Book description: A strange man on the island who helped free Arashi and Natsu from some carnivorous plants gives them a clue as to why they find themselves in this predicament—it's not a kidnapping, it's "a government project." The four castaways decide to climb a rocky outcrop from which they can survey their surroundings and get an idea of what is going on and where they … [Read more...] about 7SEEDS 2 (Japanese) by Yumi Tamura: A-
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7SEEDS 1 (Japanese) by Yumi Tamura: B+
Book description: The last thing Natsu remembers is going to sleep in her own bed. She awakes on a sinking ship in the company of three strangers, each with no memory of how they got there. After managing to reach a deserted island, the four need to overcome their differences and work together to find out about the inhospitable, strange island where nature appears totally out … [Read more...] about 7SEEDS 1 (Japanese) by Yumi Tamura: B+
Shade’s Children by Garth Nix: B+
From the back cover: In a brutal city of the future, human life is in the hands of the evil Overlords who have decreed that no child live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest—his brains and muscles are used to construct machine-like creatures whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade—once a man, but … [Read more...] about Shade’s Children by Garth Nix: B+
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: A
From the back cover: As a child, Kathy—now thirty-one years old—lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this … [Read more...] about Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: A
The Moonlight That Surrounds Me 1 (Japanese) by Saki Hiwatari: C
From the back cover: Rin and Alice have brought closure to their past lives and are living happily. Their son, Ren, is a completely normal boy. One day, his guardian angels appear to him. But what is their true form!? And what is the power closed inside Ren!? Inherited thoughts and abilities... The first volume of the long-awaited Please Save My Earth second-generation … [Read more...] about The Moonlight That Surrounds Me 1 (Japanese) by Saki Hiwatari: C