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)
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
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)
Considered as Yoshimoto’s best loved book, Kitchen features two distinct stories in contemporary Japan about love, despair, loss and hope. How love can become the source and cure for despair and how loss can become both the start and end of hope. After its release it earned its place as one of the best books… Read More My Thoughts About Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (Book Review #89)
What I love about reading a Lang Leav book is, even though they are thin, you always get something from it after reading it. Memories is Lang Leav’s third and most recent book. I did enjoy the book, however, I was a bit disappointed because this has only a few new poems and the remaining… Read More My Thoughts About Memories by Lang Leav (Book Review #88)
So one day I decided to visit a nearby bookstore and I found myself at the Filipiniana section. I was browsing through some titles and lo and behold, I saw a familiar face on one of the covers. I was quite hesitant at first because first of all, it is colored and it is on… Read More My Thoughts About Trese: Sa Kanto ng Balete Drive at 13th Street (Book Review #87)
Inspired by the story from the bible, the book follows the story of Elijah, a prophet who fled after deflecting orders from his hometown, Israel. Princess Jezebel, who just married King Ahab of Israel, ordered the death of all the prophets refusing to worship the pagan God Baal. “There are moments when troubles enter our… Read More My Thoughts About The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho (Book Review #86)
Imagine reading a book that will literally lull you to sleep. This book is one of those. I am saying it in a god way though. Since it’s love month, I decided to delve into another Lang Leav book. Lullabies is Lang Leav’s second poetry book, with Love and Misadventure being the first one. I… Read More My Thoughts About Lullabies by Lang Leav (Book Review #85)
The book is of Celaena Sardothien, an 18-year-old assassin from the kingdom of Adarlan in the land of Erilea. She was raised to become a killer, learning all the skills that she needs from the hands of the best in the land until she was considered the best, notorious and most vicious assassin. She enjoyed… Read More My Thoughts About Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas (Book Review #84)
And here’s another book haul! These are the books that I got for the month of December and January. I know, I know I always say that I will control myself in buying new books but it was December so no one can blame me if I bought a lot of books because I have… Read More Yet-Another-Book-Haul Book Haul (My December-January Book Haul)
What happened to January? That was quick. It seems like it’s only last week when I created my reading resolutions and reading goals and in a blink of an eye, it’s already February. Here’s a recap of my posts for January: Books Read and Reviewed: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Book Review #80) The… Read More January 2016 Wrap Up
Originally written as a short radio play, this debut novel was long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Meet Harold Fry, a 65-year retired sales agent from a local brewery with a troubled past and a far from perfect present. One normal spring day he received an unexpected letter from a former colleague, Queenie Hennessy,… Read More My Thoughts About The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Book Review #83)
You all know how I adore and love Haruki Murakami’s writing. If I were to describe the reading experience when I read his works, it will be: MAGICAL. I only have read three of his works, Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. I am planing to… Read More Blog Feature: Book Quotes (My Top 10 Best Quotes from Haruki Murakami)
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