Siren’s Lament, Season 1 by instantmiso | Webcomic Review

June 17, 2019June 15, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the BookshelfLeave a comment

I had heard about Siren’s Lament from another blog because I was looking for webtoons to read, and it’s good. Lyra is a wallflower in love with her best friend, but he is dating someone else and might not like her that way. One night in a moment of pity, Lyra crosses the path of a siren and finds herself entangled in a curse. Siren’s Lament, Season 1, by instantmiso is a romcom that focuses on a love triangle and tries to draw Lyra out of her shell.

Contemporary Realistic Fiction · Review · Young Adult

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis | Book Review

June 3, 2019May 25, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf2 Comments

Rachael Lippincott’s Five Feet Apart is adapted from Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis’s screenplay of the same name. It’s a love story between two teens who have cystic fibrosis (a.k.a. CF), and they must remain six feet apart to protect their health. One of them is a YouTuber who makes a video-diary of her life, and the other pushes back against his mom’s insistence on trying every possible treatment that could cure him. It’s a pretty good novelization of a movie.

Contemporary Realistic Fiction · Graphic Novel · Review

Let’s Play, Ch. 46-75 by Mongié | Webcomic Review

May 6, 2019May 4, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf4 Comments

Season 1 has finally come to an end for Mongié’s Let’s Play, and I want to review it. Last year, I reviewed the first 45 episodes/chapters, and those were great. The last half of this season is also great, but I don’t think it’s as good as the first. As I go through this review, forgive me not remembering exact details since I’ve been following it weekly since October.

Contemporary Realistic Fiction · Review · Young Adult

I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo | Book Review

April 22, 2019April 15, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf4 Comments

An overachieving Korean American girl meets a new, hot guy in her class and develops a crush. She decides that to get him to be her boyfriend that she’s going to follow the K-Drama formula to make her own romance. When I read that, I thought, “Dani (from Perspective of a Writer) would love this!” Then….

Graphic Novel · Review · Science Fiction · Young Adult

Freaking Romance, Season 1 by Snailords | Webcomic Review

April 15, 2019April 4, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf1 Comment

A cat-ear wearing girl named Zylith moves into a haunted apartment to escape her parents’ demanding that she be a doctor instead of an artist and they kicked her out for refusing. She soon finds out that the place is haunted by a handsome green-eyed KPOP star.

Contemporary Realistic Fiction · Graphic Novel · Review · Young Adult

Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 1 by Karuho Shiima | Manga Review

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf2 Comments

I can’t remember where I heard about Kimi ni Todoke, by Karuho Shiima, but the concept of a shy girl who has been dubbed “Sadako,” the name of a horror movie character, by her classmates because of their eerie similarities sounded light but intriguing. I like that this is a light….

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Wrapping Up February 2019 + A Hiatus

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf7 Comments

The end of March was two days ago, and I fell behind on my posting schedule. Before we get too much further into March, I need to share what’s gone on and a few posts that I found around the web. Stick around to the end for an announcement! Reviewing the Month First, I wrote… Continue reading Wrapping Up February 2019 + A Hiatus

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Faerie Love Interests Created by Two Friends

February 7, 2019February 6, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf2 Comments

When I started reading Lady Midnight, by Cassandra Clare, last month, I noticed that Clare wrote this in the dedication: “For Holly / Elven, he was.” Two years later, Holly Black wrote a similar dedication to Clare in The Cruel Prince: “For Cassandra Clare, who was finally lured into Faerieland.” These dedications place their books… Continue reading Faerie Love Interests Created by Two Friends

Historical Fiction · Review · Young Adult

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi | Book Review

January 3, 2019January 2, 2019 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf6 Comments

A Very Large Expanse of Sea, by Tahereh Mafi, takes us back to 2002, a year after 9/11. The turbulent times make life harder for Shirin, the new sixteen-year-old Muslim girl at school where she is regularly stereotyped. She’s built an armor around herself in the turbulence and from having to deal with her parents’ constantly moving to new places. She’s aloof to the world and keeps to herself. Then she meets a boy, named Ocean, who wants to get to know her. The….

Graphic Novel · Review

Let’s Play, Ch. 1-45 by Mongié | Webcomic Review

October 11, 2018October 10, 2018 Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf3 Comments

I’ve been trying to find comics on Webtoons to suck me in, but I hadn’t had much success until I watched The Anime Man’s promotion of Let’s Play. I was intrigued by two statements: that it was realistic to life as a YouTuber (ViewTuber in the webcomic) and that two chapters had music to accompany the story. He seems to be right about it being good.