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Read: 25 Oct 2009 My first book for the Readathon ! Vampire Knight is about the only manga I read and buy. I just bought this third volume not three hours ago, and now I've read it. Pretty quick, eh. But then again, it's manga. I wrote about the first and second volumes of Vampire Knight previously. My fascination for the series has even led me to buying the DVDs. I've seen the whole first season, which was why, when I read volume 3, I had a feeling that I'd read it before. Turns out I haven't; I'd only seen it on DVD. In this volume, more is revealed about the backstory of Yuki, Kaname, and Zero. It's not surprising that Yuki's fascination for the pure-blood vampire Kaname stems back from her childhood. What is surprising is that Kaname seems to have been equally entranced by her, even when she was a child. And Zero--well, it's also predictable that Zero's aggression towards Kaname existed from the moment Zero starts living in Yuki's hous...

Read: 3/1/09 4/5 stars The last week has been hectic and work-laden that I couldn't get much reading done. Though the truth of the matter is, I have been reading, but I haven't really been trying to finish what I've been reading. The novel I'm still into begs to be read slowly, so I don't mind obliging. However, to feed my sense of accomplishment, I did purchase the next volume of Vampire Knight so I could finish reading a book before the week is out. The manga was actually my first buy at Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street. Last Saturday was also the first time I stepped inside that bookstore. Mind you, I've been in the vicinity several times before, but I've avoided stepping in because all times, I did not have the budget to buy a new book, and the bookstore looked so pretty and tempting that I thought my heart couldn't take entering that establishment without being able to buy anything. Last Saturday, though, I finally went in and, of the three books ...

Read: 2/22/09 5/5 stars This is a highly amusing and momentous occasion for me. This is my very first manga book! Why did I buy it? Well, first, someone at Play Book Tag kept raving about it and I think I noticed that both of us liked the same sort of books. Then, I was a bit bored while I was waiting at the mall earlier. And when I entered Comic Quest and asked about the book, lo and behold, there it was and i still had some money left. So, I bought it. Truth to tell, I was also a bit curious about the right-to-left reading orientation. Oh, did I mention it's about vampires? Think Twilight, but set in a European high school boarding school where the Day Class is composed of humans and the Night Class of vampires. Then, think of Bella as a disciplinary wcommittee member who keeps the vampires in line, but also protects the humans from knowing that their Night Class counterparts are vampires. Next, think of Edward as still a brooding and powerful vampire, but WAAAAY hotter than Rob...