-old genius from Japan who is tired of his life, school, and the state of the world as he knows it. One day, on the way home from class, Light stumbles upon a dark notebook with "Death Note" written on the front. Intrigued by its appearance, Light reads the first few sentences, only to find out that it states that anyone whose name is written inside will die. Discarding it as a joke, Light continues his daily activities. Soon after though, his human curiosity takes the better of him and prompts Light to try the notebook, discovering the truth behind first sentence. Now, with power in his hands, Yagami Light is on a quest to change the world and become God of the New World. His path to holy status won't be easy however, as another genius, known as L, is working against Light's beliefs and Light himself. Who will win this power of Gods between humans?

Japanese: デスノート
Episodes: 37
Status: Finished Airing
Airing Date: October 4, 2006 to June 27, 2007
Producers: Madhouse, VAP, Konami, Viz Media, Ashi Productions
Genres: Mystery, Shounen, Psychological, Police, Supernatural, Thriller

Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/1535/Death_Note

Anime Review #7: Zankyou no Terror

Zankyou no Terror

In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population.

While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children—children who shouldn't even exist—masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form "Sphinx," a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber—and pull the trigger on this world.

English Name: Terror in Resonance
Japanese: 残響のテロル
Episodes: 11
Status: Finished Airing
Airing Date: July 11, 2014 to September 26,2014
Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, FUNimation Entertainment, Fuji TV, MAPPA
Genres: Psychological, Thriller, Shounen

Read more at: http://myanimelist.net/anime/23283/Zankyou_no_Terror

Music Monday: Featuring Tonight Alive

Hi guys! Since today is a Monday, I've decided to create a Music Monday post! This feature is hosted by my friend at Eccentric Everything. The link to his blog is on the picture, please do spare time in visiting his fabulous blog!

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This week's featured artist band is...

Anime Review #6: Nagi no Asukara

Nagi no Asukara

adapted from Nagi no Asukara by Maeda, Risou

Long ago, all humans lived in the ocean. But some who longed for the land abandoned the ocean, casting off the special raiments granted to them by the sea god to adapt them to life under the sea...

Though mankind was divided into sea dwellers and land dwellers, each with different ways of thinking, they were all still fellow humans, and they continued to maintain contact as time went on.

Sakishima Hikari, Mukaido Manaka, Hiradaira Chisaki, and Isaki Kaname live in an undersea village, while Kihara Tsumugu lives on land.

When these middle school second-year land and sea dwellers meet for the first time, their hearts begin to undulate like the tides.

The youthful fantasy tale of these young people's lives unfolds in a strange and beautiful world.

Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: October 3, 2013 to April 3, 2014
Producers: Geneon Universal Entertainment, P.A. Works, Rondo Robe, NIS America, Inc.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance