LIFE UPDATE! Hello book blogging world! First, let me apologize for being inactive for a very looooong time. It’s been over a year since my last post here. A lot of things happened between then and now. But in summary of everything that happened that became the reason of my being inactive here, I entered… Read More LIFE UPDATE: Finally a lawyer!
This book is probably one of the most nail-biting mystery novels I read in recent years. This is not your typical mystery novel. The book is very fast paced and definitely put me on the edge of my seat. The story built up its story from a mellow start until the explosive ending. The book… Read More My Thoughts About The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Book Review #148)
I bought this book during the Manila International Book Fair years ago. I cannot even remember the exact year but I am sure it was before the pandemic. And I know, it’s a shame that I am only reading this book now despite enjoying Para Kay B. Well to be honest, I am quite intimidated… Read More My Thoughts About Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata by Ricky Lee (Book Review #147)
Here’s the first batch of books I bought last month, November. After deciding to defer and not to take the bar exams this year, I went on some book buying splurging. I feel like I feel so deprived from buying non-law books that I bought books left and right. Majority of these books are from… Read More Book Haul Book Haul Book Haul
This book is probably one of the most emotional and powerful book I’ve read in years. Based on the synopsis, I did in a way expect that there will be drama in it but what I did not expect is the intensity of it and how it will affect me. It is more than just… Read More My Thoughts About Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin (Book Review #146)
This is probably one of the most endearing books I’ve read. I was expecting it to be a light read. It’s one of those books that after you read it, you find it but right to hug it. It left a good impression to me that I will never forget for a long time. Reading… Read More My Thoughts About The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (Book Review #145)
Yes, that line from the song Breakeven of The Script perfectly summarizes my status now after my first year in law school. But before going any further let me just say that it feels so good to be back into blogging again! It’s been almost 8 months since my last post and I feel so… Read More I’m Still Alive But I Am Barely Breathing – My First Year In Law School Experience: A Life Update
That’s fast, we’re now in the middle of the year. June was a so-so month for me in terms of reading. Reading slump hit me and I was left with no choice but to let it pass because whatever I read I just couldn’t get through any of the books that I try to read.… Read More June 2016 Wrap Up
What is love? What defines happiness? When can love equate to happiness? Is it when we allow ourselves to be happy, or is is when we unselfishly allow others to be happy for the sake of our own happiness? When can a choice be considered as right or wrong? Is it judged by what we… Read More My Thoughts About Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Book Review #104)
Remember when I said on my last wrap-up that I will no longer promise that I’ll read this or I’ll read that because I’m afraid of breaking it again? Well, that somewhat worked! I had a better reading month in May than last April and March! 🙂 Last month I also posted my very first… Read More May 2016 Wrap Up
So this is my 100th book review in this blog! How awesome is that? Thank you for sticking around. 🙂 Time really flies very quickly. It took me some time to actually decide what book to read for my 100th review. When I got tired of thinking, on a whim, I picked up this book.… Read More My Thoughts About Between the World and Me by Ta-nehesi Coates (Book Review #100)
April has come and go and it’s now May. 😀 I enjoyed every book that I read this month and that is something to be thankful for. Aside from joining my very first blog tour (which was for Riders by Veronica Rossi) nothing much happened this month. Here’s a recap of what I posted here… Read More April 2016 Wrap Up
Uhhhmmm, so here’s another book haul! Nothing new. If you’ve been a follower of my blog for a long time now you already probably know that I have this book buying problem. I really love book sales so when there’s one near my place and if my schedule permits I always make sure to go… Read More My Cant-Help-It-But-Buy-Books Book Haul (February to April Book Haul)
Woot! Woot! That was fast! It was only like yesterday that I posted my recap for February and now, it’s now April! March has been a so-so month for me. Life got in the way of my reading momentum and I was also on a reading slump. T_T Here’s a recap of my posts and… Read More March 2016 Wrap Up
One of the reasons why I read Hector and the Search for Happiness is because of it’s promising premise. The book is about Hector, a successful young psychiatrist, who wants to know what happiness really means. He has this innate ability in being good in talking to people until he realized that he’s not becoming… Read More My Thoughts About Hector and the Search for Happiness by François Lelord (Book Review #92)
The week that the trailer of the film adaptation of Jojo Moye’s 2012 Me Before You, the reading community exploded with excitement. I haven’t read the book yet but I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about it. And when I found out who will play the lead stars on the movie, well, I… Read More Book Blog Feature #5: Book Quotes from Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
I’ve been seeing this one in YouTube and I’ve been wanting to do this book tag but because of the time and effort that it requires, I just kept on moving it of my to-do-list. 😀 The goal of this tag is to create a poem from your book’s spines. It’s also one of the… Read More Book Blog Feature #4: Book Spine Poetry Tag
Uhmmm, so it’s now February. Time really flies so fast. I mean really fast. 😀 My apologies for this really late update. 🙂 I must say that my February is quite productive in terms of numbers and diversity of the books that I read. Here’s a recap of my posts and the books that I… Read More February 2016 Wrap Up
It’s one of my my goals this year to read diversely and one of includes reading a play. It’s a shame that despite the number of plays that I have on my shelf, I have not read any of it yet. So I decided to give it a try and read one of the more… Read More My Thoughts About Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Book Review #90)
Over a thousand book lovers flocked in Glorietta 1 in Makati yesterday, June 7, 2016 to attend Victoria Aveyard’s book signing event organized by the National Book Store. It was Aveyard’s second day in the Philippines as the day before, March 5, Aveyard visited her fans in Cebu with her book signing that was held… Read More Event Recap: Victoria Aveyard Book Signing in Manila #VictoriaAveyardinPH
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