Kdrama recomendado: A Korean Odissey

Porque los doramas aun me tienen agarrada, aqui va mi serie recomendada. Está en Netflix además.

A Korean Odyssey 

(Título: 화유기 / Hwayugi) 

2017

 

Hyayugi esta basado en el famoso libro chino Viaje al Oeste, en que un monje junto a otros personajes van en busca de unos manuscritos sagrados, viviendo numerosas aventuras. 

En esta historia de fantasía moderna de 20 episodios, se pasean dioses, seres celestiales, demonios,  fantasmas y espíritus malignos y muchas otras cosas más cuando todos deben trabajar juntos para evitar un mal mayor.  

No es fácil,  Especialmente porque todos los monstruos quieren devorar a Sam jan, el monje reencarnado.

Es divertida, hay un toque de horror, y tambien romance. Hace reir y llorar.

Todo empieza con una niña y su paraguas amarillo.  

(Lo dire asi: ¡Yo quiero ese paraguas! para un cosplay)

Seon-mi vive en un pequeño pueblo aislada y mal vista porque puede ver fantasmas, le dicen apodos y nadie quiere jugar con ella. Su vida es muy triste en realidad. Casi me morí de susto con el primer fantasma que sale en la historia.

Entonces se le aparece un personaje con otro paraguas especial, uno negro , yo al principio pensaba que era una Parca (un grimreaper) porque desaparece espiritus, y quien le ofrece un trato de favor por favor. Y vamos por el tunel a lo Alicia o Shihiro .... aish, no sabe la que le espera.

Personajes principales

• Lee Seung Gi como Son Oh Gong.
• Cha Seung-won como Woo Hwi Chul.
• Oh Yeon Seo como Jin Sun Mi

Reseña: Xena: Penance (comic issues 1 - 5)

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Xena: Penance 

by  

Meredith Finch

Vincente Cifuentes (Art)

 

 124 pages

Expected publication: October 9th 2018 by Dynamite Entertainment

ISBN: 1524107344 (ISBN13: 9781524107345)

Edition Language English

BLURB: The path to redemption is never easy, and the journey of a warrior princess seeking to wash the blood of innocents from her hands is no exception. Xena travels to Athens, to plead for redemption in the temple of Eleos. But some things can never be forgiven and the shadows of past sins are long. Will Xena find redemption or betrayal waiting for her in the temple of the gods?
The power, the passion, the danger... her courage would change the world. Xena: Warrior Princess.
Collect issues 1-5

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Xena: Warrior Princess era uno de mis personajes favoritos de televisión. Una mujer hermosa y poderosa, capaz de vencer a cualquier en combate, llena de remordimientos, pero capaz de compasión y sin miedo a incursionar en la comedia de acción, como personaje ha cometido muchos errores , pero una y otra vez se pone en pie sin agachar la cabeza. Una maravilla feminista en tiempos anteriores a que se hiciera popular Black Widow.

Este comic es un relanzamiento de la historia, cuando Gabrielle su fiel futura sidekick, sale de su pueblo en busca de aventuras. Una mujer bardo que no quiere solamente casarse sino que escribir poesía épica. En este comic ella es asaltada , y Xena sale al rescate quedando sus destinos enlazados.

Mejores Lecturas a Medio Año

Aunque ya estamos en agosto y esto supuestamente iba en julio, igual. Mitad de año, y mis mejores lecturas son:

FLAME IN THE DARK de Faith Hunter.  Esta fantasía urbana , la tercera entrega de la serie de Nell Ingram o Soulwood. Es un spin-off de la saga de Jane Yellowrock.

Nell Ingram es una ex-miembro de un culto cristiano polígamo (una de las cosas más interesantes de esta serie a mi entender), que prefiere las plantas a la gente , y es una sobreviviente, que se encuentra de lleno en un mundo de vampiros, cambiaformas, magia y.... bueno ella no es tan humana tampoco segun parece.

Recomendada , de todas maneras.

NICE DRAGONS FINISH LAST, primera entrega de esta serie de fantasía urbana de Rachel Aaron. 

El dragón más pequeño de su nidada es una verguenza para su madre, un bueno para nada porque es demasiado quitado de bulla y de ambicion y codicia, ¡que decepción! Asi que mami le bota de casa, sin poderes, y luego le dan una tarea suicida.

