Category: Reviews
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Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The intrigue and suspense hanged heavy in the narrative, the atmosphere almost consistently ominous. There’s something about reading The Secret History that automatically transports you into Vermont, in it’s autumn glow, as if you as well is in on the group’s secret. If you are looking for a light read, this ain’t it.
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Blog Tour: The Sword of Kaigen (A Theonite War Story) by M.L. Wang [REVIEW]
![Blog Tour: The Sword of Kaigen (A Theonite War Story) by M.L. Wang [REVIEW]](https://pagesandcoffeecups.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-sword-of-kaigen-cover.jpg?w=1024)
You know that feeling when you’re completely sucked in and already so deeply invested that you don’t want the book to end? It may sound so cliché at this point, but this is literally what I felt reading this book – dreading the last chapter but still keeping at it because… what else can you…
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Review: Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Reading Murakami has given me three impressions: emotional, vintage, and surreal. With a set of curious, and almost strange characters…. Murakami made, what I think, one of his most emotionally vulnerable creations.
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Review: Viva Durant and the Secret of the Silver Buttons by Ashli St. Armant
Listening to this audiobook reminded me so much of those early children shows, especially with those “ding” moments when the protagonist figures something out. It made me appreciate more the efforts in producing these pieces and also made me realize that I need to listen to audiobooks more often.
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Review: While You Were Reading by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
This is for the adults that still dreams of romantic things and happy ending. For the ones that still love and appreciate the comfort of written words so much that it is still an escape from their hectic lives after all these years. Honestly, I felt seen. A “29-year-old dog-earer of books” – dial this…
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Review: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
To say that I thoroughly enjoyed The Starless Sea is an understatement. I loved every word in it and every minute of it. If I could pocket this book and carry this everywhere, I would – knowing that I will hold a little piece of magic with me all the time.
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Review: Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg [+ Random Reflections]
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There’s a sense of empty restlessness and melancholy that hangs heavy in this collection. And I am so in awe because, most times, it’s really hard to encapsulate and describe it – hard to capture it through moments. But weirdly enough, this book got it.
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Blog Tour: The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco (The Never Tilting World, #1) [Review]
![Blog Tour: The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco (The Never Tilting World, #1) [Review]](https://pagesandcoffeecups.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-never-tilting-world-2019.jpg?w=1024)
The idea of twin goddesses ruling a world that was split into night and day presents such a vivid imagery. I dove into this book without expecting anything but what I got were rich world-building and a pace and presentation that totally worked.
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Back-to-Back Review: Crazy Rich Asians + China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, 1&2) by Kevin Kwan
But you know what? Despite the obvious flaws, it still achieved what so very few chick lits failed to give me – it kept me wanting, it kept me entertained, it kept me interested.
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Blog Tour: Jade War by Fonda Lee (The Green Bone Saga, #2) [Review + Creative Feature]
![Blog Tour: Jade War by Fonda Lee (The Green Bone Saga, #2) [Review + Creative Feature]](https://pagesandcoffeecups.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/lee_jade-war_hc-1.jpg?w=500)
Jade War is one of the strongest sequels I’ve read so far – ever! It was more explosive, bigger in scope. It will hit you right where it was supposed to and then some. Fonda Lee delivered and have given us more that what we asked for.
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