Thank you so much for those of you that nominated books to be read this month. Below you will find the list of books you can choose from, the link to vote and also a doodle link to help decide when our next meeting will be. Can't wait to see which book gets chosen.
Nominated Books
1. Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 by Sui Ishida
"Ghouls
live among us, the same as normal people in every way—except their craving for
human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent
encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid.Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own. Trapped
between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul
society and master his new powers."
2. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
2. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
"In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death! L to R (Western Style). Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller--Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language. A group of high school students are taken to small isolated island and forced to fight each other until only one remains alive! If they break the rules a special collar blows their heads off. Koushun Takami's brutal, high-octane thriller is told in breathless. blow-by-blow fashion. Battle Royale is a contemporary Japanese pulp classic now available for the first time in English."
3. Watchmen by Alan Moore
3. Watchmen by Alan Moore
"This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial best-seller, Watchmen has been studied on college campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway title, leading readers to other graphic novels such as V for Vendetta, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and The Sandman series."
4. Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
"Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?"
These are the nominations for this month, below you can find the respective links. Happy Reading and Don't forget to vote!
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Thurga Ganeshamoorthy
Director, Bookends
University of Toronto