Reseña: A Position in Paris

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A Position in Paris

by

Megan Reddaway

260 pages

Expected publication: August 20th 2018

Edition Language: English

 A standalone novel of 65,000 words.

BLURB: Paris, 1919. World War One is over, and wounded hero James Clarynton is struggling to face life without one leg, one eye, and the devilish good looks he had before the conflict. Now he must pay for affection, and it leaves him bitter. He’s filling the time by writing a book—but it’s the young man who comes to type it who really intrigues him.
Edmund Vaughan can’t turn down the chance to be secretary to the wealthy James Clarynton. He’s been out of work since the armistice, and his mother and brother depend on him. But he has secrets to hide, and the last thing he wants iAs they work together, their respect for each other grows, along with something deeper. But tragedy threatens, and shadows from the past confront them at every turn. They must open their hearts and trust each other if they are to break down the barriers that separate them.s an employer who keeps asking questions.

 

My rating:  2.8 Paris-no-es-una-fiesta stars

Tras concluir la prImera guerra mundial, James Clarynton es un joven coronel viviendo en Paris , amargado y en estado depresivo por perder una pierna y un ojo, entre dolores y cuasi aislado. Su padre le repudió después de declararse amante de los hombres, y en su situación actual debe recurrir a pagar favores sexuales,  Aunque mal mirado y no hablado esto no es ilegal en Francia, a diferencia de Inglaterra. Un amigo para distraerle le sugiere que escriba un libro, asi que busca un secretario llegando a contratar a un inglés, un sujeto al parecer de buena clase o tal vez un burgues, que busca trabajo en medio de la escasez del mismo cuando todos han regresado a Paris. 

Edmund Vaughan por su parte tiene sus propios secretos, relacionados con su familia , pero debe mantener a su madre y hermano pequeño , asi que trabaja con este hombre y le va planteando varias cosas que habia reprimido en su vida.

Reseña: In the Spotlight

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In the Spotlight 

by 

Shona Husk

192 pages

Published October 2016 by Escape Publishing

ISBN: 1489221050 (ISBN13: 9781489221056)

Edition Language: English

Autoconclusivo; aunque relacionado con algunos personajes de la serie de Shona Husk : Face the Music. 

Sinopsis: A diva who lives for the spotlight, a sailor deeply in the closet, a love that will change them both. Ripley Malone is returning to Perth in triumph. A principal ballet dancer in a production that has critics raving. But behind the makeup and the glitter and the costumes, Ripley is beginning to tire, tire of the competition, the drive, the endless parade of meaningless lovers.
For Pierce Lovell, joining the Navy was a way out of rural Victoria, but becoming a submariner comes with its own set of challenges. The close living quarters and long months away are awkward enough without adding any extra tension around his sexuality. He gets by on anonymous one-night-stands every time they come to shore and keeps his heart well-shielded. But one night with Ripley opens the tantalising possibility of more.
Through a mistake Ripley is injured. Pierce knows their affair can’t possibly end in anything but heartache, but he can’t stay away. As Ripley heals and reassesses his life, he is determined not to make the same mistakes again. That means letting someone see the vulnerable side of him. But vulnerability for Pierce could cost him everything

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

 Ripley es una bailarin de ballet contemporánea de 26 años que está pasando por su momento de éxito, su trabajo lo es todo para él, aunque aprecia poder pasar tiempo con su familia mientras el espectáculo pasa por su ciudad natal. Pierce es un marinero de 23 años que todavía está 'en el armario', temeroso de cómo esto cambiaría el tratamiento de sus compañeros en el submarino. Sus personalidades y carreras no pueden ser más opuestas, pero un encuentro fortuito les hace repensar sus relaciones y tal vez aprovechar para hacer otros cambios en sus vidas.

Reseña: Zojaqan: The Complete Series

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Zojaqan: The Complete Series (issues 1-6)

 by 

Jackson Lanzing

160 pages

Published June 26th 2018 by Vault Comics

ISBN:1939424313 (ISBN13: 9781939424310)

Edition Language: English

BLURB: A grieving mother wakes in a brutal but fantastic landscape, where the currents of time pull her into the future, lurching forward days, years, and millennia. Her name is Shannon Kind, and her life in our world has vanished without warning. Perhaps she can find peace in her new home. Perhaps she can shape Zojaqan into a better world. But first, she must survive.

