Books With Lennon 📚

Bleach, Vol. 1 by Tite Kubo My rating: 2 of 5 stars I just finished reading Bleach vol. 1, and... it's very mid! 😅 I read this because of The Manga Squad, a reading group from Goodreads that I am a part of. 📚 I know it is one of the biggest names in Manga and Anime right now, but it felt so stiff and unoriginal. Progressing to future volumes would probably make me enjoy it a little more, but what I had so far was not enough to keep me interested. 😓 The boy sees ghosts trope was not that interesting anymore, at least not how it was executed. The comedy was not funny, and there was even a transphobic joke, which is never the best, but it is shonen manga, so what did I expect? 😣 The ending was even worse with the evil Parakeet. Come on, folks, that was just silly. 🤡 I will not read volume 2, but if you absolutely LOVE Bleach and think it MUST be read over other manga, please let me know your reasons. I'd love to try to understand. 🧐 Happy Saturday to everyone! 🎉🎉 View

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 2 by Hirohiko Araki My rating: 4 of 5 stars I just finished my second volume of Jojo's, and things have definitely improved. 🎉🎉 The artwork is AMAZING, excellent stuff. I really like Jonathan Joestar!! 🥰🤭 Things got interesting. Dio is a fantastic villain. I loved the references to historical figures. They made things pop out and get a little brighter, at least for me. 🧛🏻‍♂️🧟🏻‍♂️ The dialogue still seems harsh. I am not sure if the translation or the fact that it was the 80's, but things look very blunt, with no foreshadowing. However, that does make for a Bizarre Adventure I guess. 🤔 Anyway... you can count me in as a Jojo fan as of now!! 🥳🥳 I am anxious to get the next volume, which is already on hold in my local library. 🤗 View all my reviews

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 1 by Hirohiko Araki My rating: 3 of 5 stars I finally started my JoJourney! So far, no big feelings. The art is very outdated. The story was kind of good but slightly generic. I could relate a bit to Jonathan Joestar in certain moments, which made it easier to get through the story. However, I understand the best of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure happens later in the story, and I will definitely stick around to see what's coming next. This volume did end on a bit of a cliffhanger, so I am anxiously waiting for the second volume, which I already have on hold at the library. I can't wait to read the next one! View all my reviews

I have finished reading all available volumes and chapters of the Manga series Berserk, written by Kentaro Miura. Its first volume was published in 1990 and is still ongoing even after Miura’s death. This has definitely been one of the greatest reading experiences of my life. The plot was to an extremely high level that you can only find in very well-written fantasy such as the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. The artwork is absolutely insane. It is from another universe. I believe Miura has really expanded the possibilities within the genre of Manga to its very limits in a very virtuous and robust way. The artwork was so stunning some panels would require a good 10 to 15 minutes in absolute awe before proceeding to the next page. I first heard of Berserk as a recommendation from a friend, and I will definitely be following all his recommendations from here on. If you want to know, he did recommend I watch the anime Monster and read the manga Vinland Saga next. The

Hello, everybody! If you are reading this, thank you so much for being here. 2022 was a fantastic year when my life changed for the best. After spending 2020 and 2021 in the biggest reading slump of my life, where I read zero books in two years, I decided to bring back reading to my life, as a central activity, given that it is something I have always loved and cherished. I have a Degree in Literature, which should mean that I read many books, but that was different. Taking the degree took a toll on me. My views about literature and reading sent me far away from what initially drove me to read. I just wanted to read for fun when I started, and that’s what I was missing at the university. I felt like I had to read “real literature” and hard books that were not easy to understand without wasting time to have fun with the books I liked. There were so many things in that experience that I had to get over to get back to reading just for fun. After two years in a reading slump, I bought a fe

  Hello, and welcome to my blog. I am happy to share this post today because it took a lot of reading to get here. It has been a fun journey overall, but oh boy, was I in for a treat. The first time I got in touch with Hunter x Hunter dates back to the early 2000s. I have been watching anime since a very early age. I can date back my first memories of watching anime to around six years old. I distinctly remember watching Dragon Quest - The Legend of Kai and Dragon Ball. After that, I proceeded to watch all that the early 2000s could offer a kid. Saint Seiya - Knights of the Zodiac, Pokemon, Digimon, Monster Rancher, Shinzo, Shurato, etc. An extensive list that I went through endlessly, watching and rewatching multiple episodes. Above all, the one that marked me the most during my childhood was YuYu Hakusho, maybe because it had a darker tone than all the others. On YuYu Hakusho, the plot revolves around a detective that fights demons in the spiritual world alongside his companions, and

I decided to stop saying “hello, everyone,” as I understand absolutely no one reads this blog. Still, the narrator must introduce his voice in a text, so hello, and welcome to my blog. August was the first month where I did not make any updates to this blog since I created it. September was just about to become the second month, but I decided to step forward. My mom left Canada to continue her travels in Portugal at the end of September. Work has gone berserk over the past month, but I still was able to read a lot, even more, when I could finally step out for two weeks of vacation after 3+ years of constant work. Now, with all these readings that I have made, there’s just so much to talk about. I am at the prime of my experience as a reader so far in this lifetime. Above all, one thing that has been making a huge difference for me is getting soundtracks to match what I am reading. Since I started this journey of reading more and more, I have begun selecting ambiance tracks on youtube t

Hello readers, and welcome back to my blog. This is the first time I am rewriting a post because I erased everything I did by mistake and the Blogger platform kindly saved exactly when I deleted everything by accident. I was a little upset, not going to lie, but just because this is going to be a long post. I officially and definitively moved back to writing on Google Docs and then putting the text back to blogger. It’s going to be our secret. I have been away for longer than I had in the past. Even though this blog has only started, every time I finish a new post, I have a strong sense of completion that makes it worth it, and makes me feel like I should post regularly — a fictional demand for a reader of fictional books. The reason why I have been away is a noble one. I am having my mom visit me in Canada for the first time. She has been enjoying the city a lot and getting to know the ways of the quiet life in Moncton, New Brunswick. As this is her first time spending a few months in