Mensaje a mis lectores.

Mis queridos amigos, mis más profundas disculpas por no haber publicado nada hasta ahora, como todos estamos conscientes este es el Año de la Pandemia, y como cosa extraña a todos que estamos encerrados en cuarentena preventiva (y ello contando con muchisima suerte) he encontrado que estamos frente a un fenomeno en el area de la lectura que hasta mis amigos de Goodreads le han puesto nombre "corona-slump". Siempre bromeamos que de tener tiempo leeriamos mucho más, pero muchos como yo, nos encontramos con que nuestra atención se encuentra perdida en otra cosa. He hallado poco que retenga mi atención, y solamente he picoteado por aqui y por alla cosas ligeras.

Me he refugiado en algo de fanfiction, y en series de comedia romantica muy ligera. No leo ni veo dramas ni cosas de horror y eso hace mucho tiempo por asuntos de salud, mental y de la otra.

A todos mis mejores deseos, que esten saludables sobre todo,  y que guardemos la esperanza que todos saldremos adelante. Gracias a todos los que combaten activamente , sacrificandose a diario. Y  espero que halla cambios positivos en el planeta después de esto, aunque mi escepticismo lo crea bastante improbable.

Reseña de ARC: Bears Behaving Badly (BeWere My Heart #1)

 +Digital ARC gently provided by Netgalley and author in exchange for an honest review+

 *Reseña Bilingue*

Bears Behaving Badly (BeWere My Heart #1)

by 

MaryJanice Davidson

384 pages

Published March 31st 2020 by Sourcebooks Casablanca

ISBN: 149269701X (ISBN13: 9781492697015)

Series: BeWere My Heart #1 

 BLURB: Werebear shifter Annette Garsea is a caseworker for the Interspecies Placement Agency. When a selectively mute and freakishly strong teen werewolf is put in her custody, Annette has to uncover the young girl's secrets if she's to have any hopes of helping her. And not even the growling of a scruffy private investigator can distract her from her mission... Bear shifter David Auberon appreciates Annette's work with at-risk teen shifters, but he's not sure if her latest charge is so much a vulnerable teen as a predator who should be locked up. All that changes when he, Annette, and her motley band of juveniles find themselves dodging multiple murder attempts and uncovering a trafficking cartel that doesn't just threaten the kids, but risks discovery of the shifters by the wider world of homo sapiens.

My rating: 3.7 don't-mess-with-my-cubs stars

Han pasado años desde que leí algo de MJ Davidson, y este libro me sorprendió en el buen sentido.

El escenario es un mundo donde los cambiaformas coexisten con los humanos, pero es un mundo secreto y subterráneo. Y viven con miedo de que pronto esto deje de ser secreto.

Reseña: The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 

by 

Kousuke Oono

 160 pages

Published September 17th 2019 by VIZ Media: VIZ Signature 

Original Title: 極主夫道 1

ASIN: B07WT6JQ5L

Edition Language: English

Series: Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband #1

BLURB: He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!

My rating: 2 stars b/c made me snooze.

Art - 3.5

Story - what story?

Good art, but Gag Manga is not for me.

A feared Yakuza turned househusband that takes day-to-day chores very serious. The way the people acts with his so-called fierce facade and way to do things is supposedly funny.

Reseña: El misterioso caso de Styles (Hércules Poirot, #1)

El misterioso caso de Styles (Hércules Poirot, #1)

 by 

Agatha Christie

240 pages

Published September 22nd 1959 by Editorial Molino, Barcelona (first published October 1920)

Original Title: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

ISBN: 8427201451 (ISBN13: 9788427201453)

Series: Hercule Poirot Mysteries #1 

 

SINOPSIS: Una acaudalada viuda, Emily Inglethorp, se ha casado con un hombre veinte años más joven. Sus parientes ven en él a un caza fortunas que trata de arrebatarles la herencia. Una noche la anciana muere tras terribles convulsiones y se demuestra que ha sido envenenada

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

El primer caso oficial de Poirot, presentado desde la perspectiva del amigo Hastings.

Hastings , herido en la guerra y con descanso, es invitado por un viejo amigo al campo en su propiedad llamada Styles. Cuando la anciana madrastra , recientemente casada de nuevo, resulta muerta al parecer envenenada ... ¿a quién sino va a invitar a investigar discretamente sino a su amigo el detective belga que coincidentemente acaba de ser acogido en el país por la beneficiencia de la difunta?

Reseña: Cirque du freak (Manga 1)

Cirque Du Freak (The Manga #1)

by  

Adaptado por Takahiro Arai

Darren Shan (Autor original)

208 pages

Published July 25th 2013 by Harper Collins Children's Books (first published January 1st 2003)

ISBN13: 9780007539482

Edition Language: English

Series: Cirque Du Freak: The Manga #1

BLURB: The amazing manga retelling of Darren Shans international best-selling vampire saga, with illustrations by Japanese artist Takahiro Arai.

Darren Shan is just an ordinary schoolboy until he gets an invitation to visit the Cirque du Freak until he meets Madame Octa until he comes face-to-face with a creature of the night!

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Este es el manga del libro de Darren Shan. En su tiempo, me leí la saga de un tirón, y me fastidió ese final de la saga la verdad. Luego, ni hablar de la película. Ahora por un reto vi este titulo y bueno, le di una oportunidad aunque del libro al manga tampoco es que me gusten mucho las adaptaciones.

