Showing posts with label jun mochizuki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jun mochizuki. Show all posts

Monday, February 24, 2025

All You Need is Books

 February is Library Lovers Month.  So we're sharing teen books featuring storylines centered around books.  

The Case Study of Vanitas series by Jun Mochizuki
Rumors revolving around The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation, draw NoƩ, a young vampire in search of a friend's salvation, to Paris.

Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey
Working at her family's independent bookstore during the summer before she leaves for college, Madeline Moore is determined to make the store succeed when she discovers that her crush, Jasper, works at the competing chain bookstore across the street.

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
New York high school student Elizabeth gets an after-school job as a page at the "New-York Circulating Material Repository," and when she gains coveted access to its Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods.


More Books --
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
The Forgotten Book by Mechtild Glaser
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
The Lefthanded Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson 
Library Wars series by Kiiro Yumi
Magus of the Library series by Mitsu Izumi
Recommended for You by Laura Silverman
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki


Oz's coming of age ceremony quickly goes from celebration to horror when he is cast into the Abyss, an inescapable hell-like prison, for a sin he knows nothing about.  There is meets Alice and partners with her to escape from the Abyss.  Now he and Alice must find out several secrets including Oz's sin, Alice's lost memories, and who exactly is behind everything.

This is a great manga series for teens and adults.  It contains elements of mystery, family drama, suspense, the supernatural and even a little romance.  It is a series that truly keeps you guessing as the plot twists are revealed.  I also truly enjoyed the comedic parts that helped to keep the series from getting too heavy.