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Art - 3.5*

Plot - 2*

Shannon esta sufriendo por la muerte de su hijo, y de un sueño cae dentro de un mundo totalmente extraña, pasando por una especie de era primitiva con unos seres larvarios y avanza por diferentes epocas sufriendo saltos en el tiempo. Esta es una fantasia violenta y mientras Shannon muestra a sus protegidos (los Zoja) sus enseñanzas, se convierte en Shan, diosa protectora y vengativa, terrible cuando todas sus dichos se convierten en ley y legado. 

Esto que es fantasia en modo pulp tambien parece ser un paso por la siquis de la protagonista como parece implicar el final. 

Reseña: The Danes

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The Danes 

 by 

Clarke

 102 pages

Published June 20th 2018 by Europe Comics

ISBN13.9791032805824

Edition Language: English

Tomo autoconclusivo

BLURB: When an Aryan baby is born to a Muslim woman living in Copenhagen, her husband’s family shuns her. But DNA tests prove Sorraya’s fidelity. And she is just the first in what soon becomes a rash of similar cases across Europe, threatening widespread social change even as they ignite passions in immigrant communities and incite familiar racial hatreds. What mysterious conspiracy connects a retrovirus, a young slacker biogeneticist, a former punkette, a dogged reporter, and pharmaceutical giant Keoxis? Clarke delivers a contemplative slice of near-future science fiction paced like a thriller but full of probing questions about our prejudices.

My rating: 1 of 5 stars

art - 2,5

plot - 1

This book piss me off. Even with the best of intentions, if that, I don't think it was treated as intended or more probably it was bad elaborated since the beginning. I am a gut-feeling ranking-based reviewer, so this is what I feel. Even when the book wanted to deliver a message of unity and blah, it totally failed of its objective.

The plot? It start with a black muslim woman giving birth a blond blue-eyed baby. (Yeah, seems like a soap opera once I watch at tv). Infidelity is not the case, because DNA test said soAnd more and more blond blue-eyed babies are birthed to different race families, like a epidemy. Infidelities cries are shouted and violence explode among inmigrants.

If this is really a virus, a disease, who started it, why, and how can be contained it?There is no clear answer in the novel.

We follow two women with their babies, and a troupe of journalists, and some pharmaceuticals, and a runaway biologist.

Sadly it was not even Village of the Damned.

This could be a good thriller. It was not. Motives and characters fumbled by the book with unclear motives, and often confusing more the reader.

Star Trek made it better with the half-blue guys. Hell, Gulliver was more subtle with the egg thing.

Reseña: The Music Box - Volume I: Welcome to Pandorient

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The Music Box - Volume 1: Welcome to Pandorient 

by  

Carbone

Gije (Art) 

66 pages

Published June 20th 2018 by Europe Comics 

Original Title: Bienvenue à Pandorient (La Boite à Musique, #1)

ISBN13: 9791032805817

Edition Language: English

Serie: La Boite a Musique

BLURB: For her eighth birthday, Nola receives a marvelous present: her late mother Annah’s music box. It has the most enchanting melody, and inside the globe… is that a little girl waving? And calling for help?! Before she knows it, Nola has shrunk down size, slipped through the keyhole, and entered the world of Pandorient, where even the most ordinary-looking citizens can have extraordinary powers—and where danger could lurk down every hallway. Nola must help her new friends save their mother from a mysterious malady—all the while making surprising discoveries about Annah’s past, and—maybe—her own future…

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

¡Que bella portada!

Introductory book to the Pandorient fantasy land - inside a music box.

In Nola eighth birthday her father gives a music box , memento from her deceased mother. When she winds it up, she discovers to her surprise a small figure, another girl apparently asking for help.




Inside, she discover another very diferent world, full of fantasy beings, strange and maybe dangerous. And... her mother seems to hide many secrets as well. What in the world is this world, and why is Nola's mother hiding it? (a sort of Superman botle of Kandor)

Beautiful colorful art. Potential friends Neighbors, delinquents, police and hard laws, forbidden relationships. Many more stories to explore, apart from this strange world.