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Manga Appreciation Week: Chat & Giveaway with Chandra Rooney
By Thea On January 16, 2009 · 66 Comments · In Chat With an Author, Giveaways, Manga Appreciation Week, Smuggler Specialties
A few months back, Karen Mahoney emailed us with the news that her Critique Partner and friend Chandra Rooney was coming out with her debut book, a novelization of the popular Tarot Cafe manhwa. Would we be game to read a genre we previously had little to no experience in?
Never ones to back [...]
Title: The Tarot Cafe -The Wild Hunt
Author: Chandra Rooney
Genre: Light Novel, Manhwa, Romance, Fantasy
Publisher: TokyoPop
Publication Date: January 2009
Paperback: 240 pages
Stand Alone or Series: First spinoff novelization based on the popular Tarot Cafe manhwa series (check out Ana’s review HERE). The Wild Hunt can be read [...]
Manga Appreciation Week: Series Review – The Tarot Cafe by Park Sang-sun
By Ana On January 14, 2009 · 4 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Manga Appreciation Week, Smuggler Specialties
Title: The Tarot Cafe (Vol. 1-7)
Author: Park Sang-sun
Genre: Manhwa
Publisher: TokyoPop
Publication Date: From 2005 to 2008
Paperback: Average 200 pages.
Stand Alone/ Series: Series with 7 volumes
Summary: (Wikipedia) In contemporary Great Britain, Pamela is the owner of a [...]
Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Goth by Otsuichi
By Thea On January 14, 2009 · 11 Comments · In 9 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Manga Appreciation Week, Smuggler Specialties
Title: Goth
Author: Otsuichi (Otsu-ichi)
Genre: Horror, Light Novel, Short Fiction
Publisher: TokyoPop
Publication Date: October 2008
Paperback: 240 pages
Stand Alone or Series: A stand alone collection of six connected short stories involving two high school students. The novel was adapted into a one and two-volume manga.
Summary: (from Amazon.com)
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Title: Demon Diary (vol 1)
Author:Written by Lee Chi Hyong; Illustrated by Kara
Genre: Manhwa (South Korean) – Comedy/Fantasy
Publisher: Tokyopop Press Inc
Publication Date: 1 Jun 2004
Paperback: 192 pages
Summary: Raenef is the black sheep of the demon court, with minimal knowledge of magic and courtly etiquette. In order [...]
Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
By Thea On January 13, 2009 · 11 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Manga Appreciation Week, Smuggler Specialties
Title: Death Note (Vol. 1)
Author: Written by Tsugumi Ohba; Illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Genre: Manga
Publisher: Viz Media LLC; Shonen Jump Advance Graphic Novel Edition
Publication Date: October 2005
Paperback: 200 pages
Stand Alone or Series: First volume in a thirteen book series
Summary: (from Amazon.com)
Light Yagami [...]
Title: Vampire Knight, vol. 1
Author: Matsuri Hino
Genre: Manga
Publisher:VIZ Media LLC; Shojo Beat Manga Ed edition
Publication Date: English – Jan 9, 2007
Comic:208 pages
Stand Alone/Series: Volume one of an ongoing series.
Summary: Cross Adademy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the [...]
A few weeks ago our buddy Karen Mahoney (A.K.A The Honorary Book Smuggler) contacted us asking if we wanted to read an ARC of a novel called Tarot Cafe – The Wild Hunt by her critique partner, Chandra Rooney. The book is an original novel based on the TAROT CAFE manga series. We [...]
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