Reseña: Shattered Bonds (Jane Yellowrock #13)

Shattered Bonds (Jane Yellowrock #13)

by 

Faith Hunter

380 pages

Published October 29th 2019 by Ace

ISBN: 0399587985 (ISBN13: 9780399587986)

Edition Language: English

Series: Jane Yellowrock #13

 

SYNOPSIS: Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low. She seeks retreat in the Appalachian Mountains to grieve the loss of her friends, and to heal--or to die--from the disease brought on by her magic.
But malevolent elements in the paranormal community still seek to destroy Jane, and the younger Son of Darkness stalks her, even into the safety of the hills. With nowhere to run and her body failing, the rogue-vampire hunter and her inner Beast must discover a way to defeat this new threat, and find a form that gives her a chance to fight another day.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Mis estanterias:
bloody-and-gory, fantasia-urbana, horror, not-sure-but-not-human, series-favoritas, shapeshifters, shifter_puma, skinwalker, vampiros, witches-wizards

My entire life was death and destruction. And each droplet of my future was a world of even more horrors if I didn’t fix what was happening here and now. Or if I allowed the arcenciels to go back in time and destroy the vamps at conception. Or if I allowed the war in the heavens to start. But I didn’t know how to stop any of that.

what a ride, more gory than ever.

The vampires take the war unto american lands,against the Queen.

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Pelicula recomendada: My Paparotti (Korea, 2013)

 Movie: My Paparotti (English title)

• Director: Yoon Jong-Chan
• Writer: Yoo Young-A, Lee Hae-Je
• Producer: Park Moo-Seung, Lee Suk-Won
• Release Date: March 14, 2013

Sang-Jin (Han Suk-Kyu) es un profesor de música en una escuela secundaria de artes en la pequeña ciudad de Gimcheon, donde su director lo presiona para recibir a un estudiante nuevo que ha sido expulsado de muchas otras escuelas, es Jang-Ho (Lee Je-Hoon), y vaya su impresión de este no es nada de favorable.

Que historia tan linda, un chico gangster lleno de problemas y un profesor saturado de todo.

Ojo, que no es una historia romántica, sino una humana.

Recomendada para todos quienes amamos la música, sobre todo la música clásica y los buenos cantantes, y a aquellos dispuestos a jugárselo todo por un sueño.

Una de las gracias de la pelicula es que esta basada en una historia real.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIdOYYz-NsY


http://asianwiki.com/My_Paparotti

Reseña: Crowded, Vol. 1

Crowded, Vol. 1 

by 

Christopher Sebela

Ro Stein (Artist)

Ted Brandt (Artist)

169 pages

Published March 26th 2019 by Image Comics

ISBN: 1534310541 (ISBN13: 9781534310544)

Edition Language: English

Series: Crowded #1-6

My rating: 4.5 stars

What an interesting idea. I liked the drawing style too.

In the near future, they invent an app where you can raise funds to kill a person: Reapr. Who gets the target gets the money. Originally it has been used in politicians and celebrities, or managers of corporations, people with weight that influences lives and who many want revenge, but one day the protagonist Charlotte 'Charlie' Ellison finds herself running away because everyone in Los Angeles wants to kill her for the Reward for your life.

Now she must survive for 30 days, because after that everything is void and they cannot choose her again.

Reseña: Fence vol 1-2-3 (comics)

Estoy en un reto de Bingo de comic-manga, asi que empecé a leer este comic que tiene bastante hype. Lamento informar que no los encontré para tanto.

Fence, Vol. 1 

by

Writer: C.S. Pacat

Artist: Johanna the Mad 

Colorist: Joana Lafuente
Letterer: Jim Campbell

  

112 pages

Published July 31st 2018 by BOOM! Box (first published April 11th 2018)

ISBN: 1684151929 (ISBN13: 9781684151929)

Edition Language: English

SYNOPSIS:  Sixteen-year-old Nicholas Cox is an outsider to the competitive fencing world. Filled with raw talent but lacking proper training, he signs up for a competition that puts him head-to-head with fencing prodigy Seiji Katayama…and on the road to the elite all-boys school Kings Row. A chance at a real team and a place to belong awaits him—if he can make the cut!

Esta dirigido a un público juvenil, con personajes LGBT, transcurre en una escuela privada , y en el mundo de los practicantes  y competidores de esgrima.

El primer volumen nos presenta a Nicholas Cox, con mucho talento crudo, pero escaso entrenamiento, que esta determinado a vencer al campeon, quien no es nada menos que su medio hermano, el hijo legitimo que lo ha tenido todo, mientras que Nicholas es el hijo ilegitimo y abandonado.

Reseña. The Unidentified Redhead (Redhead 1)

The Unidentified Redhead 

by  

Alice Clayton

252 pages

(first published January 1st 2010)

ISBN: 1936305070 (ISBN13: 9781936305070)

Edition Language: English

Series: Redhead #1

BLURB: When Grace Sheridan returns to Los Angeles to become a working actor, it's a second shot at a life-long dream. With some help from her best friend and agent, that dream could become a reality, but at thirty-three, has Grace missed her chance at the big time? Will an unexpected sizzling romance with the entertainment industry's newest 'it' boy shine an uncomfortable spotlight on her life?

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mis problemas con este libro por cosas que me molestan : humor grosero, conduccion irresponsable y mmm no me convencio.