A constant reminder that I can get through this. WE can get through it. Words that will uplift our hearts, mind, and morale. Quotes that will pull you from the bottomless pit of despair.

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, Clayton Cowles

(Started: January 01, 2016; Finished: January 02, 2016)

Summary/Description:

Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critical tongue-attractors like Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM reunite to create a world where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods. But remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever. Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #1-5. (From Goodreads)

Review: 4 stars

Publication Date: November 12, 2014

Publisher: Image Comics

Source: Bought at Comic Odyssey in Fullybooked

Shelf: Goodreads

I remember visiting Comic Odyssey in Alabang Town Center and one of the staff recommended this series to me. So I ended up buying the first volume. I love mythology and I guess that's what drew me to read this graphic novel. As I turned the first page, I was really impressed by its art. Every page shines through because of it. It was too beautiful and hypnotizing, I swear.

Plot-wise, I feel like I was lost and I had a hard time connecting to the story. Perhaps, it's because of the slow characterization and there was no proper introduction. It just started and I had no background of what was happening. It felt confusing after a while but I'm giving it a chance because it might be elaborated in the next volume. I could see it as a teaser of a bigger story or picture. It was also different from what I expected. I thought it would be about the typical, traditional gods and how they are as immortals. But for now, I will leave it as something beyond that in which I still don't understand.

Overall, I will give this 3 stars because I want to still give it a try and the art was just too wonderful for words. I think, that was its saving glory.

This is my first attempt to do an open letter and the first entry for my #ArTen series (so please bear with me).

The Glass Castle by Trisha White Priebe & Jerry B. Jenkins

(Started: December 20, 2015; Finished: December 30, 2015)

Summary/Description:

You'll love joining in the adventures of The Glass Castle, brand-new from Trisha White Priebe and Jerry Jenkins, where the setting from The Chronicles of Narnia meets the action from Alice in Wonderland. The king is growing old and is concerned about who will replace him. His new wife wants to produce an heir to the throne. The only problem? Thirteen years ago, the king’s first wife gave birth to a son, and no one knows for sure what happened to him. Rumors swirl throughout the castle. The solution as simple: dispose of all the thirteen-year-olds in the kingdom. Except, it isn’t that easy. Avery and her friends won’t go quietly. Avery, Kate, Tuck, and Kendrick take charge of the underground network of kidnapped children, inspiring them to believe that their past does not dictate their future and pledging to do the hardest thing of all. . .reunite the children with the homes they left behind. When they discover that one among them might be the child of a man who wants them dead, will everything they work for be lost? (From Goodreads)

Review: 4 stars

Publication Date: March 1, 2016

Source: Barbour Publishing, Inc.: Shiloh Run Press through Netgalley

Shelf: Goodreads

The Glass Castle, written by Trisha White Priebe & Jerry B. Jenkins, was by far one of my best reads last 2015. It was a nice young adult mystery story that will keep your curiosity spiked. Reading its first few pages got my mind wired up that I devoured each page with a bookworm's delight. I even shared a bit of the synopsis with a friend of mine because it was too good. I feel like I was in a reading schlump that finding this in a dusty to-be-read list was like finding a rare gem.

This book is just appropriate for tweens or teens. The play of words and the writing style are both suitable for their comprehension. Also, it has a very lively depiction of the setting, the period, etc. that you would most likely feel like you're being transported in the book. Plot-wise, it was full of chapters with numerous cliff-hangers that I found myself on the edge of my seat. I can't help but read more and more of it to find clues and figure out the answers to all of my questions.

I can't wait for the next book. It's definitely a good start and I am looking forward to what's in store for me next. I recommend this book to those who likes a bit of fantasy and mystery, and who had enough of insta-love in their YA books.