Courtney's Reading Journal 

 

 

Manga

Here are some great manga volumes that I've read and highly recommend that you read!

 

Full Moon O Sagashite 

vol 1-7

 

***** 

(Rated T) 

 

InuYasha 

vol 1-31

 

*****

(Rated T+)

 

YuYu Hakusho

Vol 1-13

 

*****

(Rated T)

 

The Gentleman's Alliance

vol 1-2

 

***

(Rated T+) 

 

Shaman King

vol 1-13

 

***

(Rated T)  

 

Chobits

vol 1-8

 

****

(Rated T+) 

 

Gin Tama

vol 1-2?

 

**

(Rated T)

 

 

 

There are ALOT more that i've read and liked, but I just can't seem to think of them now.

 

Note - the Stars (*) under the volumes indicates how much I liked the manga series. Five stars (*****) means the series has so far been  exellent.

 

T=Teen

T+= Older Teens, 16+

 

 

 

               Books

                                                     Here is a list of books that I have read recently or a short while ago.

 

 

Major Tales and Poems

Edgar Allan Poe

 

The Giver

Lois Lowry

 

In My Hands- Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

Irene Gut Opdyke

[with Jennifer Armstrong]

 

Kira Kira

Cynthia Kadohata

 

Dragon Keeper

Carole Wilkinson

 

Inkheart

Cornelia Funke

 

Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne

 

Gathering Blue

Lois Lowry

 

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

 

 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

 

Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

 

New Moon

Stephenie Meyer

 

Eclipse

Stephenie Meyer

 

Breaking Dawn

Stephenie Meyer

 

 

* The book titles in bold are the ones I liked the best :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Books I don't recommend you read

 

 

InkSpell

Cornelia Funke

 

I just found this book to be really boring, and I had a lot of trouble reading it because it just had some parts that were irrelevant to the plot. I had to force myself to keep reading.  For a book as good as I thought Inkheart was, this one was a real dissapointment. For example, there was a conversation in that book that I swear lasted for at least 10 pages (okay, I could be exaggerating) and I just had to stop. Basically, what I'm trying to say here is, this book was so boring it made me want to cry.  My apologies to anyone who read this book and really liked it, I just couldn't take anymore.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books I've been meaning to read

 

The Golden Compass

Philip Pullman (and all the other His Dark Materials)

Maximum Ride

James Patterson

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

 

The Host

Stephenie Meyer

 

Currently Reading

 

 

1884

George Orwell

 

The Hobbit

JRR Tolkien

 

Books That I need to read that haven't been released yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midnight Sun (?/?/?...well, what do you expect, she's still writing it XD)

Stephenie Meyer