false <![CDATA[Death Note, Volume 1: Boredom]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255641100m/13615.jpg 13615 10 Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and bored out of his mind! But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, and notebook dropped by a rougue 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. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal... or his life? 1782155 book 2003 Death Note, Volume 1: Boredom total:2373|5:1203|4:729|3:338|2:79|1:24| 2373 10127 2963 317 4 12 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 16:09:13 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 16:09:38 -0700 2007 Death Note is a seat-edged battle of wits that left me exhausted by the end. Heck, I was exhausted by the halfway mark.

Let me start over. Death Note is a Japanese comic that te...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 17:23:58 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 10:00:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 08:18:11 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 08:34:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 14:56:02 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 14:58:00 -0700 2008
...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 25 13:24:08 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 13:06:28 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:24:08 -0700 2009 In this manga, Light Yagami is a regular high school student who stumbles upon a notebook. Not just any plain notebook but the Death Note. He then uses the Death Note ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Mar 12 09:10:43 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 11:17:16 -0700 2009 Characters: Light Yagami, Ryuk, and L

Summary: Light finds a not book called "Death Note" that belongs to a death god, named Ryuk. Inside the book, there are directions how to use it, "The human whose name is written in this note shall die." Light finds out when ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Dec 31 00:02:43 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:41:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false true Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:10:04 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:30:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 19:43:33 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 19:48:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Mar 17 13:32:25 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 13:32:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 10:55:09 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 11:03:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 15:03:49 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 15:16:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 06:20:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:44:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 21:11:29 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:42:17 -0700 2009
The basic story is thus: a genius Japanese student (prophetically named Light) picks up a blank notebook and finds that, if he writes someone's ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 07 08:37:13 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 08:37:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:43:17 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:44:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 08:36:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 12:59:42 -0700 2009
Death N...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 13:59:23 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 14:05:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 18 17:01:55 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 15:53:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 03 20:05:20 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:46:54 -0700 2009 This is a review of (scanlations of) all 12 volumes.

Death Note is amazing. Granted, it's not as much fun after the infamous turning point, but I'd still recommend the whole series to just about anyone. That is, unless you're looking for emotional gratification. While there are relationsh...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13615